Paper tigers and minotaurs : the politics of Venezuela's economic reforms /

"Venezuela, a country boasting one of the oldest and more affluent democracies in Latin America offers a case study exemplifying the complex links between market reforms and political instability. After the painful economic shock that accompanied the launching of the reform program in 1989, Ven...

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Autore principale: Naím, Moisés (Autore)
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace [1993]
Accesso online:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1mtz68m
Sommario:
  • Foreword / Morton Abramowitz
  • Introduction / Jeffrey Sachs
  • 1. Paradoxes of Economic Reform
  • 2. A Reversed-Midas Touch: Venezuela's Recent Economic Evolution
  • 3. Teetering on the Brink of Collapse: 1989
  • 4. El Gran Viraje: The Great Turnaround
  • 5. The Consequences of Turning the Economy Around
  • 6. The Coups and Their Political Aftermath
  • 7. Some Explanations
  • 8. Conclusions: The Politics of Managing Economic Change.