Latin American Political Economy – serie
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36 produkter
Human Rights Trade-Offs in Times of Economic Growth
The Long-Term Capability Impacts of Extractive-Led Development
Inbunden, 2016
551 kr
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This book uncovers a historical dependency on smelting activities that has trapped inhabitants of La Oroya, Peru, in a context of systemic lack of freedom. La Oroya has been named one of the most polluted places on the planet by the US Blacksmith Institute. Residents face the dilemma of whether to …
Designing Industrial Policy in Latin America: Business-State Relations and the New Developmentalism
Av B. Schneider
Inbunden, 2015
551 kr
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Development economists and practitioners agree that close collaboration between business and government improves industrial policy, yet little research exists on how best to organize that. This book examines three necessary functions–-information exchange, authoritative allocation, and reducing …
Oil, Revolution, and Indigenous Citizenship in Ecuadorian Amazonia
Av Flora Lu, Gabriela Valdivia m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
1095 kr
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This book addresses the political ecology of the Ecuadorian petro-state since the turn of the century and contextualizes state-civil society relations in contemporary Ecuador to produce an analysis of oil and Revolution in twenty-first century Latin America. Ecuador’s recent history is marked by …
Improving Access and Quality of Public Services in Latin America
To Govern and To Serve
Av Guillermo Perry, Ramona Angelescu Naqvi
Inbunden, 2016
1095 kr
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This book presents insights from several countries in Latin America and beyond on how to organize critical sectors, such as education, roads and water, to improve quality, access and affordability. The innovative, multi-disciplinary studies in this volume discuss the outcomes of decentralization, …
Improving Access and Quality of Public Services in Latin America
To Govern and To Serve
Av Guillermo Perry, Ramona Angelescu Naqvi
Häftad, 2018
1095 kr
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This book presents insights from several countries in Latin America and beyond on how to organize critical sectors, such as education, roads and water, to improve quality, access and affordability. The innovative, multi-disciplinary studies in this volume discuss the outcomes of decentralization, …
Government-Business Relations and Regional Development in Post-Reform Mexico
Häftad, 2019
552 kr
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This book explores the political economy of subnational development in Mexico. Like much of Latin America, Mexico underwent market reforms and democratization in the late 20th century. In addition to transforming national institutions, these changes led to sharp political and economic divergence …
Chinese Oil Enterprises in Latin America
Corporate Social Responsibility
Av Wenyuan Wu
Häftad, 2018
552 kr
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This book focuses on corporate social responsibility (CSR) records of Chinese oil investments in five Latin American countries: Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Colombia, and Venezuela. These investments have been spearheaded by China’s national oil companies and their behavior has been scantly studied. …
Private Equity and Financial Development in Latin America
Inbunden, 2022
1316 kr
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Shallow capital markets are a key bottleneck for private sector development in Latin America. Still, there is not a large literature on capital markets and corporate governance, or on the politics of regulatory reform and business associations, focused on this region. To help address this gap, this …
Private Equity and Financial Development in Latin America
Häftad, 2023
1316 kr
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Shallow capital markets are a key bottleneck for private sector development in Latin America. Still, there is not a large literature on capital markets and corporate governance, or on the politics of regulatory reform and business associations, focused on this region. To help address this gap, this …
Geography of Trade Liberalization
Peru’s Free Trade Continuity in Comparative Perspective
Av Omar Awapara
Inbunden, 2023
1425 kr
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This book answers why anti-trade forces in developing countries sometimes fail to effectively exert pressure on their governments. The backlash against globalization spread across several Latin American countries in the 2000s, yet a few countries such as Peru doubled down on their bets on free …
Geography of Trade Liberalization
Peru’s Free Trade Continuity in Comparative Perspective
Av Omar Awapara
Häftad, 2024
1425 kr
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This book answers why anti-trade forces in developing countries sometimes fail to effectively exert pressure on their governments. The backlash against globalization spread across several Latin American countries in the 2000s, yet a few countries such as Peru doubled down on their bets on free …
Economic Elites, Political Parties and the Electoral Arena
Argentina, Chile and Uruguay in Comparative Perspective
Inbunden, 2023
1425 kr
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This book delves into the intricate dynamics between economic elites and the political party system in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, particularly during their democratization phases in the twentieth century. It introduces a novel framework for comprehending the diverse political strategies adopted …
Economic Elites, Political Parties and the Electoral Arena
Argentina, Chile and Uruguay in Comparative Perspective
Häftad, 2025
1425 kr
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This book delves into the intricate dynamics between economic elites and the political party system in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, particularly during their democratization phases in the twentieth century. It introduces a novel framework for comprehending the diverse political strategies adopted …
Historic Racial Exclusion and Subnational Socio-economic Outcomes in Colombia
Equal but Different
Inbunden, 2024
1207 kr
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This book examines the geo-racialized order of the Colombian state and its consequences for Afro-descendant territories. To do so, it employs a historical institutional approach tracing racial exclusion and subnational socioeconomic outcomes in Colombia during the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth …
Historic Racial Exclusion and Subnational Socio-economic Outcomes in Colombia
Equal but Different
Häftad, 2025
1207 kr
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This book examines the geo-racialized order of the Colombian state and its consequences for Afro-descendant territories. To do so, it employs a historical institutional approach tracing racial exclusion and subnational socioeconomic outcomes in Colombia during the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth …
Social Protest and Conflict in Radical Neoliberalism
Chile, 2008–2020
Av Alfredo Joignant, Nicolás M. Somma
Inbunden, 2024
1534 kr
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This book analyzes collective protests and contentious politics in Chile over a span of 13 years. Utilizing an unprecedented database developed by the Centre for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies (COES), twenty social scientists provide a systematic overview of conflicts between 2008 and 2020 in …
Social Protest and Conflict in Radical Neoliberalism
Chile, 2008–2020
Av Alfredo Joignant, Nicolás M. Somma
Häftad, 2025
1534 kr
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This book analyzes collective protests and contentious politics in Chile over a span of 13 years. Utilizing an unprecedented database developed by the Centre for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies (COES), twenty social scientists provide a systematic overview of conflicts between 2008 and 2020 in …
From (De)regulation to Industrialization?
Chilean Lithium Policy in Comparative Perspective
Inbunden, 2025
1098 kr
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This book aims to elucidate the divergent institutional trajectories of lithium policies in Latin America, shedding light on how industrial development of mining activities can emerge in specific extractivist contexts. While focusing primarily on Chile's lithium policy, the study is further …
From (De)regulation to Industrialization?
Chilean Lithium Policy in Comparative Perspective
Häftad, 2026
1098 kr
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This book aims to elucidate the divergent institutional trajectories of lithium policies in Latin America, shedding light on how industrial development of mining activities can emerge in specific extractivist contexts. While focusing primarily on Chile's lithium policy, the study is further …
Political Risk and the Politics of Risk
Credit Rating Agencies and the Political Process in Brazil and Argentina
Inbunden, 2025
1316 kr
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This book provides a critical analysis of how credit rating agencies engage with the political and economic dynamics of developing countries. Focusing on Brazil and Argentina, it demonstrates how S&P Global, Moody’s Investor Service, and Fitch Ratings—the “Big Three”—employ a politics of risk that …
Dynamics of South-South Cooperation and Foreign Policy in Latin America in a Changing International Scenario
Ecuador’s International Insertion in the XXI Century
Inbunden, 2026
1425 kr
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This book explores how South-South Cooperation (SSC) is influencing Latin America’s foreign policy and development choices in a changing world shaped by China’s growing global role. It looks at how countries in the region are rethinking their international strategies to gain more autonomy and …
Social Debtfare Policies
The Financialization of Argentina's Welfare Policy
Inbunden, 2025
1534 kr
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The book examines the evolution of Argentina's welfare policies from 1983 to 2019, focusing on the historical connections between social policies, financial markets, and households—an area largely overlooked in existing literature. Unlike previous studies that emphasize the role of cash transfers …
How States Shape Markets in Latin America
Inbunden, 2025
1643 kr
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Why have Latin American countries developed sharply divergent financial systems—and how do these systems shape national growth strategies? While Chile built large capital markets and Brazil expanded long-term credit for firms, Argentina lags behind in both. What explains this variation? This book …
Business Power in Agriculture Value Chains
Argentina During the Commodity Boom
Inbunden, 2026
1425 kr
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This book examines how multinational agribusiness companies shape the regulation of agricultural value chains in Latin America. Focusing on Argentina—one of the world’s largest agricultural exporters—it analyzes distributive conflicts across three policy arenas: seed intellectual property rights, …
Politics of Agricultural Policies in Argentina and Brazil
Explaining Tax and Regulatory Policies on Commercial Agriculture during Booming Times
Inbunden, 2026
1425 kr
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How do powerful rural actors turn wealth into political clout—and when do they fail? This book offers a comparative account of business power that speaks to political scientists well beyond agricultural policy. Tracing Argentina and Brazil during the 2000s commodity boom, it shows how economic …
Political Party Survival in Latin America
The Argentine Radical Party in Comparative Perspective
Av Sam Maynard
Inbunden, 2026
1534 kr
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This book develops a new framework for explaining how political parties survive severe crises in Latin America. Challenging accounts that equate survival with electoral recovery, it argues that endurance emerges from elite incentives shaped by territorial depth, organizational routines, and …
Dominant Elites in Latin America
From Neo-Liberalism to the ‘Pink Tide’
Av Liisa L. North, Timothy D. Clark
Inbunden, 2017
1425 kr
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This volume examines the ways in which the socio-economic elites of the region have transformed and expanded the material bases of their power from the inception of neo-liberal policies in the 1970s through to the so-called progressive ‘pink tide’ governments of the past two decades. The six case …
Resource Booms and Institutional Pathways
The Case of the Extractive Industry in Peru
Av Eduardo Dargent, José Carlos Orihuela m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
1098 kr
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This book analyses the institutional development that the Peruvian state has undergone in recent years within a context of rapid extractive industry expansion. It addresses the most important institutional state transformations produced directly by natural resources growth. This includes the …
Squatters and the Politics of Marginality in Uruguay
Av María José Álvarez-Rivadulla
Inbunden, 2017
1098 kr
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This book unveils the political economy of land squatting in a third world city, Montevideo, in Uruguay. It focuses on the effects of democratization on the mobilization of the poorest as well as on the role played by different types of brokers, from radical Catholic priests to local leaders …
Rethinking Taxation in Latin America
Reform and Challenges in Times of Uncertainty
Av Jorge Atria, Constantin Groll m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
1007 kr
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This study of taxation in Latin America takes a novel approach to the subject, using a framework that posits three dimensions for studying taxes—historical, relational, and transnational. The book argues that: first, taxation should be understood as a relational concept and tax systems as a …
