This book is for scholars and students of political economy, Latin American politics, and Latin American history. It examines the roots of contemporary differences in taxation and public sector size in Latin America, revealing the impact of historical episodes of redistributive reform and related anti-statist backlash.
This book is for scholars and students of political economy, Latin American politics, and Latin American history. It examines the roots of contemporary differences in taxation and public sector size in Latin America, revealing the impact of historical episodes of redistributive reform and related anti-statist backlash.
Gabriel Ondetti is Professor of Political Science at Missouri State University. He is the author of Land, Protest and Politics: The Landless Movement and the Struggle for Agrarian Reform in Brazil (2008).
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1. Introduction 2. Historical Property Threats and Contemporary Tax Burdens 3. Chile: Allende, Counterrevolution and Sustained Neoliberalism 4. Mexico: Cardenismo, Reaction and Low-Tax Stability 5. Brazil: Moderate Statism and Public Sector Expansion 6. Argentina: Populism, Divided Elites and Heavy Taxation 7. Conclusions.