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The market and the masses in Latin America : policy reform and consumption in liberalizing economies
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The market and the masses in Latin America : policy reform and consumption in liberalizing economies / Andy Baker.
ISBN
9780521899680 (hardback)
0521899680 (hardback)
Published
aNew York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Physical Description
xvii, 331 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 29, 2009
Series
Cambridge studies in comparative politics
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-315) and index.
Contents
Introduction and theory
Consuming the Washington consensus
Theoretical framework: the top-down and bottom-up sources of public opinion
Mass beliefs about market policies in Latin America
The economic consequences and elite rhetoric of market reform in Latin America
Are Latin Americans neoliberals?
Are the poor neoliberals?
Mass support for reform in Brazil
The economic consequences and elite rhetoric of market reform in Brazil
How many Brazilians support market reforms?
Which Brazilians support market reforms?
Conclusion
The politics of consumismo in Lation America.
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