TY - BOOK ID - 135962131 TI - The political economy of Latin America PY - 2011 SN - 1135839808 113535569X 1135839816 1283045672 9786613045676 0203882601 9780203882603 6613045675 9781135839819 9781135839765 113583976X 9781135839802 9780415998260 0415998263 9780415998277 0415998271 9781283045674 PB - New York Routledge DB - UniCat KW - Economic development KW - Industrial policy KW - Neoliberalism KW - Latin America KW - Economic policy. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135962131 AB - Neoliberalism has been at the centre of enormous controversy since its first appearance in Latin America in the early 1970s. Even neoliberalism's strongest supporters concede that it has not lived up to its promises and that growth, poverty, and inequality all have performed considerably worse than hoped.This brief text offers an unbiased reflection on the neoliberal debate in Latin America and the institutional puzzle that underlies the region's difficulties with democratization and development. In addition to providing an overview of this key element of the Latin American po ER -