Building new democracies : economic and social reform in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico / / Michel Duquette

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780538003321
• Autore: Duquette Michel <1947->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1999; ©1999
• ISBN: 9786612028847; 1-282-02884-7; 1-4426-7163-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (298 p.)
• Collana: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy ; ; 7
• Disciplina: 338.98
• Soggetti: Democracy - Brazil; Democracy - Chile; Democracy - Mexico; New democracies; Livres numeriques.; e-books.; Electronic books.; Brazil Economic policy; Brazil Social policy; Chile Economic policy; Chile Social policy; Mexico Economic policy 1970-1994; Mexico Social policy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Domestic Determinants of Economic Reforms -- Identifying the Variables Relevant to the Study of Adjustment -- The Determination of the Political Executive to Undertake Market Adjustment -- The Role of Competent and Honest Technicians -- The Autonomy of the Reformist State -- The Influence of Electoral Cycles -- Privileged Linkages with Corporate Interest Groups -- A New Relationship between State and ; Labour -- Assessing the Economic Performance of Reforms -- International Determinants of Economic Reforms -- Gaining International Support for Domestic Reform -- Adjustment through Regional Integration -- Regional Integration in Support of Market-Oriented Policies -- Obstacles to Integration in Partially Liberalized Markets -- Theoretical Linkages between Regional Determinants and Endogenous Variables -- Will MERCOSUR Support the Consolidation of Southern Cone Democracies? -- Determinants of Social Reforms -- Adjustment against Justice -- Agrarian Reform and the Modernization of Agriculture -- The Issue of Science and Education -- Public Intervention against Marginality -- In Search of Political Conditions to Pursue Social Policies.
• Sommario/riassunto: "In Building New Democracies Michel Duquette analyses the main public policies of Brazil, Chile, and Mexico to explore examples of how countries make the transition from an authoritarian regime to a democratic society." "The main objective of the book is to follow the process of policy formation in very young democracies."--Jacket