Economics

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A Study of Crisis

with a new Preface

By Michael Brecher & Jonathan Wilkenfeld
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, Economics, International Economics, Latin American Studies, Digital Projects

A comprehensive study of the causes and consequences of war in the twentieth century

Decentralization and Popular Democracy

Governance from Below in Bolivia

By Jean-Paul Faguet
Subjects: Political Science, Political Economy, Economics, System -- Development, Latin American Studies

Faguet identifies the factors that determine the outcomes of national decentralization on the local level

Markets and Cultural Voices

Liberty vs. Power in the Lives of Mexican Amate Painters

By Tyler Cowen
Subjects: Economics, Anthropology, Latin American Studies
Series: Economics, Cognition, and Society

Explores the world of three Mexican artists to reveal how globalization shapes their lives

Reinventing the State

Economic Strategy and Institutional Change in Peru

By Carol Wise
Subjects: Economics, International Economics, System -- Development, Political Science, Political Economy, Latin American Studies
Series: Development and Inequality in the Market Economy

The first comprehensive political economic overview of Peru in over two decades

Economic Reforms in Chile

From Dictatorship to Democracy

By Ricardo Ffrench-Davis
Subjects: Economics, System -- Development, International Economics, Latin American Studies, Political Science, Political Economy
Series: Development and Inequality in the Market Economy

An analysis of the neoliberal reform in Chile during the last thirty years

Defusing Democracy

Central Bank Autonomy and the Transition from Authoritarian Rule

By Delia Margaret Boylan
Subjects: Political Science, Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Economics, System -- Development, Latin American Studies

A substantive focus on transitions to democracy combined with an analytical approach rooted in the political economy of institutions

Capital Flows, Capital Controls, and Currency Crises

Latin America in the 1990s

Edited by Felipe Larrain B.
Subjects: Economics, System -- Development, Macro Economics, International Economics, Latin American Studies
Series: Development and Inequality in the Market Economy

Examines the resurgence in private capital inflows experienced by Latin America during the 1990s

Distributive Justice and Economic Development

The Case of Chile and Developing Countries

Edited by Andres Solimano, Eduardo Aninat, and Nancy Birdsall
Subjects: Economics, International Economics, System -- Development, Political Science, Political Economy, Latin American Studies
Series: Development and Inequality in the Market Economy

Examines the growth-equity relationship in developing countries

Harvesting Coffee, Bargaining Wages

Rural Labor Markets in Colombia, 1975-1990

By Sutti Ortiz
Subjects: Anthropology, Economics, Labor, Health, and Educational Economics, Latin American Studies, Sociology, Class Studies
Series: Linking Levels of Analysis

A close ethnographic study of how culture, power, gender, and institutions affect labor exchanges

Titles, Conflict, and Land Use

The Development of Property Rights and Land Reform on the Brazilian Amazon Frontier

By Lee J. Alston, Gary D. Libecap, and Bernardo Mueller
Subjects: Economics, Latin American Studies, Law, Political Science
Series: Economics, Cognition, and Society

Describes conflicts over land use on the Brazilian frontier and analyzes the evolution of property rights from an institutional perspective

After Neoliberalism

What Next for Latin America?

Edited by Lance Taylor
Subjects: Economics, International Economics, System -- Development, Latin American Studies
Series: Development and Inequality in the Market Economy

Neoliberal policy reform in Latin America is examined critically

Social Inequality

Values, Growth, and the State

Edited by Andres Solimano
Subjects: Economics, System -- Development, International Economics, Latin American Studies
Series: Development and Inequality in the Market Economy

Considers philosophical, growth, and redistributive issues surrounding the problem of social inequality

A Study of Crisis

By Michael Brecher & Jonathan Wilkenfeld
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, Economics, International Economics, Latin American Studies, Digital Projects

A comprehensive study of the causes and consequences of war in the twentieth century

The Allure of the Foreign

Imported Goods in Postcolonial Latin America

Edited by Benjamin Orlove
Subjects: Anthropology, History, Latin American Studies, Economics, Economic Theory
Series: Linking Levels of Analysis

A rich analysis of the internal social factors that drive the demand for foreign goods

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