ISBN:
9781349255290
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 258 p)
Edition:
Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
Series Statement:
International Political Economy Series
Parallel Title:
Printed edition
Keywords:
Political theory
;
Political economy
;
Development economics
;
Sociology
;
International economic relations.
;
Political science.
Abstract:
The 1980s in Latin America saw the implementation of a sweeping programme of economic reforms, either imposed as a condition for securing new loans or to embrace the neoliberal doctrine of structural adjustment, the ideology of a newly formed transnational capitalist class. However, the structural adjustment programme also generated widespread resistance, especially from within the popular sector of civil society. This book analyses both the politics of the adjustment process and the political dynamics of this resistance in Latin America
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-349-25529-0
URL:
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