Unsettling Statecraft: Democracy and Neoliberalism in the Central Andes (Pitt Latin American Series)

Malloy, James,Conaghan, Catherine M

ISBN 10: 0822955326 / ISBN 13: 9780822955320

Published by University of Pittsburgh Press, 1995

Good paperback, bumped/creased with shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized. Seller Inventory # mon0000155317

Synopsis:

Latin America in the 1980s was marked by the transition to democracy and a turn toward economic orthodoxy. Unsettling Statecraft analyzes this transition in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru, focusing on the political dynamics underlying change and the many disturbing tendencies at work as these countries shed military authoritarianism for civilian rule. Conaghan and Malloy draw on insights from the political economy literature, viewing policy making as a \u201chistorically conditioned\u201d process, and they conclude that the disturbing tendencies their research reveals are not due to regional pathology but are part of the more general experience of postmodern democracy.

About the Author: Catherine M. Conaghan is professor of political science at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Her research has included fieldwork in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. She is the author of Fujimori’s Peru: Deception in the Public Sphere and Restructuring D

Now retired, James M. Malloy was professor of political science at the University of Pittsburgh.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Unsettling Statecraft: Democracy and ...
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Publication Date: 1995
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good