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Falling behind : explaining the development gap between Latin America and the United States

Title
Falling behind : explaining the development gap between Latin America and the United States / edited by Francis Fukuyama.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Additional Authors
Fukuyama, Francis.
Description
xiv, 312 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Uniform Title
Brecha entre América Latina y Estados Unidos. English.
Subjects
Note
  • Papers presented at an international seminar held in Buenos Aires, November 2005.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction / Francis Fukuyama -- The historical context -- Two centuries of South American reflections on the development gap between the United States and Latin America / Tulio Halperin Donghi -- Looking at them: a Mexican perspective on the gap with the United States / Enrique Krauze -- Explaining Latin America's lagging development in the second half of the twentieth century: growth strategies, inequality, and economic crises / Jorge I. Domínguez -- The politics of underdevelopment in Latin America -- Does politics explain the economic gap between the United States and Latin America? / Adam Przeworski with Carolina Curvale -- The role of high stakes politics in Latin America's development gap / Riordan Roett and Francisco E. González -- Institutional factors in Latin America's development -- The Latin American equilibrium / James A. Robinson -- Do defective institutions explain the development gap between the United States and Latin America? / Francis Fukuyama -- Why institutions matter: fiscal citizenship in Argentina and the United States / Natalio R. Botana -- Conclusion / Francis Fukuyama.
Call Number
JBE 08-1072
ISBN
  • 9780195368826 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 0195368827 (hardback : alk. paper)
LCCN
2007050154
OCLC
179802888
Title
Falling behind : explaining the development gap between Latin America and the United States / edited by Francis Fukuyama.
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Fukuyama, Francis.
Research Call Number
JBE 08-1072
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