In Ideas and Institutions, Kathryn Sikkink illuminates a key
question in contemporary political economy: What power do ideas
wield in the world of politics and policy? Sikkink traces the
effects of one enormously influential set of ideas,
developmentalism, on the two largest economies in Latin America,
Brazil and Argentina.
Introduced under the intellectual leadership of Raul Prebisch at
the U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America, developmentalism
was embraced as national policy in many postwar developing
economies. Drawing upon extensive archival research and interviews,
Sikkink explores the adoption, implementation, and consolidation of
the developmentalist model of economic policy in Brazil and
Argentina in the 1950s and 1960s, focusing on the governments of
Juscelino Kubitschek and Arturo Frondizi, respectively.
In accounting for the initial decision to adopt developmentalist
policies in Latin America and the persistence of the policy package
in the region, she highlights the importance of political and
economic ideas, the comparative effects of different national
institutions, and the variable ability of political leaders to
mobilize resources and support."
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