Economic Policy and the Transition to Democracy: The Latin American Experience

Economic Policy and the Transition to Democracy: The Latin American Experience
ISBN-10
1349246425
ISBN-13
9781349246427
Category
Political Science
Pages
259
Language
English
Published
2015-12-22
Publisher
Springer
Authors
Gary McMahon, Juan Antonio Morales

Description

In the 1980s a large number of Latin American countries reverted from military dictatorships to civilian democracies. In most cases the new democratic governments inherited an extremely precarious economic situation, which left little room to manoeuvre. This book analyzes the special problems that governments face in the formulation and implementation of economic policy after the restoration of democracy. In each of six cases - Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay - an analysis is made of the difficulties encountered and the performance of the democratic governments.

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