In Ideas and Institutions, Kathryn Sikkink illuminates a key question in contemporary political economy: What power do ideas wield in the world of politics and policy? Sikkink traces the effects of one enormously influential set of ideas, developmentalism, on the two largest economies in Latin America, Brazil and Argentina. Introduced under the intellectual leadership of Raúl Prebisch at the U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America, developmentalism was embraced as national policy in many postwar developing economies. Drawing upon extensive archival research and interviews, Sikkink explores the adoption, implementation, and consolidation of the developmentalist model of economic policy in Brazil and Argentina in the 1950s and 1960s, focusing on the governments of Juscelino Kubitschek and Arturo Frondizi, respectively. In accounting for the initial decision to adopt developmentalist policies in Latin America and the persistence of the policy package in the region, she highlights the importance of political and economic ideas, the comparative effects of different national institutions, and the variable ability of political leaders to mobilize resources and support.
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Sikkink traces the effects of one enormously influential set of ideas, developmentalism, on the two largest economies in Latin America, Brazil and Argentina.
1. Introduction 2. The International Setting and the Origins of Developmentalism 3. Developmentalism in Argentina, 1955–1962 4. Developmentalism in Brazil, 1954–1961 5. The State in Brazil and Argentina: State Autonomy and Capacity Compared 6. Implementing Developmentalism: The Mobilization of Financial, Technical, and Political Resources ConclusionAppendix: List of InterviewsIndex
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Sikkink contributes significantly to the analysis of the role of ideas and institutions (as opposed to 'interests') in adopting economic development models, in this intriguing study of ‘developmentalism’ in Brazil (1956–61) and Argentina (1958–62).... Sikkink asks why both countries adopted this approach (mostly for ideological reasons), and why it largely succeeded in Brazil and failed in Argentina.
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A detailed and carefully crafted comparative historical analysis showing that economic policy outcomes, far from being affected only by international constraints and opportunities, are also determined by domestic political processes involving political economic ideas, the state's institutional capacity to implement them, and the political leadership's ability to mobilize political and ideological resources on their behalf.
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A series edited by Peter J. Katzenstein
A series edited by Peter J. Katzenstein

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780801478673
Publisert
1991
Utgiver
Vendor
Cornell University Press
Vekt
454 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

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Biographical note

Kathryn Sikkink is the Arleen C. Carlson Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of Ideas and Institutions: Developmentalism in Brazil and Argentina and coauthor with Margaret E. Keck of Activists beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics, also from Cornell, winner of the 1999 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order.