Latin American Democracies in the New Global Economy

by Margheritis, Ana

• ISBN13: 9781574541298
• ISBN10: 1574541293
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-12-31
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	v
Foreword	vii
William C. Smith
Introduction Foreign Policy and Domestic Restructuring in Latin America: Recent Achievements and Future Challenges	1	(30)
Ana Margheritis
Part I --- Betting on Economic Integration
Economic Integration and Trade Negotiations in Latin America and the Caribbean at the Turn of the Century	31	(32)
Jose Salazar-Xirinachs
Economic Integration in the Southern Cone: Can MERCOSUR Survive?	63	(20)
Roberto Bouzas
Mexico: Export Promotion, North American Free Trade Agreement, and the Future of North American Economic Integration	83	(26)
Gustavo Vega-Canovas
Part II --- Coping With Financial Instability
Mexican and Other Recent Latin American Financial Crises: How Much Systemic, How Much Policy?	109	(16)
Sidney Weintraub
Alternatives to Cope with Financial Instability in Latin America	125	(20)
Sylvia Maxfield
Part III --- Accumulating Human Capital
What Human Capital Policies Can and Cannot Do for Productivity and Poverty Reduction in Latin America	145	(28)
Suzanne Duryea
Carmen Pages
Education Policy Reform in Latin America: New Opportunities, Old Constraints	173	(26)
Wendy Hunter
Part IV --- Improving Democratic Governance
The Dilemma of Decentralization in Latin America: Risks and Opportunities	199	(22)
Kent Eaton
Democratic Governance and the Dilemma of Social Security Reform in Brazil	221	(20)
Peter Kingstone
Foreign Investment and Democratic Governance in Latin America	241	(24)
Richard Youngs
Conclusion The Death of the Universal Development Model: Sustaining Growth through Differentiating Domestic Norms	265	(16)
Brian Potter
Contributors	281	(4)
Index	285