Models of capitalism : lessons for Latin America / edited by Evelyne Huber

Papers presented at conferences held at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, May 1997, and at CEPAL, Nov. 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Posing the Question, by Evelyne Huber -- Page 1
Pt. 1: Emerging Model of Capitalism in Latin America? -- Page 23
1: Alternative Models of Capitalism in Latin America, by John Sheahan -- Page 25
2: Trade Policies, Growth, and Equity in Latin America, by Renato Baumann -- Page 53
3: Industrial Competitiveness Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean in the 1990s, by Wilson Peres -- Page 81
4: Investment Promotion Policies in Latin America, by Robert Grosse -- Page 103
5: Models of Welfare and Models of Capitalism: The Limits of Transferability, by Carlos H. Filgueira, by Fernando Filgueira -- Page 127
6: Jobs and Solidarity: Challenges for Labor Market Policy in Latin America, by Victor E. Tokman -- Page 159
Pt. 2: Models of Capitalism in East Asia -- Page 195
7: East Asian Model of Economic Policy, by Ha-Joon Chang -- Page 197
8: Lessons from Southeast Asia: Growth, Equity, and Vulnerability, by Bridget Welsh -- Page 237
9: Labor Exclusion and Privatized Welfare: Two Keys to Asian Capitalist Development, by T. J. Pempel -- Page 277
Pt. 3: Models of Capitalism in Advanced Industrial Societies -- Page 301
10: European Welfare State Regimes: Configurations, Outcomes, Transformations, by John D. Stephens -- Page 303
11: How to Design a Liberal Welfare State: A Comparison of Canada and the United States, by John Myles -- Page 339
12: Work, Training, or the Dole? Active and Passive Labor Market Policies in Western Europe, by Thomas Janoski, by Antonio Alas -- Page 367
13: Governing Labor Markets: The U.S. Model, by David Brian Robertson -- Page 413
Conclusion: Actors, Institutions, and Policies, by Evelyne Huber -- Page 439
Index -- Page 481

This text examines why some societies with market economies perform much better than others and what the less successful countries can learn from the more successful ones. It includes comparison of Latin American with East Asian approches as well as North American and Western European.