| ISBN: 978-1-55587-532-9 $28.00 | ||
| 1996/258 pages/LC: 94-28296 | ||
Choice Outstanding Academic Book!
This is a book about the economic crisis that took hold of Brazil and the rest of Latin America in the 1980s, its political consequences, and the economic reforms that were begun in the mid-'80s, but that remain incomplete a decade later.From his vantage point as both an academic economist and a political insider, Bresser Pereira explains Brazil's—and more generally, Latin America's—economic problems in terms of a crisis of the state. Finding the paradigms of structuralism and dependency no longer useful in the face of the issues of the 1980s and '90s, and rejecting neoliberalism as a solution, his crisis-of-the-state approach seeks a new synthesis, advocating a pragmatic, social democratic strategy for reform.
Fiscal adjustment and structural reforms, argues Bresser, should not be seen as attempts to minimize state intervention, but instead as reforms of the state, with the ultimate goal of rebuild- ing it.
"Provides an insightful analytical framework for assessing the origin of Brazil s economic and political crisis and also outlines an alternative set of strategies.... outlining a provocative analytical framework for long-term development strategies."—Latin American Reserach Review
"This important book should be part of any Latin America collection....written in a style that will not intimidate noneconomists. Highly recommended for all libraries."—Choice