TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kaplan,Stephen B.
TI  - Globalization and austerity politics in Latin America
T2  - Cambridge studies in comparative politics
SN  - 9781107017979 (hardback)
AV  - HC 125 K17g 2013
U1  - 330.98 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Globalization
KW  - Latin America
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Economic Conditions
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Globalización
KW  - Aspectos políticos
KW  - Ciencias políticas
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-314) and index
N2  - Kaplan explores the effect of globalization on Latin American economic policy-making. It investigates why left-leaning politicians from countries with high poverty and wage inequality adopt market-oriented policies. A new form of austerity politics has surfaced where politicians signal their good governance with budgetary discipline yet simultaneously direct spending to supporters
ER  -