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Neoliberalism and Class Conflict in Latin America: A Comparative Perspective on the Political Economy of Structural Adjustment

By James Petras , Henry Veltmeyer , Steve Vieux (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
1997
ISBN
978-0-333-67422-2, 978-1-349-25529-0, 978-0-333-71110-1, 978-0-312-16426-3
DOI
10.1007/978-1-349-25529-0
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
25 MB (26052311 bytes)
Series
International Political Economy Series
Edition
1
Pages
XIV, 258\264
Time added
2016-11-20 09:00:00
Development Economics;Political Economy;Sociologygeneral;Political Theory

Description

The 1980s in Latin America saw the implementation of a sweeping programme of economic reforms, either imposed as a condition for securing new loans or to embrace the neoliberal doctrine of structural adjustment, the ideology of a newly formed transnational capitalist class. However, the structural adjustment programme also generated widespread resistance, especially from within the popular sector of civil society. This book analyses both the politics of the adjustment process and the political dynamics of this resistance in Latin America.

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