Political Risk and the Politics of Risk

Pedro Lange Machado holds a doctoral degree in Political Science and is a postdoctoral fellow at the Brazilian Center of Analysis and Planning (Cebrap). His research focuses on International Political Economy, with particular attention to the politics of finance and the tensions between democratic governance and global financial markets. His current work also explores the political economy of the climate crisis, with a focus on sustainable finance.

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Rating agencies and the global financial order.- Chapter 3: Political risk and the politics of risk.- Chapter 4: The case of Brazil: setting the scenario.- Chapter 5: The political economy of the rating agencies in Brazil.- Chapter 6: The case of Argentina: setting the scenario.- Chapter 7: The political economy of rating agencies in Argentina.- Chapter 8: Concluding remarks: rating agencies and democracy.