Synopses & Reviews
Teivo Teivainen explores the redefinition of the boundaries of the economic and the political spheres. In examining how and to what extent it is taking place, he takes the case of the periodic Latin American debt crisis in the 20th Century, and more specifically, the illuminating example of Peru, particularly the failed attempt by President García to resist this new economism and the subsequent volte-face by his successor, President Fujimori.
About the Author
Teivo Teivainen is Adjunct Professor of Development Studies at the University of Helsinki where he also lectures in Latin American Studies and Political Science.
Table of Contents
Introduction * Transnational Politics of Economism * Limits to Democracy * Economism and the Politics of Latin American Debt Crises * Peru in Historical Perspective * Confronting Economism: Rebellion of the García Government * Retreat to Economism: Breakdown of Heterodoxy and Debt Rebellion * Reinsertion of the Fujimori Government * The Expansion of the Economic Sphere * The Autogolpe and Transnational Politics of Democracy Promotion * Consolidation of Economism * The Monarchization of Democracy * Expanding the Limits of the Possible
Introduction * Transnational Politics of Economism * Limits to Democracy * Economism and the Politics of Latin American Debt Crises * Peru in Historical Perspective * Confronting Economism: Rebellion of the García Government * Retreat to Economism: Breakdown of Heterodoxy and Debt Rebellion * Reinsertion of the Fujimori Government * The Expansion of the Economic Sphere * The Autogolpe and Transnational Politics of Democracy Promotion * Consolidation of Economism * The Monarchization of Democracy * Expanding the Limits of the Possible