Creative Destruction? : Economic Crises and Democracy in Latin America.

Francisco E. González
Bok · Engelsk · 2012 · Electronic books.

Omfang	1 online resource (294 pages)
Utgave	1st ed.
Opplysninger	Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION. Institutions, Interests, and Ideas in Explaining Regime Change -- 1 Financial Shocks, Economic Crises, and Democracy: Theory and Practice -- PART I. GREAT DEPRESSION, 1929-34 -- 2 Economic Crisis and Democracy during the Great Depression -- 3 Institutions: Polarized Domestic Conflicts and Weak International Capacity -- 4 Interests: Foreign Capital and Domestic Coalitions against Democracy -- 5 Ideas: Extreme Ideological Conflict and Rise of the State in the Economy -- PART II. ECONOMIC CRISES AND DEMOCRACY IN THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY -- 6 1982 Debt Crisis and 1997-2002 Emerging Markets Crises -- 7 Institutions: Demise of Military-as-Government and Higher Costs for Action -- 8 Interests: Capital Flight, Pressures from Below, and Democracy -- 9 Ideas: Cold War Endgame, Unipolar Moment, and Neoliberalism -- Conclusion. Implications for Democracy after the 2008-9 Financial Meltdown -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.. - Scholars and students of Latin America, political economy, and democratization studies will find González's arguments engaging and the framework he built for this study especially useful in their own work.
Sjanger	Electronic books.
Dewey	330.98
ISBN	9781421406039
ISBN(galt)	9781421405421