Market, state, and society in contemporary Latin America

Market, State, and Society in Contemporary Latin America explores fundamentalissues in the political economy of the region in the early twenty-first century. The chapters in this volume deploy a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives to understand the recent transformations in relations among market, state, and society in Latin American countries. Based on careful empirical research, the contributors go beyond popular state-centric explanations of economic policy-making in the region, emphasizing the centrality of state-society bargaining in the design and implementation of market-oriented restructuring. By the same token, the chapters in Market, State and Society also challenge simplistic argument about state decline, demonstrating the crucial role ofdiffering configurations of domestic actors, interests and institutions in mediating the effects of globalization on welfare regimes, labor politics, and popular contestation.William C. Smith received currently teaches Latin American politics at the University of Miami. Smith received his Ph.D. in political science from StanfordUniversity. He is the author of Authoritarianism and the Crisis of the Argentine Political Economy (Stanford University Press, 1991) and the editor of numerous volumes on democracy, market-oriented restructuring, and contentious politics in Latin America, including Latin American Democratic Transformations (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009). His articles have been appeared in numerous journals, including: Studies in Comparative International Development, Revista Mexicana deSociología, Dados, Desarrollo Económico, Political Power and Social Theory, Contexto Internacional, Fuerzas Armadas y Sociedad, Nueva Sociedad, América Latina Hoy, and the Latin American Research Review. Smith is the editor of Latin American Politics and Society. Laura Gómez-Mera currently teaches International Political Economy at the University of Miami. Gómez-Mera received her D.Philin Politics and International Relations at Oxford University. Her articles have been published in a number of journals, including Review of International Political Economy, Latin American Politics and Society, Journal of Latin American Studies and Journal of International Relations and Development. Gómez-Mera is a member of the editorial board of Latin American Politics and Society.

• ISBN: 978-1-4443-3525-5
• Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 400
• Fecha Publicación: 02/04/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés