{"product_id":"why-latin-american-nations-fail-9780520290303","title":"Why Latin American Nations Fail","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEconomic and social development is a major topic of discussion in courses across the social sciences, particularly those focused on Latin America. Many scholars and instructors have tried to pinpoint, explain, and define the problem of underdevelopment in Latin America. New ideas have led to new strategies that have, by and large, failed to reduce income disparity and relieve poverty in the region. Why Latin American Nations Fail brings together leading Latin Americanists from several disciplines to address how and why contemporary development strategies have failed to promote long-term sustainable growth with improved well-being throughout the region. Given the dramatic political turns in contemporary Latin America, this book offers a much-needed explanation and analysis of the factors that must be considered in making sense of development today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Contributors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Matías Vernengo and Esteban Pérez Caldentey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART I: THE INSTITUTIONAL TURN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. Industrialization, Trade, and Economic Growth\u003cbr\u003e Carlos Aguiar de Medeiros\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Institutions, Property Rights, and Why Nations Fail\u003cbr\u003e Esteban Pérez Caldentey and Matías Vernengo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. With the Best of Intentions: Types of Development Failure in Latin America\u003cbr\u003e Miguel A. Centeno and Agustín E. Ferraro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. What Makes an Institution “Developmental”? A Comparative Analysis\u003cbr\u003e Alejandro Portes and Jean C. Nava\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART II: THE POST-BOOM CHALLENGES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. Latin America’s Mounting Development Challenges\u003cbr\u003e José Antonio Ocampo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7. Economic Performance in Latin America in the 2000s: Recession, Recovery, and Resilience?\u003cbr\u003e Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid and Stefanie Garry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 8. South America after the Commodity Boom\u003cbr\u003e Martín Abeles and Sebastián Valdecantos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 9. China in Latin America: Social and Environmental Lessons for Institutions in a Commodity Boom\u003cbr\u003e Rebecca Ray and Kevin P. Gallagher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 10. Some Concluding Thoughts\u003cbr\u003e Esteban Pérez Caldentey and Matías Vernengo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402885964119,"sku":"9780520290303","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520290303.jpg?v=1730481772","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/why-latin-american-nations-fail-9780520290303","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}