The Politics of Market Reform in Fragile Democracies: Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela - Couverture rigide

Weyland, Kurt

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0691096430 ISBN 13 : 9780691096438

Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2002

Synopsis

An examination of a question central to comparative politics and economics: Why do some leaders of fragile democracies attain political success - culminating in re-election victories - when pursuing drastic, painful economic reforms while others see their political careers implode? Kurt Weyland examines, in particular, the surprising willingness of presidents in four Latin American countries to enact daring reforms and the unexpected popular support. He argues that only with the robust cognitive-psychological insights of prospect theory can one fully account for the twists and turns of politics and economic policy in Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela during the 1980s and 1990s. Assessing conventional approaches such as rational choice, Weyland concludes that prospect theory is vital to any systematic attempt to understand the politcs of market reform. Under this theory, if actors perceive themselves to be in a losing situation they are inclined toward risks; if they see a winning situation around them, they prefer caution. In Latin America, Weyland finds, where the public faced an open crisis it backed draconian reforms. And where such reforms yielded an apparent economic reco

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À propos de l'auteur

Kurt Weyland is Associate Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Democracy without Equity; Failures of Reform in Brazil.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Princeton University Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0691096430
• ISBN 13: 9780691096438
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 360
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Princeton University Press; https://press.princeton.edu/books; ; 7th Floor, New South Building; PRINCETON; NJ; 8544; Etats-Unis
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