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Author: Gustavo Flores-Macias (Assistant Professor of Government, Assistant Professor of Government, Cornell University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.386kg
ISBN: 9780199891672
ISBN 10: 0199891672
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 31 May 2012
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
The idea that strong institutions encourage moderate policymaking has been made before but this book develops a sophisticated, tightly-argued version of it and applies it in a disciplined way to an important and timely empirical puzzle. The author uses data and graphics effectively and includes a wealth of information on Latin American economic policies since the transition away from import-substitution industrialization in the 1980s. The transitition away from the import-substitution industrialization in the 1980s. The breadth of the analysis and the clarity of the exposition make it a good choice for upper-level undergraduate classes, as well as graduate seminars. American Review of Politics
The idea that strong institutions encourage moderate policymaking has been made before but this book develops a sophisticated, tightly-argued version of it and applies it in a disciplined way to an important and timely empirical puzzle. The author uses data and graphics effectively and includes a wealth of information on Latin American economic policies since the transition away from import-substitution industrialization in the 1980s. The transitition away from the import-substitution industrialization in the 1980s. The breadth of the analysis and the clarity of the exposition make it a good choice for upper-level undergraduate classes, as well as graduate seminars. * American Review of Politics *
<br> The idea that strong institutions encourage moderate policymaking has been made before but this book develops a sophisticated, tightly-argued version of it and applies it in a disciplined way to an important and timely empirical puzzle. The author uses data and graphics effectively and includes a wealth of information on Latin American economic policies since the transition away from import-substitution industrialization in the 1980s. The transitition away from the import-substitution industrialization in the 1980s. The breadth of the analysis and the clarity of the exposition make it a good choice for upper-level undergraduate classes, as well as graduate seminars. -- American Review of Politics<p><br>
Author Information
Assistant Professor of Government, Cornell University
