In 1700, Latin America and British North America were roughly equal in economic terms. Yet over the next three centuries, the United States gradually pulled away, and today the gap is huge. In Falling Behind, acclaimed author Francis Fukuyama gathers together some of the world's leading scholars on the subject to explain the nature of the gap and how it came to be. Tracing the histories of development over the past four hundred years and focusing inparticular on the policies of the last fifty years, the contributors conclude that while many factors are important, economic policies and political systems are at the root of the divide.…mehr
In 1700, Latin America and British North America were roughly equal in economic terms. Yet over the next three centuries, the United States gradually pulled away, and today the gap is huge. In Falling Behind, acclaimed author Francis Fukuyama gathers together some of the world's leading scholars on the subject to explain the nature of the gap and how it came to be. Tracing the histories of development over the past four hundred years and focusing inparticular on the policies of the last fifty years, the contributors conclude that while many factors are important, economic policies and political systems are at the root of the divide.
Francis Fukuyama is Professor of International Political Economy in the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
Inhaltsangabe
* Preface, Enrique Krauze * 1. Introduction, Francis Fukuyuma * Part One: The Historical Context * 2. Two Centuries of South American Reflections on the Development Gap between the United States and Latin America, Tulio Halperin Donghi * 3. Looking at Them: A Mexican Perspective on the Gap with the United Status, Enrique Krauze * 4. Explaining Latin America's Lagging Development in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century: Growth Strategies, Inequality, and Economic Crises, Jorge I. Domínguez * Part Two: The Politics of Underdevelopment in Latin America * 5. Does Politics Explain the Economic Gap between the United States and Latin America?, Adam Przeworski and Carolina Curvale * 6. The Role of High Stakes Politics in Latin America's Development Gap, Riordan Roett and Francisco E. González * Part Three: Institutional Factors in Latin America's Development * 7. Institutions and the Latin American Equilibrium, James A. Robinson * 8. Do Defective Institutions Explain the Development Gap Between the United States and Latin America?, Francis Fukuyama * 9. Why Institutions Matter: Fiscal Citizenship in Argentina and the United States, Natalio R. Botana * Part Four: Conclusions * 10. Conclusion, Francis Fukuyama
* Preface, Enrique Krauze * 1. Introduction, Francis Fukuyuma * Part One: The Historical Context * 2. Two Centuries of South American Reflections on the Development Gap between the United States and Latin America, Tulio Halperin Donghi * 3. Looking at Them: A Mexican Perspective on the Gap with the United Status, Enrique Krauze * 4. Explaining Latin America's Lagging Development in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century: Growth Strategies, Inequality, and Economic Crises, Jorge I. Domínguez * Part Two: The Politics of Underdevelopment in Latin America * 5. Does Politics Explain the Economic Gap between the United States and Latin America?, Adam Przeworski and Carolina Curvale * 6. The Role of High Stakes Politics in Latin America's Development Gap, Riordan Roett and Francisco E. González * Part Three: Institutional Factors in Latin America's Development * 7. Institutions and the Latin American Equilibrium, James A. Robinson * 8. Do Defective Institutions Explain the Development Gap Between the United States and Latin America?, Francis Fukuyama * 9. Why Institutions Matter: Fiscal Citizenship in Argentina and the United States, Natalio R. Botana * Part Four: Conclusions * 10. Conclusion, Francis Fukuyama
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