1st Edition

Latin American Political Economy Financial Crisis And Political Change

By Jonathan Hartlyn Copyright 1987
    400 Pages
    by Routledge

    400 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book considers the historical and contemporary determinants of the financial crisis facing Latin America from a political economy perspective and compares the effects of and responses to the crisis in a number of countries. It discusses the internal policy errors that led to financial blow-ups.

    1. Introduction Part 1: Historical and Comparative Perspectives 2. Political Regimes and Economic Performance in Latin America 3. Bureaucratic-Authoritarian Regimes in Comparative Perspective 4. Latin American Adjustment to the Oil Shocks of 1973 and 1979 5. On Financial Blowups and Authoritarian Regimes in Latin America Part 2: Military and Civilian Regimes: Spectacular Failures and Moderate Successes 6. Overcoming Argentina's Stop-and-Go Economic Cycles 7. Economic Policy and Political Opening in Brazil 8. Chile: In Search of Lost Democracy 9. The Tragedy of Lost Opportunity in Peru 10. Development and Crisis in Mexico: A Structuralist Approach 11. Colombia: Moderate Economic Growth, Political Stability, and Social Welfare 12. Cuba's Centrally Planned Economy: An Equity Trade-off for Growth 13. Nicaragua: The Experience of the Mixed Economy Part 3: Commentaries