Models of capitalism : lessons for Latin America / edited by Evelyne Huber.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Huber, Evelyne, 1950-

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social policy--Case studies.

Social policy.

Labor policy.

Economic policy--Case studies.

Latin America--Economic policy--Congresses.

Latin America.

Economic policy.

Economic policy--Case studies--Congresses.

Comparative economics--Congresses.

Comparative economics.

Labor policy--Latin America--Congresses.

Latin America--Social policy--Congresses.

Labor policy--Case studies--Congresses.

Social policy--Case studies--Congresses.

Genre:

Case studies.

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

viii, 492 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2002]

Summary:

Latin American societies have undergone fundamental changes in the past two decades, moving from capitalist economies with very wide-ranging state intervention to more market-driven systems. After a prolonged period of recession, these changes produced some successes in economic growth in the 1990s, but they also exacerbated many problems, especially poverty and inequality. Models of Capitalism examines why some societies with market economies perform much better than others in combining growth and equity, and what the less successful countries can learn from the more successful ones.

The contributors look at different models of capitalism in Latin America, Northeast and Southeast Asia, and advanced industrial countries, asking which patterns of economic and social policies governments in the more successful societies pursued, and which configurations of institutions made pursuing such policies possible. The investigation focuses on economic policies designed to stimulate growth, on labor-market policies designed to promote a qualified labor force and increase productivity and wages, and on social policies designed to improve general human capital and to distribute life chances in an equitable way.

Contents:

Introduction: Posing the Question / Evelyne Huber 1

Part 1 An Emerging Model of Capitalism in Latin America? 23

1 Alternative Models of Capitalism in Latin America / John Sheahan 25

2 Trade Policies, Growth, and Equity in Latin America / Renato Baumann 53

3 Industrial Competitiveness Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean in the 1990s / Wilson Peres 81

4 Investment Promotion Policies in Latin America / Robert Grosse 103

5 Models of Welfare and Models of Capitalism: The Limits of Transferability / Carlos H. Filgueira, Fernando Filgueira 127

6 Jobs and Solidarity: Challenges for Labor Market Policy in Latin America / Victor E. Tokman 159

Part 2 Models of Capitalism in East Asia 195

7 The East Asian Model of Economic Policy / Ha-Joon Chang 197

8 Lessons from Southeast Asia: Growth, Equity, and Vulnerability / Bridget Welsh 237

9 Labor Exclusion and Privatized Welfare: Two Keys to Asian Capitalist Development / T. J. Pempel 277

Part 3 Models of Capitalism in Advanced Industrial Societies 301

10 European Welfare State Regimes: Configurations, Outcomes, Transformations / John D. Stephens 303

11 How to Design a Liberal Welfare State: A Comparison of Canada and the United States / John Myles 339

12 Work, Training, or the Dole? Active and Passive Labor Market Policies in Western Europe / Thomas Janoski, Antonio Alas 367

13 Governing Labor Markets: The U.S. Model / David Brian Robertson 413

Conclusion: Actors, Institutions, and Policies / Evelyne Huber 439.

Notes:

Papers presented at conferences held at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, May 1997, and at CEPAL, Nov. 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

0271021764

OCLC:

48383549