Patterns of Development in Latin America : : Poverty, Repression, and Economic Strategy / / John Sheahan.

In this major work an economist with long experience as an advisor in developing countries explores the conflict between market forces and political reform that has led straight into Latin America's most serious problems. John Sheahan addresses three central concerns: the persistence of poverty...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022]
©1988
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (410 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • TABLES AND FIGURES
  • PREFACE
  • PART I PERSISTENT ISSUES
  • ONE. WAYS OF LOOKING
  • TWO. POVERTY
  • THREE. EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS
  • FOUR. EXTERNAL TRADE, INDUSTRIALIZATION, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
  • FIVE. INFLATION, EXTERNAL DEFICITS, AND IMF STABILIZATION PROGRAMS
  • SIX. OWNERSHIP I: LAND
  • SEVEN. OWNERSHIP II: MULTINATIONALS, PUBLIC ENTERPRISE, AND DEPENDENCY
  • PART II NATIONAL PATTERNS OF RESPONSE
  • EIGHT. EARLY INDUSTRIALIZATION AND VIOLENT REACTION: ARGENTINA AND BRAZIL
  • NINE. REFORMISM, MARXISM, AND MILITANT MONETARISM: CHILE
  • TEN. TWO KINDS OF REVOLUTIONARY ALTERNATIVE: CUBA, AND PERU UNDER VELASCO
  • ELEVEN. MIDDLE-ROAD MARKET ECONOMIES: COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, AND MEXICO
  • PART III POSSIBILITIES AND QUESTIONS
  • TWELVE. ECONOMIC STRATEGIES, SOCIAL STRAINS, AND POLITICAL REPRESSION
  • THIRTEEN. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THE UNITED STATES TO PLAY A CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE?
  • FOURTEEN. FROM CONCLUSIONS TO ONGOING QUESTIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX