Latin America At the Crossroads - Debt, Development, and the Future

List of contents

Preface -- Introduction: The Exhaustion of Latin America's Development Models -- Latin America's Economic Crisis: Origins and Dimensions -- The Great Debt Crisis -- Social and Political Consequences -- New Realities -- The Role of the International Lending Agencies -- Conclusions and Recommendations

Summary

A provocative and controversial look at Latin America as it stands at a crossroads, this book analyzes the complex economic and social roots of the debt crisis and evaluates the prospects for new development strategies for the 1990s. Dr. Wiarda begins by placing the regional economic crisis in the larger context of technological change, political upheaval, and the international economy. He then explores new choices and realities in inter-American relations and the role international lending agencies can take to assist Latin America in meeting the challenge of the next decade. The author suggests that "smokescreens and mirrors" have obscured the true nature of the crisis and, as a result, have skewed the policy debate.

Product details

• Authors: Howard J. Wiarda
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780367006792
• ISBN: 978-0-367-00679-2
• No. of pages: 128
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Politics & government, Politics and government