The Political Economy of Colonialism - The State and Industrialization in Puerto Rico

List of contents

Tables
Preface
Abbreviations
The Colonial State and Industrial Change
The State and Industrialization in the Muñoz Era
Declining State Autonomy in the Post-Muñoz Era
The State and the "Petrochemical Revolution"
The State, Industrial Incentives, and the Case of Section 936
Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Basin Initiative: A New Industrial Development Policy for the Island?
Economic Change and Puerto Rico's Future
Bibliography
Index

About the author

SHERRIE L. BAVER is Assistant Professor and Chair of the Department of Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the City College, City University of New York. She has published several articles on Puerto Rican studies.

Product details

• Authors: Sherrie L. Baver, Baver Sherrie L.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.07.1993
• EAN: 9780275945039
• ISBN: 978-0-275-94503-9
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; USA, Puerto Rico, Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Colonialism & imperialism, United States of America, USA, Colonialism and imperialism, Development Studies, Industry & industrial studies, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence, Industry and industrial studies, Politics, Law, and Government: International Relations