The State and Capital Accumulation in Latin America

The State and Capital Accumulation in Latin America
Author: Christian Anglade
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 391
Release: 2016-07-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1349090301

This is the second and final volume of a collection of studies on the role of the state in capital accumulation in Latin America. Volume One included a general historical and conceptual introduction and case studies of Brazil, Chile and Mexico. The present volume covers the remaining countries of South America (with the exception of Paraguay). Together, the ten countries examined in the two volumes represent 89% of the Latin American population and 94% of the continent's GDP.

Statistical yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean

Statistical yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: United Nations: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Publisher: UN
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789210210577

This annual publication contains a range of economic and social data for the countries of the Latin America & Caribbean region. This edition contains some important modifications, both in content and design, in order to incorporate technological and statistical developments, and it is organised into four chapters covering: demographic and social indicators; economic, trade and balance-of-payments statistics as well as national accounts; the environment and natural resources; and issues relating to methodology and metadata. An electronic version of the yearbook is presented on the accompanying CD-ROM with additional tables giving more detailed information on the economic and social situation in each country.

Cuban Communism

Cuban Communism
Author: Irving Louis Horowitz
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Total Pages: 766
Release:
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781412820851

Forty-six essays, presented by avowedly anti-Castro editors and gathered mostly from US journals and books of the past couple decades, are organized into five sections devoted to the history, economy, society, military, and polity of Cuba. Some of the specific topics treated include: Cuban and Soviet relations; decentralization, local government, and participation; economic policies and strategies for the 1990s; the politics of sports; political and military relations; and forecasting institutional changes after Castro. In addition, two appendices present a chronology of the Cuban revolution from 1959 to 1998 and biographical essays on 19 revolutionary leaders. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Latin American Political Economy

Latin American Political Economy
Author: Jonathan Hartlyn
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2019-03-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0429718071

This book considers the historical and contemporary determinants of the financial crisis facing Latin America from a political economy perspective and compares the effects of and responses to the crisis in a number of countries. It discusses the internal policy errors that led to financial blow-ups.

Ascent to Bankruptcy

Ascent to Bankruptcy
Author: Carmelo Mesa-Lago
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2010-11-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 0822976560

In 1990, Carmelo Mesa-Lago, the foremost authority on social security in Latin America, concluded that all of the region's programs were imperiled, especially those in the most advanced nations. His study of twenty countries, originally sponsored by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America, critically reviews major financial problems, low and uneven population coverage, erosion in benefits, increasing costs, and the impact of social security on development.In words that eerily echo current U.S. debates, Mesa-Lago analyzes virtually all social insurance programs: old age, disability and survivors' pensions; health care; occupational hazards; family allowances; and unemployment. For social security specialists, this impressive study will serve as a comprehensive regional handbook on the legal, administrative, and financial features of Latin America's programs. Students of comparative policy and applied economics will find Mesa-Lago's methodology, analytical framework, and policy recommendations invaluable.

The Third Wave of Democratization in Latin America

The Third Wave of Democratization in Latin America
Author: Frances Hagopian
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 446
Release: 2005-06-06
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781139445603

The late twentieth century witnessed the birth of an impressive number of new democracies in Latin America. This wave of democratization since 1978 has been by far the broadest and most durable in the history of Latin America, but many of the resulting democratic regimes also suffer from profound deficiencies. What caused democratic regimes to emerge and survive? What are their main achievements and shortcomings? This volume offers an ambitious and comprehensive overview of the unprecedented advances as well as the setbacks in the post-1978 wave of democratization. It seeks to explain the sea change from a region dominated by authoritarian regimes to one in which openly authoritarian regimes are the rare exception, and it analyzes why some countries have achieved striking gains in democratization while others have experienced erosions. The book presents general theoretical arguments about what causes and sustains democracy and analyses of nine compelling country cases.