Privatization amidst poverty : contemporary challenges in Latin America political economy / Edited by Jorge A. Lawton

Strategies. -- Sustaining and consolidating Latin America's recovery, 1. -- The dilemmas of development : A Latin American perspective, 9. -- Conceptualizing development : Moving beyond linear northern perspectives, 15. -- Key case studies. -- Economic libralization and political instability : The Venezuelan experience, 39. -- Mexico : The social costs of adjustment, 69. -- Privatizing the economies : Lessons from the chilean experience, 111. -- From emergency employement to social investment : alleviating poverty in Chile, 121. -- Political and economic reform in Argentina and Brazil : Contrasting priorities, contrasting success, 163. -- Argentina's progress from insolvency to recovery, 179. -- Public policies in conflict : Structural adjustment versus alternative development in Bolivia, 193. -- Critical issues and themes. -- Poverty, the environment, and women in the work force, 211. -- Development bank, NAFTA, and the enterprise for the americas initiative, 221. -- The evolving concept of enrionment and sustainable development, 227. -- The U.S. and the Caribbean : The power of the Whirpool, 235. -- The evolving japanese perspective on the North American Free Trade Agreement, 251. -- Appendices. -- Expanding trade and creating american jobs, 259. -- Statement on the signing of NAFTA, 275. -- Statement of principles on participatory development, 277