Latin American democracies in the new global economy /

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Imprint:Coral Gables, Fla. : North-South Center Press, c2003.
Description:ix, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5054004
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Other authors / contributors:Margheritis, Ana.
ISBN:1574541242 (alk. paper)
1574541293 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • Introduction: Foreign Policy and Domestic Restructuring in Latin America: Recent Achievements and Future Challenges
  • Part I. Betting on Economic Integration
  • Chapter 1. Economic Integration and Trade Negotiations in Latin America and the Caribbean at the Turn of the Century
  • Chapter 2. Economic Integration in the Southern Cone: Can MERCOSUR Survive?
  • Chapter 3. Mexico: Export Promotion, North American Free Trade Agreement, and the Future of North American Economic Integration
  • Part II. Coping With Financial Instability
  • Chapter 4. Mexican and Other Recent Latin American Financial Crises: How Much Systemic, How Much Policy?
  • Chapter 5. Alternatives to Cope with Financial Instability in Latin America
  • Part III. Accumulating Human Capital
  • Chapter 6. What Human Capital Policies Can and Cannot Do for Productivity and Poverty Reduction in Latin America
  • Chapter 7. Education Policy Reform in Latin America: New Opportunities, Old Constraints
  • Part IV. Improving Democratic Governance
  • Chapter 8. The Dilemma of Decentralization in Latin America: Risks and Opportunities
  • Chapter 9. Democratic Governance and the Dilemma of Social Security Reform in Brazil
  • Chapter 10. Foreign Investment and Democratic Governance in Latin America
  • Conclusion: The Death of the Universal Development Model: Sustaining Growth through Differentiating Domestic Norms
  • Contributors
  • Index