The Politics of Market Reform in Fragile Democracies
Subtitle: Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: April 5, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780691117874
Subjects: POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Political economy; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Argentina; Brazil; Peru; Venezuela; Development - Economic Development; Government - Comparative; Economics; Latin American Studies; Political Science / Foreign Legal Systems; Political Science and International Relations; Economics - Comparative
First sentence: ically successful adoption of market reform in some Latin American countries, but not in others, constitutes one of the most important puzzles currently facing the field of comparative politics (Remmer 1995:114).
Description: "This book takes a new approach to a question central to comparative politics and economics. Why do some leaders of fragile democracies attain political success - culminating in reelection victories - when pursuing drastic, painful economic reforms while others see their political careers implode, Kurt Weyland examines, in particular, the surprising willingness of presidents in low Latin American countries to enact daring reforms and the unexpected resultant popular support.

He argues that only with the robust cognitive-psychological insights of prospect theory can one fully account for the twists and turns of politics and economic policy in Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela during the 1980s and 1990s."--BOOK JACKET.