{"product_id":"dictatorship-democracy-and-globalization-argentina-and-the-cost-of-paralysis-19732001-9780271034652","title":"Dictatorship Democracy and Globalization","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eInvestigates the decline of the corporatist and inward-oriented postwar model of development during the 1970s and 1980s and the emergence of a new paradigm driven by the desire to participate in the process of globalization. Uses Argentina as a case study.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Veigel’s book addresses an issue that has been at the center of much research in the past. What does explain the steady economic decay of Argentina, particularly from the 1970s onward? Many scholars ascribe the recurring economic crises of that country to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank’s \u003ci\u003eimposition \u003c\/i\u003eof misguided policies. Veigel’s thesis challenges this view, as it contends that the seeds of the Argentine decline rest in the socioeconomic disintegration that began to affect that country from the 1940s on as vested interest groups engaged in a zero-sum-game struggle. If things went terribly wrong in Argentina in the twentieth century, it is not because that country was the victim of an international conspiracy. Instead, much of the blame is to be placed squarely on the Argentine political and economic elites. Through the use of new archival data and personal interviews, Veigel traces the historical evolution of Argentine policymaking as resulting primarily from endogenous rather than external factors. Veigel’s work is an excellent contribution to the scholarship on the political economy of Argentina and will make an important point of reference for future works on this controversial subject.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Luigi Manzetti,Southern Methodist University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eDictatorship, Democracy, and Globalization\u003c\/i\u003e melds several compelling strands: trend-break changes in the world economy, the interaction of domestic and international politics in the United States, and Argentinean relations with the international financial community. The integration of these themes is subtle, convincing, and innovative. Veigel’s critical take on globalization and the political economy of development, along with his thoughtful insights into Argentinean economic history and politics, sets a new benchmark for appraising the rise (and decline) of the so-called Washington consensus.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Colin M. Lewis,London School of Economics and Political Science\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This book is a very useful study of Argentina during much of the twentieth century and the early twenty-first century.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—R. J. Alexander \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This book should appeal strongly to anyone interested in Latin American political economy, the role of international financial institutions in the 1980s debt crisis, or recent Argentine history more generally.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Mekoce Walker \u003ci\u003eLatin American Politics and Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The publication of Klaus Veigel's book comes at an opportune time, for it provides a valuable guide through the complexities of contemporary Argentinean economic history--in particular the politics of economic policy making from the mid-1970s to the early 2000s. This book should appeal not only to country specialists but also to a wider cohort of readers. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Veigel's] book goes farther than most previous works in connecting domestic trends with international conditions as the narrative tacks skillfully between politically divided Argentina and global players like the International Monetary Fund and the Federal Reserve Bank. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDictatorship, Democracy and Globalization \u003c\/i\u003eultimately offers a cautionary tale about Argentina's economic trajectory and future prospects, one that reaches conclusions not all readers will share but that is thoroughly researched and worth considering carefully.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Eduardo Elena \u003ci\u003eThe Americas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures and Tables\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor’s Note and Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.\tThe Crisis of the 1970s and the Search for a New Economic Order\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.\tGlobal Markets and the Military Coup\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.\tThe Origins of the Foreign Debt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.\tThe Self-Destruction of the Military Dictatorship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.\tThe International Debt Crisis and the Return to Democracy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.\tCan Democracy Feed a Nation?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.\tFalse Dawns: Failed Stabilization Plans, 1985–1991\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.\tFrom Miracle to Basket Case, 1991–2001\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: The Cost of Paralysis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penn State University","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51455975489879,"sku":"9780271034652","price":34.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dictatorship-democracy-and-globalization-argentina-and-the-cost-of-paralysis-19732001-9780271034652","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}