Debt, Development, and Democracy : : Modern Political Economy and Latin America, 1965-1985 / / Jeffry A. Frieden.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Frieden, Jeffry A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]; ©1992
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

In the 1970s and 1980s the countries of Latin America dealt with their similar debt problems in very different ways--ranging from militantly market-oriented approaches to massive state intervention in their economies--while their political systems headed toward either democracy or authoritarianism. Applying the tools of modern political economy to a developing-country context, Jeffry Frieden analyzes the different patterns of national economic and political behavior that arose in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Venezuela. This book will be useful to those interested in comparative politics, international studies, development studies, and political economy more generally. "Jeffry Frieden weaves together a powerful theoretical framework with comparative case studies of the region's five largest debtor states. The result is the most insightful analysis to date of how the interplay between politics and economics in post-war Latin America set the stage for the dramatic events of the 1980s."--Carol Wise, Center for Politics and Policy, Claremont Graduate School

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables And Figure -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Debt, Development, And Democracy -- Introduction -- Part 1: THE ARGUMENT -- 1. Modern Political Economy and Latin American Borrowing -- 2. The Setting: Latin American Political Economies and International Financial Trends -- 3. The Response: Economic Policies and Politics in Borrowing and Financial Crisis -- PART II: FIVE CASE STUDIES -- 4. Debt, Economic Policy, and Politics in Brazil -- 5. Debt, Economic Policy, and Politics in Chile -- 6. Debt, Economic Policy, and Politics in Mexico, Venezuela, and Argentina -- PART III: IMPLICATIONS -- 7. Observations and Implications -- 8. Conclusions -- Select Bibliography -- Index