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Miraculous Metamorphoses
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Paperback. An examination of Latin American populism and its relationship to neoliberalism, this book covers a set of countries in South and Central America to track the political paths of each in terms of how they have adapted to free markets, privatisation, unemployment and increasing inequality. Editor(s): Demmers, J.; Jilberto, A.E.Fernandez; Hogenboom, Barbara. Num Pages: 224 pages, figures, notes, tables, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLCN; 1KLCS; 1KLSA; 1KLSB; 1KLSE; 1KLSH; 1KLSR; GTB; JPH; KCM; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 352.
This volume examines a central conundrum of Latin American politics. How is that the triumph of neoliberal-inspired economic restructuring in the 1980s and 90s did not cause the political demise of populist movements? What is remarkable, as these scholars show, is that Latin American populist parties, which had long been associated with statist, quasi-Keynesian, even demagogic economic policies, have survived the transition to the much harsher era of free markets, privatisation, unemployment and increasing inequality. And without apparently losing their political popularity, in contrast both to the far left and traditional oligarchic parties. Indeed Latin American populist forces seem to ... Read more
This volume examines a central conundrum of Latin American politics. How is that the triumph of neoliberal-inspired economic restructuring in the 1980s and 90s did not cause the political demise of populist movements? What is remarkable, as these scholars show, is that Latin American populist parties, which had long been associated with statist, quasi-Keynesian, even demagogic economic policies, have survived the transition to the much harsher era of free markets, privatisation, unemployment and increasing inequality. And without apparently losing their political popularity, in contrast both to the far left and traditional oligarchic parties. Indeed Latin American populist forces seem to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781856498876
SKU
V9781856498876
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Jolle Demmers is a lecturer in development studies and urban sociology at Utrecht University, and managing editor of the Thela Latin America Series of Thela Thesis, Amsterdam. She is author of Friends and Bitter Enemies: Politics and Neoliberal Reform in Yucatan, Mexico (1998). Alex E. Fernandez Jilberto is a senior lecturer in international relations Section at the University of ... Read more
Reviews for Miraculous Metamorphoses
'This book is well-written, free of jargon, and includes useful data and analyses.' Choice