Latin America at the Crossroads

Debt, Development, and the Future
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-00679-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 128 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

A provocative and controversial look at Latin America as it stands at a crossroads, this book analyzes the complex economic and social roots of the debt crisis and evaluates the prospects for new development strategies for the 1990s. Dr. Wiarda begins by placing the regional economic crisis in the larger context of technological change, political upheaval, and the international economy. He then explores new choices and realities in inter-American relations and the role international lending agencies can take to assist Latin America in meeting the challenge of the next decade. The author suggests that "smokescreens and mirrors" have obscured the true nature of the crisis and, as a result, have skewed the policy debate.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wiarda, Howard J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface -- Introduction: The Exhaustion of Latin America's Development Models -- Latin America's Economic Crisis: Origins and Dimensions -- The Great Debt Crisis -- Social and Political Consequences -- New Realities -- The Role of the International Lending Agencies -- Conclusions and Recommendations