State, Capitalism and Democracy in Latin America

This text examines the obstacles Latin American countries face in their efforts at democratic reform, including political institutions, a strong authoritarian tradition, the influence of neoliberal economic policies, the shortsightedness of the ruling classes and hopelessness among the poor.

ISBN	1555875084	DEWEY edition	DC20
ISBN13	9781555875084 (What's this?)	Pages	220
Publisher	Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc	Volumes	001
Imprint	Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc	Weight (grammes)	544
Format	Hardback	Published in	Boulder, CO
Publication date	01 Dec 1994	Height (mm)	230
Library of Congress	JL952.B651	Width (mm)	152
DEWEY	320.98	Academic level	Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

	Preface
1	Between Hobbes and Friedman: Liberalism, Dictatorship, and Democracy in Recent Latin American History	1
2	Market, State, and Democracy: Observations on the Political Theory of Monetarism	33
3	Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy, and the "Statism" of Bourgeois Society	69
4	"Stadolatry" and the "State-Centered" Approach: The Relative Autonomy of the Capitalist State	95
5	Democracy and Social Reform in Latin America: Reflections on the European Experience	139
6	Neoliberalism's Strayed Reason: State and Capitalist Accumulation in Contemporary Societies	169
7	Democracy in Latin America: Problems and Prospects	189
8	Marxist Political Theory Between the Transformations of Capitalism and the Collapse of "Really Existing Socialism"	221
	Index	253
	About the Book	262

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