Screen LibraryLeft behind：Latin America and the false promise of populism
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The University of Chicago Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Chicago |
| Publication Dates: | 2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 292 p.: ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780226184784 (hbk.) 0226184781 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | F173 |
| CLC: |
F173.00 D773.021 |
| Call Number: | F173.00/E261 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-272) and index. Latin America : the eternal land of the future -- Latin America's decline : a long historical view -- From the Alliance for Progress to the Washington Consensus -- Fractured liberalism : Latin America's incomplete reforms -- Chile, Latin America's brightest star -- So far from God : Mexico's Tequila Crisis of 1994 -- The mother of all crises, Argentina, 2001-2002 -- Populism, neopopulism, and inequality in the new century -- Chávez's challenge and Lula's response -- A three-speed Latin America for the twenty-first century. In this book, Sebastian Edwards explains why the nations of Latin America have failed to share in the fruits of globalization and forcefully highlights the dangers of the recent turn to economic populism in the region.--[book jacket] |