What Kind of Democracy? What Kind of Market? : : Latin America in the Age of Neoliberalism / / ed. by Philip D. Oxhorn, Graciela Ducatenzeiler.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
• MitwirkendeR: Baer, Werner,; Barrera, Manuel,; Bresser Pereira, Luiz Carlos,; Ducatenzeiler, Graciela,; Fuentes, Juan Alberto,; Nakano, Yoshiaki,; Oxhorn, Philip,; Paiva, Claudio,; Prud'homme, Jean-Francois,; Schvarzer, Jorge,; Weffort, Francisco C.,; Zapata, Francisco,
• HerausgeberIn: Ducatenzeiler, Graciela,; Oxhorn, Philip D.,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 p.)

While there is much literature analyzing the politics of implementing economic reforms, very little has been written on the social and political consequences of such reforms after they have been implemented. The basic premise of this book is that the convergence of many social, economic, and political ills (such as high levels of poverty, income inequality, criminal violence, and the growth of the informal sector) in the context of unprecedented levels of political democratization in Latin America presents a paradox that needs to be explained. What Kind of Democracy? demonstrates how the myriad social problems throughout the region are intimately linked both to a new economic development model and the weaknesses of Latin American democracy.This volume brings together prominent scholars from Canada, the United States, and Latin America, representing several different disciplines to analyze ongoing processes of economic, social, and political change in the region. The contributors are Werner Baer, Manuel Barrera, Juan Alberto Fuentes, Yoshiaki Nakano, Claudio Paiva, Luiz Carlos Bresser Pereira, Jean-François Prud'homme, Jorge Schvarzer, Francisco Weffort, and Francisco Zapata.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- PART I: THEORETICAL AND COMPARATIVE ISSUES -- 1. Economic Reform and Democratization in Latin America -- 2. The Missing Social Contract: Governability and Reform in Latin America -- 3. The Prospects for Open Regionalism in Latin America -- PART II: COUNTRY CASE STUDIES: POLITICAL PARTIES AND SOCIAL FORCES -- 4. Economic Reform in Argentina: Which Social Forces for What Aims? -- 5. Brazil's Drifting Economy: Stagnation and Inflation During 1987-1996 -- 6. Macroeconomic Adjustment in Chile and the Politics of the Popular Sectors -- 7. Trade Unions and the Corporatist System in Mexico -- 8. Interest Representation and the Party System in Mexico -- PART III: HYBRID REGIMES AND NEOPLURALIST POLITICS -- 9. Is the Century of Corporatism Over? Neoliberalism and the Rise of Neopluralism -- 10. New Democracies and Economic Crisis in Latin America -- 11. Conclusions: What Kind of Democracy? What Kind of Market? -- References -- Index