Lost promises
Subtitle: debt, austerity, and development in Latin America
By: edited by William L. Canak
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780429035333
Copyright date: 1989
Subjects: External Debts; Economic policy; Dettes extérieures; Politique économique; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS; Industries; General
Notes: Originally published 1989 by Westview Press.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1 The Global Economy and Austerity; 1 Debt, Austerity, and Latin America in the New International Division of Labor; Part 2 The National Economy and Austerity; 2 Democracy and Inflation, in the Light of the Brazilian Experience; 3 The Fall of Labor's Share in Income and Consumption: A New ""Growth Model"" for Argentina?; Part 3 The Consequences of Austerity; 4 The Demographic Consequences of Austerity in Latin America; title: 5 Austerity and Regional Development Strategy in Argentina and Latin America6 The Polarization of Class and Space in the Contemporary Latin American City; 7 Heterodox Shocks and the Political Economy of Democratic Transition in Argentina and Brazil; Part 4 Responses to Austerity Policies; 8 Austerity and Trade Unions in Latin America; 9 The Response to Austerity: Political and Economic Strategies of Mexico's Rural Poor; 10 Austerity and Dissent: Social Bases of Popular Struggle in Latin America; About the Editor and Contributors; Index