The Politics of Expertise in Latin America
The ascendancy of technocratic personnel and their imposition of neo-liberal economic policies have come to define Latin American politics in the 1980s and 1990s. This book is the first comparative analysis of these events and their implications for the future of democracy on the continent. Individu...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan UK
1998, 1998
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| Series: | Latin American Studies Series
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The ascendancy of technocratic personnel and their imposition of neo-liberal economic policies have come to define Latin American politics in the 1980s and 1990s. This book is the first comparative analysis of these events and their implications for the future of democracy on the continent. Individual chapters discuss the rise to power of these technocrats in Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, and Peru as well as the historical antecedents of expert rule in the 19th and early 20th centuries |
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| Physical Description: | X, 238 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781349261857 |