The International Political Economy of Transformation in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile since 1960

Abstract

This book is about how the three most important countries in South America have responded to the challenges of globalization since the mid-1960s, the first OPEC price hike, the Third World debt crisis leading to the 'lost-decade' for the continent, and finally bold, but often ill-planned, neo-liberal reforms of the 1990s. Latin America will experience another cycle of structural changes in the coming decades, as the reforms of the 1980s and 1990s failed to produce the desired effects; social justice, fair income distribution, sustainable growth, and consolidation of democracy. List of Tables -- List of Maps -- Glossary -- Introduction -- PART I: LATIN AMERICA IN A NEW AGE -- Latin America in the Age of Globalization -- PART II: FROM POPULISM TO MILITARY RULE AND DEMOCRACY -- Argentina: The Birth of Latin American Populism -- Brazil: Building a Capitalism without Risk -- Chile: The Revolution that No One Desired -- PART III: TRANSITION AND CONSOLIDATION OF DEMOCRACY AND MARKET -- Argentina's Travails of Democracy and Market Economy -- 'Brazil is still not a Serious Country' -- Chile: Pinochet's Not-Too-Silent Revolution -- PART IV: CONCLUSION -- Will the Past Overtake the Future in Latin-America? -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.