Economic Reforms in New Democracies - A Social-Democratic Approach (Paperback)

In this book the authors assess the experiences of transition in Southern Europe, Latin America and Eastern Europe in order to determine what the conditions for successful transitions are. They argue against the "big bang" approach, espoused by many advisors to reforming countries, on the grounds that this approach bypasses the newly formed institutions of democracy that ultimately may undermine the necessary consensus to support painful economic reforms. The most successful reforms, they argue, have been those agreed upon through a process of democratic negotiation. A new democracy must offer politically important groups incentives to process their demands within the democratic institutional framework; otherwise, their support will be tenuous and the system may collapse under the strains incurred by painful economic reforms.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 1993
First published:	1993
Authors:	Luiz Carlos Bresser Pereira • Jose Maria Maravall • Adam Przeworski
Dimensions:	229 x 151 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-43845-2
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Promotions
LSN:	0-521-43845-4
Barcode:	9780521438452

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