Latin America’s Economic Development : : Confronting Crisis / / ed. by James L. Dietz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Alexander, Robert J.,; Arriagada, Irma,; Ayres, C. E.,; Dietz, James L.,; Dornbusch, Rudiger,; Edwards, Sebastian,
• HerausgeberIn: Dietz, James L. ,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1995
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (402 p.)

This revised edition of Latin America’s Economic Development continues to provide a heterodox perspective on Latin America's economic problems, with institutional and neostructuralist views dominating. The selections richly convey that there are viable alternatives to the neoliberal approach dominating so much of policymaking, as well as academic debate, since the 1980s.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Part I An Overview and Introduction -- 1 A Brief Economic History -- Part II Economic Growth, Development, and Equity -- Introduction -- 2 The Reality of Power and the Poverty of Economic Doctrine -- 3 From Growth to Basic Needs -- 4 Equity and Development -- 5 The Magnitude of Poverty in Latin America -- Part III Institutional and Structuralist Perspectives -- Introduction -- 6 Economic Development: An Institutionalist Perspective -- 7 Raúl Prebisch and the Origins of the Doctrine of Unequal Exchange -- 8 Terms of Trade and Center-Periphery Relations -- Part IV The Development Strategy: Import Substitution Industrialization or Export-Oriented? -- Introduction -- 9 The Import Substitution Strategy of Economic Development -- 10 Import Substitution in Latin America in Retrospect -- 11 Challenges and Opportunities Posed by Asia's Superexporters: Implications for Manufactured Exports from Latin America -- 12 Overcoming Underdevelopment: What Has Been Learned from the East Asian and Latin American Experiences? -- Part V The Role of Transnational Corporations -- Introduction -- 13 Transnational Corporations, Dependent Development and State Policy in the Semiperiphery: A Comparison of Brazil and Mexico -- 14 How to Divest in Latin America and Why -- Part VI Inflation and the Imperative of Macroeconomic Balance -- Introduction -- 15 Price Trends in Latin America, 1961-1990 -- 16 The Macroeconomics of Populism -- 17 Macroeconomic Equilibria and Development -- Part VII Employment and the Gender Divide -- 18 The Latin American Labor Market 1950-1990 -- 19 Unequal Participation by Women in the Work Force -- Part VIII Neoliberal Policies and the Neostructuralist Response -- 20 From Inward-Looking Development to Development from Within -- Acronyms -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book