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Author_Richard E. Feinberg
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Central American common market
Central American Context
Central American Economies
Central American Governments
Central American Products
Contadora Group
Costa Rican Society
development policy research
Distinct Internal Structures
economic crisis analysis
economic recovery strategies Central America
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Farabundo Marti Front
High Growth Decades
Human Suffering
IMF
Industrial Policy Approach
international financial aid
international financial assistance
International Monetary Fund
Latin American studies
Long Term Economic Strategies
Low Intensity Guerrilla
Low Intensity Guerrilla War
Medium Term Outlook
Militant Opposition Movements
Multiple Exchange Rate Regimes
Partial Political Liberalization
political conflict Central America
political economy models
Skyrocketing Interest Rates
structural adjustment policies
Structural Trade Imbalances
Traditional Agricultural Exports
U.S. foreign assistance
Undermined Investor Confidence
Viable Democratic Regimes
Product details
- ISBN 9780367010621
- Weight: 310g
- Dimensions: 143 x 223mm
- Publication Date: 18 Sep 2018
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The collapse of political institutions and the failure of economic development models in Central America have turned the region into an ideological battleground. Central Americans are now debating— and fighting over—different conceptions of how to constitute society, the best way to organize production and to distribute benefits, and the political structures best suited to protecting the region's security and ensuring its future prosperity. This book examines die economic and political roots of the current crisis, reviewing the different strategies governments have adopted to cope with their financial woes and evaluating the role that international financial assistance has played in postponing adjustment to the crisis. The region's economies are carefully analyzed to highlight sectors with the potential to generate recovery and growth, and the larger political economy models that might direct the development process are also evaluated. The authors close with a discussion of the fundamental question: Can a Central America composed of a heterogeneous mix of national political economies live at peace with itself and the world?
Richard Feinberg is professor of international political economy at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego. He has written widely on international finance and trade and US-Latin American relations and his latest book is Summitry in the Americas. Currently he teaches a course on civil society in developing economies and is book reviewer for the Western Hemisphere section of Foreign Affairs magazine.
