The Economics Of Contemporary Latin America

Author : Beatriz Armendariz,Felipe Larrain B.
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780262533157

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The Economics of Contemporary Latin America by Beatriz Armendariz,Felipe Larrain B. Pdf

Analysis of Latin America's economy focusing on development, covering the colonial roots of inequality, boom and bust cycles, labor markets, and fiscal and monetary policy. Latin America is richly endowed with natural resources, fertile land, and vibrant cultures. Yet the region remains much poorer than its neighbors to the north. Most Latin American countries have not achieved standards of living and stable institutions comparable to those found in developed countries, have experienced repeated boom-bust cycles, and remain heavily reliant on primary commodities. This book studies the historical roots of Latin America's contemporary economic and social development, focusing on poverty and income inequality dating back to colonial times. It addresses today's legacies of the market-friendly reforms that took hold in the 1980s and 1990s by examining successful stabilizations and homemade monetary and fiscal institutional reforms. It offers a detailed analysis of trade and financial liberalization, twenty–first century-growth, and the decline in poverty and income inequality. Finally, the book offers an overall analysis of inclusive growth policies for development—including gender issues and the informal sector—and the challenges that lie ahead for the region, with special attention to pressing demands by the vibrant and vocal middle class, youth unemployment, and indigenous populations.

Author : William C. Smith,Laura Gómez-Mera
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781444335255

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Market, State, and Society in Contemporary Latin America by William C. Smith,Laura Gómez-Mera Pdf

Market, State and Society demonstrates the crucial role of differing configurations of domestic actors, interests and institutions in mediating the effects of globalization on welfare regimes, labor politics, and popular contestation. A variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives shed light on the recent transformations in relations among market, state, and society in Latin American countries Results are based on thorough empirical research Challenges simplistic arguments concerning state decline and describes the more complex nature of the situation

Author : Margit Ystanes,Iselin Åsedotter Strønen
Publisher : Saint Philip Street Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1013289412

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The Social Life of Economic Inequalities in Contemporary Latin America by Margit Ystanes,Iselin Åsedotter Strønen Pdf

This edited volume examines how economic processes have worked upon social lives and social realities in Latin America during the past decades. Through tracing the effects of the neoliberal epoch into the era of the so-called pink tide, the book seeks to understand to what extent the turn to the left at the start of the millennium managed to challenge historically constituted configurations of inequality. A central argument in the book is that in spite of economic reforms and social advances on a range of arenas, the fundamental tenants of socio-economic inequalities have not been challenged substantially. As several countries are now experiencing a return to right-wing politics, this collection helps us better understand why inequalities are so entrenched in the Latin American continent, but also the complex and creative ways that it is continuously contested. The book directs itself to students, scholars and anyone interested in Latin America, economic anthropology, political anthropology, left-wing politics, poverty and socio-economic inequalities. This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.

Author : Margit Ystanes,Iselin Åsedotter Strønen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319615363

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The Social Life of Economic Inequalities in Contemporary Latin America by Margit Ystanes,Iselin Åsedotter Strønen Pdf

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This edited volume examines how economic processes have worked upon social lives and social realities in Latin America during the past decades. Through tracing the effects of the neoliberal epoch into the era of the so-called pink tide, the book seeks to understand to what extent the turn to the left at the start of the millennium managed to challenge historically constituted configurations of inequality. A central argument in the book is that in spite of economic reforms and social advances on a range of arenas, the fundamental tenants of socio-economic inequalities have not been challenged substantially. As several countries are now experiencing a return to right-wing politics, this collection helps us better understand why inequalities are so entrenched in the Latin American continent, but also the complex and creative ways that it is continuously contested. The book directs itself to students, scholars and anyone interested in Latin America, economic anthropology, political anthropology, left-wing politics, poverty and socio-economic inequalities.

Author : Celso Furtado
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Latin America
ISBN : 0521290708

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Economic Development of Latin America by Celso Furtado Pdf

"This is an introductory survey of the history and recent development of Latin American economy and society from colonial times to the establishment of the military regime in Chile. In the second edition the historical perspective has been enlarged and important events since the Cuban Revolution, such as the agrarian reforms of Peru and Chile, the difficulties of the Central America Common Market and LAFTA, the acceleration of industrialisation in Brazil and the consolidation of the Cuban economy, are discussed. The statistical information has been extended to the early 1970s and the demographic data to 1975"--Back cover.

Author : José Antonio Ocampo,Jaime Ros
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 959 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199571048

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The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Economics by José Antonio Ocampo,Jaime Ros Pdf

A comprehensive overview of the key factors affecting the development of Latin American economies that examines long-term growth performance, macroeconomic issues, Latin American economies in the global context, technological and agricultural policies, and the evolution of labour markets, the education sector, and social security programmes.

Author : Daniel Fireside,Dollars & Sense (Organization)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Latin America
ISBN : 1878585738

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Real World Latin America by Daniel Fireside,Dollars & Sense (Organization) Pdf

Author : Francisco Panizza
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781848136335

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Contemporary Latin America by Francisco Panizza Pdf

Latin America has changed dramatically over the past few years. While the 1990s were dominated by the politically orthodoxy of the Washington Consensus and the political uniformity of centre right governments the first decade of the new century is being characterised by the emergence of a plurality of economic and political alternatives. In an overview of the history of the region over the past twenty-five years this book traces the intellectual and political origins of the Washington Consensus, assesses its impact on democracy and economic development and discusses whether the emergence of a variety of left-wing governments in the region represents a clear break with the politics and policies of the Washington Consensus. Clearly written and rigorously argued the book will be of interest to academics, students of Latin American politics and anybody interested in understanding contemporary Latin America.

Author : John Ward
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415147255

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Latin America by John Ward Pdf

An interdisciplinary introduction to contemporary Latin America, this volume discusses economic history and expansion as well as social, political and environmental issues. It begins with a brief history of Latin America since 1492, then takes state intervention versus market forces as a central theme for further analysis.

Author : Robert H. Holden,Rina Villars
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781118274927

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Contemporary Latin America by Robert H. Holden,Rina Villars Pdf

Contemporary Latin America presents the epochal political, economic, social, and cultural changes in Latin America over the last 40 years and comprehensively examines their impact on life in the region, and beyond. Provides a fresh approach and a new interpretation of the seismic changes of the last 40 years in Latin America Introduces major themes from a humanistic and universal perspective, putting each subject in a context that readers can understand and relate to Focuses on ‘Ibero-America'--Brazil and the eighteen countries that were formerly Spanish possessions- while offering valuable comparative views of the non-Iberian areas of the Caribbean Emphasizes the global, regional and national dimensions of the region's recent past

Author : Patrice M. Franko
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0742553531

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The Puzzle of Latin American Economic Development by Patrice M. Franko Pdf

Provides the basic economic tools for students to understand the problems in the countries of Latin America. This third edition analyzes challenges to the neoliberal model of development and highlights macroeconomic changes in the region. It explores the contradictions of growth, and focuses on factors of competitiveness.

Author : Gibrán Cruz-Martínez
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429895661

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Welfare and Social Protection in Contemporary Latin America by Gibrán Cruz-Martínez Pdf

Social protection serves as an important development tool, helping to alleviate deprivation, reduce social risks, raise household income and develop human capital. This book brings together an interdisciplinary team of international experts to analyse social protection systems and welfare regimes across contemporary Latin America. The book starts with a section tracking the expansion of social assistance and social insurance in Latin America through the state-led development era, the neoliberal era and the pink-tide. The second section explores the role played by local and external actors modelling social policy in the region. The third and final section addresses a variety of contemporary debates and challenges around social protection and welfare in the region, such as gender roles and the empowerment of CCT beneficiaries, and welfare provision for rural outsiders. The book touches on key topics such as conditional cash transfer programmes, trade union inclusionary strategies, transnational social policy, state-led versus market-led welfare provision, explanatory factors in the emerging dualism of social protection institutions, social citizenship rights as a consequence of changing social policy architecture and different poverty reduction strategies. This interdisciplinary volume will be of interest to economists, political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists and historians working on social protection in Latin America, or interested in welfare systems in the global south.

Author : Aldo Madariaga,Stefano Palestini
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030713157

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Dependent Capitalisms in Contemporary Latin America and Europe by Aldo Madariaga,Stefano Palestini Pdf

This book contributes to the current revival of dependency approaches for the analysis of global capitalism. Reflecting on contemporary uses of the “Dependency Research Program” (DRP) and a refined analytical toolkit, it makes two distinctive contributions to this revival: the analysis of new “situations of dependency”, and the understanding of the “mechanisms of dependency”. The individual chapters draw from a wide range of cases and data from Latin America and Europe and imbricate concepts and ideas from the DRP with those of other approaches, from post-Keynesian economics to structural economics, institutional economics, regulation theory, comparative capitalisms, business politics, economic geography and critical finance studies, providing a rich array of possibilities for virtuous inter-disciplinary cross-fertilization. This volume is a valuable contribution for those interested in understanding how global capitalism works in Latin America, Europe and beyond.

Author : Javier Santiso,Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 633 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199747504

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The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Political Economy by Javier Santiso,Jeff Dayton-Johnson Pdf

Understanding Latin America's recent economic performance calls for a multidisciplinary analysis. This handbook looks at the interaction of economics and politics in the region and includes a number of contributions from top academic experts who have also served as key policy makers (a former president, ministers of finance, a central bank governor), reflecting upon the challenges of reform.

Author : Javier A. Reyes,W. Charles Sawyer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136814532

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Latin American Economic Development by Javier A. Reyes,W. Charles Sawyer Pdf

Latin America is one of the most interesting parts of the world. The region’s illustrious history, culture, and geography are famous internationally, but in terms of economics, Latin America has been generally associated with problems. For many, the combination of a resource rich region and poor economic conditions has been a puzzle. Latin American Economic Development provides the most up to date exploration of how this happened with a focus on why the continent can be considered to have underperformed, how the various Latin American economies function and the future prospects for the region. This textbook addresses the economic problems of Latin America theme by theme. The first four centuries of Latin American economic development are explained with reference to historical and institutional factors; the role of commodities; import substitution industrialization; and the resultant slow growth of the region. The development of Latin America during the twentieth century is examined through the policies of governments toward international trade and the management of the exchange rate. A result of these policies was the accumulation of significant debt in the region that resulted in substantial economic instability. The final section of the book explains how all of these themes have contributed to two dominant problems for the region: poverty and inequality. The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive text for increasingly popular undergraduate economics courses on Latin America. However, the book has been carefully designed for use by both students majoring in economics and for those in other disciplines looking for a wide-ranging guide to the region. This book should be an invaluable resource for undergraduates looking at Latin American economics, growth and development.