Economic reforms in new democracies: a social-democratic approach
LATIN AMERICA
Economic reforms in new democracies: a social-democratic approach
Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira, José María Maravall and Adam Przeworski
In Smith, W., C. Acuña and E. Gamarra, orgs., (1994) Latin American Political Economy in the Age of Neoliberal Reform. New Brunswick: Transactions Publishers: 181-202.
The neoliberal economic reforms enacted by Latin Americas and Eastern Europes new democracies have proven inefficient and at times even ineffective. This derives both from a lack of political support and from the dogmatic orthodoxy adopted.