Latin America’s Economic Development : : Confronting Crisis / / ed. by James L. Dietz.
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 do...
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Place / Publishing House: | Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023] ©1995 |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Language: | English |
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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