Falling behind : explaining the development gap between Latin America and the United States / edited by Francis Fukuyama.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fukuyama, Francis.

Standardized Title:

Brecha entre América Latina y Estados Unidos. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International economic relations.

Latin America--Foreign economic relations--United States--Congresses.

Latin America.

United States--Foreign economic relations--Latin America--Congresses.

United States.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiv, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Contents:

Introduction / Francis Fukuyama

The historical context

Two centuries of South American reflections on the development gap between the United States and Latin America / Tulio Halperin Donghi

Looking at them: a Mexican perspective on the gap with the United States / Enrique Krauze

Explaining Latin America's lagging development in the second half of the twentieth century: growth strategies, inequality, and economic crises / Jorge I. Domínguez

The politics of underdevelopment in Latin America

Does politics explain the economic gap between the United States and Latin America? / Adam Przeworski with Carolina Curvale

The role of high stakes politics in Latin America's development gap / Riordan Roett and Francisco E. González

Institutional factors in Latin America's development

The Latin American equilibrium / James A. Robinson

Do defective institutions explain the development gap between the United States and Latin America? / Francis Fukuyama

Why institutions matter: fiscal citizenship in Argentina and the United States / Natalio R. Botana

Conclusion / Francis Fukuyama.

Notes:

Papers presented at an international seminar held in Buenos Aires, November 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780195368826

0195368827

OCLC:

179802888