Modern political economy and Latin America : theory and policy / edited by Jeffry Frieden, Manuel Pastor Jr. and Michael Tomz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Frieden, Jeffry A.

Pastor, Manuel, 1956-

Tomz, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin America--Economic policy.

Latin America.

Economic policy.

Latin America--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

xix, 348 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2000.

Contents:

Part I. Theoretical perspectives. Section I. Contending perspectives on market failure and government failure. The origins of structuralism / H. W. Arndt

Government failures in development / Anne 0. Krueger

What Washington means by policy reform / John Williamson

How can states foster markets? / Brian Levy

Improving the state's institutional capability / Sanjay Pradhan. Section II. Explanations of government policy. The method of analysis : modern political economy / Jeffry A. Frieden

Political models of macroeconomic policy and fiscal reforms / Alberto Mesina

Understanding economic policy reform / Dani Rodrik

What do we know about the political economy of economic policy reform? / Stephan Haggard and Steven B. Webb

Uses and limitations of public choice / Barbara Geddes

Part II. Applications. Section III. The political economy of growth since independence. Obstacles to economic growth in nineteenth-century Mexico / John H. Coatsworth

Economic retardation in nineteenth-century Brazil / Nathaniel H. Leff

Factor endowments, institutions, and differential paths of growth among new world economies / Stanley L. Engerman and Kenneth L. Sokoloff

Latin American manufacturing and the First World War / Rory Miller

Latin America in the 193Os / Carlos F. Diaz Alejandro. Section IV. Foreign trade and industrial policy. Import substitution industrialization / Eliana Cardoso and Ann Helwege

Was Latin America too rich to prosper? / James F. Mahon

The case for trade liberalization in developing countries / Rudiger Dornbusch

The origins of Mexico's free trade policy / Manuel Pastor and Carol Wise

The political economy of MERCOSUR / Luigi Manzetti. Section V. Foreign capital and the macroeconomy. Forms of external capital and economic development in Latin America : 1820-1997 / Werner Baer and Kent Hargis

External debt and macroeconomic performance in Latin America and East Asia / Jeffrey D. Sachs

Inflows of capital to developing countries in the 1990s / Guillermo A. Calvo, Leonardo Leiderman, and Carmen M. Reinhart

Foreign direct investment in developing countries : progress and problems / Joel Bergsman and Xiaofang Shen

The political economy of foreign direct investment in Latin America / Stephan Haggard. Section VI. Political institutions and economic policy. Challenging the conventional wisdom / Barbara Geddes

Democratic institutions, economic policy, and development / Stephan Haggard

A game theoretic model of reform in Latin American democracies / Barbara Geddes

International capital flows and the politics of central bank independence / Sylvia Maxfield

Preemptive strike : central bank reform in Chile's transition from authoritarian rule / Delia M. Boylan. Section VII. Social and environmental issues. Facing up to inequality in Latin America / Interamerican Development Bank

Income distribution, capital accumulation, and growth / UNCTAD

Public finance from a gender perspective / Ingrid Palmer

The political economy of environmental policy reform in Latin America / David Kaimowitz

National factor markets and the macroeconomic context for environmental destruction in the Brazilian Amazon / Steven C. Kyle and Aercio S. Cunha.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-332) and index.

ISBN:

0813324173

0813324181

OCLC:

43365826