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Building new democracies : economic and social reform in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico / Michel Duquette.

Title
Building new democracies : economic and social reform in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico / Michel Duquette.
Author
Duquette, Michel, 1947-
Publication
Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c1999.

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Description
x, 287 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
"In Building New Democracies Michel Duquette analyses the main public policies of Brazil, Chile, and Mexico to explore examples of how countries make the transition from an authoritarian regime to a democratic society." "The main objective of the book is to follow the process of policy formation in very young democracies."--Jacket.
Series Statement
Studies in comparative political economy and public policy ; 7
Uniform Title
Studies in comparative political economy and public policy 7.
Subject
  • 1970-1994
  • Democracy > Brazil
  • Democracy > Chile
  • Democracy > Mexico
  • New democracies
  • Brazil > Economic policy
  • Brazil > Social policy
  • Chile > Economic policy
  • Chile > Social policy
  • Mexico > Economic policy > 1970-1994
  • Mexico > Social policy
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-260) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Domestic Determinants of Economic Reforms -- Identifying the Variables Relevant to the Study of Adjustment -- The Determination of the Political Executive to Undertake Market Adjustment -- The Role of Competent and Honest Technicians -- The Autonomy of the Reformist State -- The Influence of Electoral Cycles -- Privileged Linkages with Corporate Interest Groups -- A New Relationship between State and Labour -- Assessing the Economic Performance of Reforms -- International Determinants of Economic Reforms -- Gaining International Support for Domestic Reform -- Adjustment through Regional Integration -- Regional Integration in Support of Market-Oriented Policies -- Obstacles to Integration in Partially Liberalized Markets -- Theoretical Linkages between Regional Determinants and Endogenous Variables -- Will MERCOSUR Support the Consolidation of Southern Cone Democracies? -- Determinants of Social Reforms -- Adjustment against Justice -- Agrarian Reform and the Modernization of Agriculture -- The Issue of Science and Education -- Public Intervention against Marginality -- In Search of Political Conditions to Pursue Social Policies.
ISBN
  • 0802044026 (bound)
  • 0802082092 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^^00550530^
OCLC
  • 40339514
  • SCSB-10019153
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library