Progress Toward Development in Latin America : : From Prebisch to Technological Autonomy / / ed. by James L. Dietz, Dilmus D. James.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Alexander, Robert J.,; Cole, William E,; Cypher, James M.,; Dietz, James L.,; James, Dilmus D.,; Phillips, Ronnie J.,; Schwartz, Hugh,; Sunkel, Osvaldo,
• HerausgeberIn: Dietz, James L.,; James, Dilmus D. ,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)

The authors identify the inherent failures in CEPAL's "structuralist" approach to Latin America's severe economic problems and advance innovative strategies for improving longterm development prospects in the region.

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• 1 Trends in Development Theory in Latin America: From Prebisch to the Present
• Part I. Structuralism as a Theory of Economic Development
• 2 Import Substitution in Latin America in Retrospect
• 3 Structuralism, Dependency, and Institutionalism: An Exploration of Common Ground and Disparities
• 4 Latin American Structuralist Economics: An Evaluation, Critique, and Reformulation
• Part 2 Failures of Past Development Strategies: Lessons for the Future
• 5 Latin America's Debt Crisis, the International Monetary Fund, and Financial Reform
• 6 The Evolution of Argentina's Policies Toward Manufacturing Exports
• 7 Technology, Ceremonies, and Institutional Appropriateness: Historical Origins of Mexico's Agrarian Crisis
• Part 3 Strategies for Development: Toward Renewed Growth and Equity in Latin America
• 8 Reflections on Latin American Development
• 9. Science, Technology, and Development
• 10 Technological Autonomy, Linkages, and Development
• 11 A Latin American Development Model for the Future
• References
• About the Contributors
• Index