Economic Doctrines in Latin America: Origins, Embedding and Evolution

by Rosemary Thorp (Editor), Valpy FitzGerald (Editor)

Overview

Why it is so difficult for liberal economic ideas to become generally accepted (that is socially 'embedded') in industrialising countries despite the universal support for liberal political ideas and a single global market system? Drawing on the results of a sustained and collaborative interdisciplinary research project, international scholars provide a perspective on previous shifts towards (and away from) economic liberalism within Latin America, on the interaction of internal and external drivers in this process, and on the international context of the evolution of economic ideas.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403997494
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	10/26/2005
Series:	St Antony's Series
Edition description:	2005
Pages:	275
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

PAUL W. DRAKE is Dean of the Division of Social Science and Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego, USA PETER GOUREVITCH is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego, USA NILS JACOBSEN is Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA JOSEPH L. LOVE is Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA and Director of the University's Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies MARCO PALACIOS is Rector of the National University of Colombia, USA FRANCES STEWART is Professor of Development Economics at the University of Oxford, UK and Director of the Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity at the University's Department for International Development, Queen Elizabeth House LAURENCE WHITEHEAD is Official Fellow in Politics at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, UK and Director of the University's Mexican Studies Centre NGAIRE WOODS is Lecturer in Politics and International Relations and Director of Global Economic Governance Programme, University College, University of Oxford, UK

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors Acronyms Preface Introduction: The Acceptance of Economic Doctrine in Latin America: V.FitzGerald & R.Thorp Economic Ideas, International Influences, and Domestic Politics: A Comparative Perspective: P.Gourevitch The Evolution of Economic Ideas: from Import-substitution to Human Development: F.Stewart The Hegemony of U.S. Economic Doctrines in Latin America: P.W.Drake The Conflict of Economic Doctrines in Latin America: V.FitzGerald 'Liberalismo Tropical' : The Career of a European Economic Doctrine in Nineteenth Century Latin America: N.Jacobsen Institutional Foundations of Economic Ideas in Latin America, 1914-1950: J.L.Love The Rise and Fall of Structuralism: J.L.Love Knowledge is Power: The Case of Colombian Economists: M.Palacios The Bretton Woods Institutions and the Transmission of Neo-liberal Ideas in Mexico: N.Woods The Shifting Foundations of Economic Liberalism in Latin American Public Policy: L.Whitehead Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

'...this is a most scholarly book on a crucial topic of our times.' - Cristobal Kay - Latin American Studies

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