Unsettling Statecraft : Democracy and Neoliberalism in the Central Andes

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Full Title:: Unsettling Statecraft : Democracy and Neoliberalism in the Central Andes / Catherine M. Conaghan and James M. Malloy
Series Titles:: Pitt Latin American series

Subjects:: Peru--Politics and government--1980-
Ecuador--Politics and government--1984-
Bolivia--Politics and government--1982-2006
Peru--Economic conditions--1968-
Ecuador--Economic conditions--1972-
Bolivia--Economic conditions--1982-

Table of Contents:: 1. Introduction: Explaining Statecraft -- 2. Losing Control: Business-Government Relations in Historical Perspective -- 3. Statism and Military Rule -- 4. The Antistatist Revival and Regime Transition -- 5. Crisis, Elections, and Neoliberal Coalitions -- 6. Theory Into Practice: From Antistatism to Neoliberal Experiments -- 7. Some Things Fall Apart, Some Don't: Exhaustion and Survival of Neoliberal Experiments -- 8. Conclusion: Tocqueville's Fears -- 9. Epilogue: Unfinished Stories.
Summary:: Latin America in the 1980s was marked by the transition to democracy and a turn toward economic orthodoxy. Unsettling Statecraft analyzes this transition in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru, focusing on the political dynamics underlying change and the many disturbing tendencies at work as these countries shed military authoritarianism for civilian rule.Conaghan and Malloy draw on insights from the political economy literature, viewing policy making as a "historically conditioned" process, and they conclude that the disturbing tendencies their research reveals are not due to regional pathology but are part of the more general experience of postmodern democracy.
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: 1 online resource: illustrations