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020 _a9780511778742 (ebook)
020 _z9780521762205 (hardback)
020 _z9780521130332 (paperback)
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_beng
_erda
_cUkCbUP
_dBD-SySUS.
050 0 0 _aJL960
_b.L43 2010
082 0 0 _a320.53098
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245 0 0 _aLeftist Governments in Latin America :
_bSuccesses and Shortcomings /
_cedited by Kurt Weyland, Raúl L. Madrid, Wendy Hunter.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2010.
300 _a1 online resource (232 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520 _aCan Latin America's 'new left' stimulate economic development, enhance social equity, and deepen democracy in spite of the economic and political constraints it faces? This is the first book to systematically examine the policies and performance of the left-wing governments that have risen to power in Latin America during the last decade. Featuring thorough studies of Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, and Venezuela by renowned experts, the volume argues that moderate leftist governments have attained greater, more sustainable success than their more radical, contestatory counterparts. Moderate governments in Brazil and Chile have generated solid economic growth, reduced poverty and inequality, and created innovative and fiscally sound social programs, while respecting the fundamental principles of market economics and liberal democracy. By contrast, more radical governments, exemplified by Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, have expanded state intervention and popular participation and attained some short-term economic and social successes.
700 1 _aWeyland, Kurt,
_eeditor.
700 1 _aMadrid, Raúl L.,
_eeditor.
700 1 _aHunter, Wendy,
_eeditor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521762205
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511778742
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c38824
_d38824