Building New Democracies : : Economic and Social Reform in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico /

Building New Democracies : : Economic and Social Reform in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico / / Michel Duquette.

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In Building New Democracies Michel Duquette analyses the main public policies of Brazil, Chile, and Mexico to explore examples of how countries make the transition from an authoritarian regime to a democratic society. The main objective of the book is to follow the process of policy formation in ver...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Duquette, Michel,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©1999
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE: DOMESTIC DETERMINANTS OF ECONOMIC REFORMS
  • 1 Identifying the Variables Relevant to the Study of Adjustment
  • 2 The Determination of the Political Executive to Undertake Market Adjustment
  • 3. The Role of Competent and Honest Technicians
  • 4. The Autonomy of the Reformist State
  • 5 The Influence of Electoral Cycles
  • 6 Privileged Linkages with Corporate Interest Groups
  • 7 A New Relationship between State and Labour
  • 8 Assessing the Economic Performance of Reforms
  • PART TWO: INTERNATIONAL DETERMINANTS OF ECONOMIC REFORMS
  • 9 Gaining International Support for Domestic Reform
  • 10 Adjustment through Regional Integration
  • 11 Regional Integration in Support of Market-Oriented Policies
  • 12 Obstacles to Integration in Partially Liberalized Markets
  • 13 Theoretical Linkages between Regional Determinants and Endogenous Variables
  • 14 Will MERCOSUR Support the Consolidation of Southern Cone Democracies?
  • PART THREE: DETERMINANTS OF SOCIAL REFORMS
  • 15 Adjustment against Justice
  • 16 Agrarian Reform and the Modernization of Agriculture
  • 17 The Issue of Science and Education
  • 18 Public Intervention against Marginality
  • 19 In Search of Political Conditions to Pursue Social Policies
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix: Tables
  • References
  • Index

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