Social Conflict And Populist Policies In Latin America

Author : Jeffrey Sachs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Conflict and Populist Policies in Latin America written by Jeffrey Sachs and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The central hypothesis of this paper is that high income inequality in Latin America contributes to intense political pressures for macroeconomic policies to raise the incomes of lower income groups, which in turn contributes to bad policy choices and weak economic performance. The paper looks in detail at one common type of policy failure: the populist policy cycle. This particular type of Latin American policymaking, characterized by overly expansionary macroeconomic policies which lead to high inflation and severe balance of payments crises, has been repeated so often, and with such common characteristics, that it plainly reveals the linkages from social conflict to poor economic performance.

Author : Rudiger Dornbusch
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226158489
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Macroeconomics of Populism in Latin America written by Rudiger Dornbusch and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Again and again, Latin America has seen the populist scenario played to an unfortunate end. Upon gaining power, populist governments attempt to revive the economy through massive spending. After an initial recovery, inflation reemerges and the government responds with wage an price controls. Shortages, overvaluation, burgeoning deficits, and capital flight soon precipitate economic crisis, with a subsequent collapse of the populist regime. The lessons of this experience are especially valuable for countries in Eastern Europe, as they face major political and economic decisions. Economists and political scientists from the United States and Latin America detail in this volume how and why such programs go wrong and what leads policymakers to repeatedly adopt these policies despite a history of failure. Authors examine this pattern in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Peru—and show how Colombia managed to avoid it. Despite differences in how each country implemented its policies, the macroeconomic consequences were remarkably similar. Scholars of Latin America will find this work a valuable resource, offering a distinctive macroeconomic perspective on the continuing controversy over the dynamics of populism.

Author : John Ward
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0415147255
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Latin America written by John Ward and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Carlos de la Torre
Publisher : Woodrow Wilson Center Press / Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781421410098
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Latin American Populism in the Twenty-First Century written by Carlos de la Torre and published by Woodrow Wilson Center Press / Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributors to this volume take the long view of populism in Latin America—placing current movements into the context of the past. Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez, Bolivia’s Evo Morales, and Ecuador’s Rafael Correa have brought the subject of Latin American populism once again to the fore of scholarly and policy debate in the region. Latin American Populism in the Twenty-first Century explains the emergence of today’s radical populism and places it in historical context, identifying continuities as well as differences from both the classical populism of the 1930s and 1940s and the neo-populism of the 1990s. Leading Latin American, U.S., and European authors explore the institutional and socioeconomic contexts that give rise to populism and show how disputes over its meaning are closely intertwined with debates over the meaning of democracy. By analyzing the discourse and policies of populist leaders and reviewing their impact in particular countries, these contributors provide a deeper understanding of populism’s democratizing promise as well as the authoritarian tendencies that threaten the foundation of liberal democracy.

Author : Stephanie Collins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789995481933
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Best's Key Rating Guide, 1995 written by Stephanie Collins and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Carlo Dell'Aringad
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349115622
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Labour Relations and Economic Performance written by Carlo Dell'Aringad and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains the proceedings of a conference held to assess the current state of the analysis of the labour market and of industrial relations and their relationship to economic performance.

Author : Daniel H. Levine
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 9780807841501
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion and Political Conflict in Latin America written by Daniel H. Levine and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 1986 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors examine popular religion as a vital source of new values and experiences as well as a source of pressure for change in the church, political life, and the social order as a whole and deal with the issues of poverty and the role of the poor wit

Author : Candelaria Garay
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108107974
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Policy Expansion in Latin America written by Candelaria Garay and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-12-29 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the twentieth century, much of the population in Latin America lacked access to social protection. Since the 1990s, however, social policy for millions of outsiders - rural, informal, and unemployed workers and dependents - has been expanded dramatically. Social Policy Expansion in Latin America shows that the critical factors driving expansion are electoral competition for the vote of outsiders and social mobilization for policy change. The balance of partisan power and the involvement of social movements in policy design explain cross-national variation in policy models, in terms of benefit levels, coverage, and civil society participation in implementation. The book draws on in-depth case studies of policy making in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico over several administrations and across three policy areas: health care, pensions, and income support. Secondary case studies illustrate how the theory applies to other developing countries.

Author : A. E. van Niekerk
Publisher : Rotterdam : Universitaire Pers Rotterdam
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Populism and Political Development in Latin America written by A. E. van Niekerk and published by Rotterdam : Universitaire Pers Rotterdam. This book was released on 1974 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparison of the functions performed by populist social movements in the modernization of political systems in Latin America - includes historical backgrounds, and covers political ideology, government policies, social problems, patterns of political leadership, the internal functions of nationalism, interest groups, political partys, etc. Bibliography pp. 220 to 226.

Author : Diana Kapiszewski
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110890159X
Total Pages : 587 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Inclusionary Turn in Latin American Democracies written by Diana Kapiszewski and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-02-04 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latin American states took dramatic steps toward greater inclusion during the late twentieth and early twenty-first Centuries. Bringing together an accomplished group of scholars, this volume examines this shift by introducing three dimensions of inclusion: official recognition of historically excluded groups, access to policymaking, and resource redistribution. Tracing the movement along these dimensions since the 1990s, the editors argue that the endurance of democratic politics, combined with longstanding social inequalities, create the impetus for inclusionary reforms. Diverse chapters explore how factors such as the role of partisanship and electoral clientelism, constitutional design, state capacity, social protest, populism, commodity rents, international diffusion, and historical legacies encouraged or inhibited inclusionary reform during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Featuring original empirical evidence and a strong theoretical framework, the book considers cross-national variation, delves into the surprising paradoxes of inclusion, and identifies the obstacles hindering further fundamental change.