Francisco Panizza

Contemporary Latin America

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Latin America has changed dramatically over the past few years. While the 1990s were dominated by the politically orthodoxy of the Washington Consensus and the political uniformity of centre right governments the first decade of the new century is being characterised by the emergence of a plurality of economic and political alternatives.In an overview of the history of the region over the past twenty-five years this book traces the intellectual and political origins of the Washington Consensus, assesses its impact on democracy and economic development and discusses whether the emergence of a variety of left-wing governments in the region repr… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-84813-633-5
EAN: 9781848136335
Produktnummer: 14843910
Verlag: Zed Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Seitenangabe: 312 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 0 KB

Über den Autor

Francisco Panizza is Senior Lecturer in Latin American Politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, and studied politics in Brazil and England. He has taught in universities in Uruguay, Brazil, Mexico and England where he lives since 1979. His research interests are populism, democracy, and the politics of economic reform. He combines his academic career with consultancy and journalism. He is a frequent contributor to the BBC, Bloomberg TV and several Latin American newspaper and radio networks.