Despite the new prominence of business in the political economy of
post-reform Latin America, business politics remains a relatively
neglected area of research. This book is the first systematically
comparative and historical analysis of the incorporation of
business into politics in Latin America. This book examines
business organizing and political activity over the last century in
five of the largest, most developed countries of the region to
construct an explanation for why business ended up better organized
in Chile, Colombia, and Mexico than in Argentina and Brazil. The
explanation for the surprising cross-national variations lays
neither in economic characteristics of business nor broader
political parameters, but rather in the cumulative effect of
actions of state actors. The book also considers the consequences
of these differences in organization and finds that stronger
encompassing associations offer government officials opportunities
for concerted policy making with business that can enhance policy
implementation. The strong hand of the state in organizing business
has important implications not only for theories of collective
action, but also for our understanding of c
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