...Ronald H. Chilcote Political Forces in Latin America: Dimensions of the Quest for Stability . By Burnett Ben G. and Johnson Kenneth F. . Belmont , 1968 . Wadsworth Publishing Company . Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index . Pp. 587 . $9.95 . Copyright 1969 by Duke...

... intrusion may end a crisis, but limited intervention and a few supervised elections cannot guarantee the political stability and well-being of a nation” (p. 236). He hopes what happened in Nicaragua will not happen again. In view of this last sentence, are we to infer that “unlimited” intervention would...

... of Thomas Flory’s solidly researched and well-written book. Copyright 1982 by Duke University Press 1982 Judge and Jury in Imperial Brazil, 1808-1871: Social Control and Political Stability in the New State . By Flory Thomas . Austin : University of Texas Press , 1981 . Figures. Notes...

...Kenneth F. Johnson Mexico: Paradoxes of Stability and Change . By Levy Daniel and SzÉkely Gabriel . Foreword by Schneider Ronald . Boulder : Westview Press , 1983 . Map. Illustrations. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xv , 287 . Cloth . $27.50 . Paper...

... annoyingly simplistic. Chile presents a difficult challenge to such a thesis, for its political culture seems to many observers more national, more idiosyncratic than others in Latin American. Moreno rejects the familiar interpretation of Chilean political stability—that the nation has evolved...

... to plague the region as long as the United States and the local elites continue to ignore the indigenous roots of violence. Central America and the United States: The Search for Stability . By Leonard Thomas M. . Athens : University of Georgia Press , 1991 . Maps. Notes. Bibliography . xvi...

...Roderic A. Camp The Mexican Ruling Party: Stability and Authority . By Story Dale . New York : Praeger , 1986 . Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. 160 . Cloth. $32.95 . Copyright 1987 by Duke University Press 1987 With the tremendous interest in Mexico since...

.... At times, when he has something nice to say about them, he names names, but many remain anonymous, although anyone familiar with Bolivia can fill in some of the blanks. Part of this book is a blow-by-blow account of working out, defending, and administering the price stabilization program. It tells...

... with the stabilization programs, the adoption of free trade, privatization, and tax reforms, all from the perspective of their impact on government finances. Finally, these volumes pay virtually no attention at all to the role of the highly industrialized nations in bringing about the debt crisis, which, beginning...

...Russell E. Smith The International Monetary Fund and Economic Stabilization: The Argentine Case . By Manzetti Luigi . New York : Praeger Publishers , 1991 . Tables. Bibliography. Index . xii , 239 pp. $49.95 . Copyright 1992 by Duke University Press 1992 This study...

...Juandrea M. Bates Abstract This article examines how legal concepts of age and family shaped the status of immigrants in Argentina from 1869 to 1920. While historians have long explored the effects that immigration had on Argentina's culture, economic development, and political stability...

... and economic questions at the national level while investigating the implementation of stabilization policies in the five countries. Liberalism and neoliberalism are at the center of the debate. For some of the authors, neoliberal policies constrain democratic development. Others see liberalism in a positive...

... are demonstrative less of honest and open debate than of the fine art of dissembling. Schoultz’s examination of the role of “national security” in U.S. policy toward Latin America focuses on the perceptions of those who make or influence policy with regard to “stability.” He conceptualizes those perceptions...

... of regional history. While the great majority of the material comes from published, if very obscure, sources, the author has also analyzed quite carefully materials on tax revenues, exports, and foreign trade. His favorite topic is the story of political stability via conservative innovations that addressed...

... for the background, then shows how the University of Chicago–trained Chilean technocrats used their mandate from the military to go far beyond stabilization and to impose a new “liberal” economic model, sweeping away industrial protectionism and reducing the state sector. Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay have followed...

...Robert Aubey In addition to an excellent study of Mexico’s pattern of economic growth, Mr. Thompson, in his analysis of the transition from inflation to price stability, provides a rare view of economic policy formation in what is in many ways a closed political system. The author’s examination...

... or that project will or even could bear fruit. Nor is the author always consistent. As he puts it: “Paraguay is the only South American country that can boast political and monetary stability sustained over a period of years.” He further anticipates a continuation of the present pattern of stability. He...

... of Ibáñez, Alessandri, and Frei have, each in turn, mounted distinct and well-defined stabilization programs as the keys to their economic planning and policymaking. Each of the programs has been a failure, and Chilean inflation continues its upward spiral as a new president begins his term of office...

... of Mexico’s evolution, the 1950s mark the beginning of what has popularly become known as the period of stable development. The first volume is devoted to internal political affairs, covering four broad topics: means of political stability, negotiations with labor, fissures in political stability...

... , assert that in the late nineteenth century in Spanish America, political stability resulted from economic growth based on agricultural exports, and that this growth and stability depended on demand from the United States and Europe. Put in abstract terms, South American developing nations were dependent...