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How does globalization work? Focusing on Latin America, Yves Dezalay and Bryant G. Garth show that exports of expertise and ideals from the United States to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico have played a crucial role in transforming their state forms and economies since World War II. Based on more than 300 extensive interviews with major players in governments, foundations, law firms, universities, and think tanks, Dezalay and Garth examine both the production of northern exports such as neoliberal economics and international human rights law and the ways they are received south of the United States. They find that the content of what is exported and how it fares are profoundly shaped by domestic struggles for power and influence-"palace wars"-in the nations involved. For instance, challenges to the eastern intellectual establishment influenced the Reagan-era export of University of Chicago-style neoliberal economics to Chile, where it enjoyed a warm reception from Pinochet and his allies because they could use it to discredit the previous regime. Innovative and sophisticated, The Internationalization of Palace Wars offers much needed concrete information about the transnational processes that shape our world.

Globalization. --- Expertise --- Law reform --- Law and economic development. --- Economic development and law --- Law and development --- Economic development --- Specialization --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Ability --- Global cities --- Globalisation --- Internationalization --- International relations --- Anti-globalization movement --- Political aspects --- Latin America --- United States --- Foreign relations --- Politics and government --- Economic policy. --- International relations. Foreign policy --- International economic relations --- anno 1900-1999 --- Globalization --- Law and economic development --- Economic policy --- Expertise - Political aspects - Latin America --- Law reform - Latin America --- Latin America - Foreign relations - United States --- United States - Foreign relations - Latin America --- Latin America - Politics and government - 1948-1980 --- Latin America - Politics and government - 1980 --- -Latin America - Economic policy --- latin america, globalization, exports, brazil, argentina, chile, mexico, economy, national identity, government, human rights law, neoliberalism, politics, reagan, pinochet, regime change, propaganda, economic policy, foreign relations, history, nonfiction, violence, military, state power, hegemony, cold war, chicago boys, pluralism, reform, constructing, imperialism, empire, revolution, counterrevolution, courts, modernity, concertacion. --- United States of America