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050		4	_aHC125 _b.K334 2013
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100	1		_aKaplan, Stephen B., _d1973-
245	1	0	_aGlobalization and austerity politics in Latin America _h[electronic resource] / _cStephen B. Kaplan.
260			_aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_axxi, 331 p. : _bill.
440		0	_aCambridge studies in comparative politics
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Globalization and austerity politics; 3. The political economy of elections; 4. The electoral boom-bust cycle; 5. From gunboat to trading-floor diplomacy; 6. When Latin American grasshoppers become ants; 7. The political austerity cycle; 8 Conclusion; Appendix A. Field research interviews.
520			_a"Developing country politicians in a financially globalized world su.er a similar fate. Hoping to lift their countries to development's pinnacle, they toil against the .erce force of globalization. The repeatedly roll the policy boulder up the mountain. Hoping to please mercurial markets, governments cut spending, hike interest rates, and balance budgets. With each economic crisis, however, the rock repeatedly tumbles down the mountain. In this manner, .nancial volatility has wreaked havoc on developing country economies over the last two decades. Why are some countries able to surmount the gravity of globalization, while others su.er from a Sisyphus-like misfortune? Let us begin by taking a brief South American sojourn to Argentina and Venezuela. With the rise of the Latin American left over the last decade, scholars and the popular press have often placed these two countries under a similar radical or populist banner. 1 They share other political and economic characteristics too. They are both presidential, upper middle-income countries that feature comparatively sized economies and populations.2 In terms of their macroeconomic approaches, however, their policy stances 1Roberts and Levitsky, 2011; Weyland 2009; Lynch 2007; Castaneda, 2006; Panizza 2005"-- _cProvided by publisher.
533			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aGlobalization _zLatin America.
651		0	_aLatin America _xEconomic policy.
651		0	_aLatin America _xPolitics and government.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
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