Overview

Banking and finance are studied as specialized domains, governed by their own esoteric rules and concepts. This book develops an alternative approach. It assesses financial sector reform and the consolidation of legitimate monetary authority in an era of globalization and democratization, and advocates the adoption of a contextualized perspective.

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Author:   Lourdes Sola ,  Laurence Whitehead
Publisher:   Centre for Brazilian Studies
Imprint:   Centre for Brazilian Studies
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.585kg
ISBN:  

9780954407063

ISBN 10:   0954407067
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   20 February 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The political dynamics of financial crises in 'emerging market' democracies Chapter 2: Recent modifications of international financial system Chapter 3: The long and simultaneous construction of fiscal and monetary institutions Chapter 4: Crafting economic stabilization: political discretion and technical innovation in the implementation of the Real Plan Chapter 5: Who is afraid of economic populism? Counterintuitive observations on democracy and Brazilian political economy Chapter 6: Central banking, democratic governance, and the quality of democracy Chapter 7: Courts, policy contestation, and legitimation of economic reform under Cardoso Chapter 8: Financial credibility, legitimacy and political discretion: the Lula da Silva government Chapter 9: Wall Street and emerging democracies: financial markets and the Brazilian presidential elections Chapter 10: From the economics of politics to the politics of monetary policy

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Lourdes Sola is Professor of Political Science at the University of Sao Paulo. Laurence Whitehead is Official Fellow in Politics at Nuffield College, Oxford.

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