Title: The market and the masses in Latin America : policy reform and consumption in liberalizing economies /
Authors: Baker, Andy, 1972-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Globalization Latin America Public opinion.; Neoliberalism Latin America Public opinion.; Consumption (Economics) Latin America.; Public opinion Latin America.
Contents: Introduction and theory -- Consuming the Washington consensus -- Theoretical framework: the top-down and bottom-up sources of public opinion -- Mass beliefs about market policies in Latin America -- The economic consequences and elite rhetoric of market reform in Latin America -- Are Latin Americans neoliberals? -- Are the poor neoliberals? -- Mass support for reform in Brazil -- The economic consequences and elite rhetoric of market reform in Brazil -- How many Brazilians support market reforms? -- Which Brazilians support market reforms? -- Conclusion -- The politics of consumismo in Latin America.