The Political Economy Of Central America Since 1920

Author : Victor Bulmer-Thomas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521348393
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of Central America since 1920 written by Victor Bulmer-Thomas and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1987-12-10 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book Victor Bulmer-Thomas uses his previously unpublished estimates of the national accounts to explore economic and social development in the five Central American republics from 1920. He examines in detail variations in economic policy between countries which help to account for differences in performance. The major political developments are woven into the analysis and linked to changes in internal and external conditions. Growth under liberal oligarchic rule in the 1920s, heavily dependent on exports of coffee and bananas, was accompanied by modest reform programmes. The 1929 depression, which hit the region hard, undermined most of the reforms and ushered in a period of dictatorial rule in all republics except Costa Rica. The Second World War, particularly after the entry of the United States, at first strengthened the dictatorships, but ultimately produced challenges to rule by authoritarian caudillos. The social upheavals accompanying the post-war export-led boom forced governments in each republic to address the question of economic, social and political reform.

Author : Frederick Stirton Weaver
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429973306
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inside The Volcano written by Frederick Stirton Weaver and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-19 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Central America sprang into the consciousness of the U.S. public in the late 1970s, propelled by the Nicaraguan revolution and the brutal civil wars in Guatemala and El Salvador. The continuing debates over the nature of the conflicts and the role of U.S. policy have too seldom acknowledged the historical depths of the crises' roots, and the size of the Central American nations has often led U.S. participants in the debate to underestimate the dynamism, complexity, and heterogeneity of the social structures that underlie the political struggles.This book presents a historical and analytical interpretation of recent Central American crises. Using a consistent comparative framework, Dr. Weaver sorts out the relations among economic growth, social organization, and political structure and offers explanations for the historically divergent developments among the five Central American nations. By setting those events in a broader Latin American context and illuminating the relationships between domestic and international influences, Dr. Weaver shows how rapid changes in the social organization of economic production in some periods affected social structures and configurations of political power, while at other times political conflicts conditioned and shaped subsequent patterns of economic expansion.

Author : Richard E. Feinberg
Publisher : Westview Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
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Download or read book Development Postponed written by Richard E. Feinberg and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1986-07-17 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Laura Randall
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292785992
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of Latin America in the Postwar Period written by Laura Randall and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-07-22 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The historic and increasing interdependence of the Latin American and U.S. economies makes an understanding of the political economies of Latin American nations particularly timely and important. After World War II, many nations initially implemented import substituting industrialization policies. Their outcomes, and the shift in policies, are related to the domestic policies and world economic conditions that led to government deficits, inflation, foreign borrowing, debt renegotiation, and renewed emphasis on common markets and other devices to stimulate trade and investment. In The Political Economy of Latin America in the Postwar Period, important policy measures are evaluated, such as indexation of prices and contracts; special provisions for financing the government through the Central Bank; stabilization; and deregulation of the economy. The introduction presents trends in Latin American growth and the factors that influence them. This is followed by parallel studies of the economic development of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru from 1945 to the mid-1990s. Noted experts bring their considerable experience to analyzing the content and impact of the economic theories that guided policymaking and their effects on output, income, and quality of life.

Author : Victor Bulmer-Thomas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781107608559
Total Pages : 629 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Economic History of Latin America since Independence written by Victor Bulmer-Thomas and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-10 with total page 629 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study, now in a revised and updated third edition, covers the economic history of Latin America from independence in the 1820s to the present. It stresses the differences between Latin American countries while recognizing the external influences to which the whole region has been subject. Victor Bulmer-Thomas notes the failure of the region to close the gap in living standards between it and the United States and explores the reasons. He also examines the new paradigm taking shape in Latin America since the debt crisis of the 1980s and asks whether this new economic model will be able to bring the growth and improvement in equity that the region desperately needs. This third edition contains a wealth of new material that draws on the new research in the area in the past ten years.

Author : Stephen Haber
Publisher : Hoover Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0817996664
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Institutions and Economic Growth in Latin America written by Stephen Haber and published by Hoover Institution Press. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political Institutions and Economic Growth in Latin America offers a new contribution to the literature on institutions and growth through the analysis of historical cases of institutional change and economic growth in Latin America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Author : Jeffry A Frieden
Publisher : Westview Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modern Political Economy And Latin America written by Jeffry A Frieden and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 2000-04-20 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reader that applies the newest debates in political economy to the analysis of Latin America in a way that is thematically and theoretically cohesive.

Author : Wendell C. Gordon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book ˜Theœ political economy of Latin America written by Wendell C. Gordon and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Wendell C. Gordon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780231085724
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book The Political Economy of Latin America written by Wendell C. Gordon and published by . This book was released on 1966-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dana Gardner Munro
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
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Download or read book The Five Republics of Central America written by Dana Gardner Munro and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: