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Raul Madrid's Overexposed represents the first in-depth study of
the involvement of U.S. banks in the Third World debt crisis. Based
on extensive interviews with commercial bankers, the book examines
the decision-making process at U.S. banks that led to the lending
boom of the 1970s and early 1980s as well as the role the banks
played in the management of the debt crisis. Madrid argues that
banks, particularly the largest U.S. institutions, played a much
larger and more active role in the development and management of
the crisis than is commonly believed. A comprehensive appendix
contains detailed profiles of the seven largest lenders to the
Third World, including data on their developing country exposures,
profits, and debt conversion activities.
Raul Madrid's Overexposed represents the first in-depth study of
the involvement of U.S. banks in the Third World debt crisis. Based
on extensive interviews with commercial bankers, the book examines
the decision-making process at U.S. banks that led to the lending
boom of the 1970s and early 1980s as well as the role the banks
played in the management of the debt crisis. Madrid argues that
banks, particularly the largest U.S. institutions, played a much
larger and more active role in the development and management of
the crisis than is commonly believed. A comprehensive appendix
contains detailed profiles of the seven largest lenders to the
Third World, including data on their developing country exposures,
profits, and debt conversion activities.
In the 1990s, numerous Latin American nations privatized their
public pension systems. These reforms dramatically transformed the
way these countries provide retirement income, and they provoked
widespread protests from workers and pensioners alike. Retiring the
State represents the first book-length study of the origins of this
surprising trend. Drawing on original field research, including
interviews with key policymakers, Madrid argues that the recent
reforms were driven not by social policy, but by macroeconomic
concerns. Countries facing growing financial pressures chose to
privatize their pension systems largely to boost their domestic
savings rates and reduce public pension spending in the long run.
The author explores his arguments through detailed case studies of
pension reform in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, a survey of social
security privatization efforts in East Europe and Latin America as
a whole, and a quantitative analysis of pension privatization
worldwide.
In the 1990s, numerous Latin American nations privatized their
public pension systems. These reforms dramatically transformed the
way these countries provide retirement income, and they provoked
widespread protests from workers and pensioners alike. Retiring the
State represents the first book-length study of the origins of this
surprising trend. Drawing on original field research, including
interviews with key policymakers, Madrid argues that the recent
reforms were driven not by social policy, but by macroeconomic
concerns. Countries facing growing financial pressures chose to
privatize their pension systems largely to boost their domestic
savings rates and reduce public pension spending in the long run.
The author explores his arguments through detailed case studies of
pension reform in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, a survey of social
security privatization efforts in East Europe and Latin America as
a whole, and a quantitative analysis of pension privatization
worldwide.
The Rise of Ethnic Politics in Latin America explores why
indigenous movements have recently won elections for the first time
in the history of the region. Raul L. Madrid argues that some
indigenous parties have won by using inclusive populist appeals to
reach out to whites and mestizos. Indigenous parties have managed
to win support across ethnic lines because the long history of
racial mixing in Latin America blurred ethnic boundaries and
reduced ethnic polarization. The appeals of the indigenous parties
have especially resonated in the Andean countries because of
widespread disenchantment with the region's traditional parties.
The book contains up-to-date qualitative and quantitative analyses
of parties in seven countries, including detailed case studies of
Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru.
Can Latin America's 'new left' stimulate economic development,
enhance social equity, and deepen democracy in spite of the
economic and political constraints it faces? This is the first book
to systematically examine the policies and performance of the
left-wing governments that have risen to power in Latin America
during the last decade. Featuring thorough studies of Bolivia,
Brazil, Chile, and Venezuela by renowned experts, the volume argues
that moderate leftist governments have attained greater, more
sustainable success than their more radical, contestatory
counterparts. Moderate governments in Brazil and Chile have
generated solid economic growth, reduced poverty and inequality,
and created innovative and fiscally sound social programs, while
respecting the fundamental principles of market economics and
liberal democracy. By contrast, more radical governments,
exemplified by Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, have expanded state
intervention and popular participation and attained some short-term
economic and social successes.
The Rise of Ethnic Politics in Latin America explores why
indigenous movements have recently won elections for the first time
in the history of the region. Raul L. Madrid argues that some
indigenous parties have won by using inclusive populist appeals to
reach out to whites and mestizos. Indigenous parties have managed
to win support across ethnic lines because the long history of
racial mixing in Latin America blurred ethnic boundaries and
reduced ethnic polarization. The appeals of the indigenous parties
have especially resonated in the Andean countries because of
widespread disenchantment with the region's traditional parties.
The book contains up-to-date qualitative and quantitative analyses
of parties in seven countries, including detailed case studies of
Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru.
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