The First Export Era Revisited
Reassessing its Contribution to Latin American Economies
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Beschreibung
This book challenges the wide-ranging generalizations that dominate the literature on the impact of export-led growth upon Latin America during the first export era. The contributors to this volume contest conventional approaches, stemming from structuralism and dependency theory, which portray a rather negative view of the impact of nineteenth-century globalization upon Latin America. It has been considered that, as a result of the role of Latin American countries as providers of raw materials produced in enclaves dominated by foreign capital, their participation in the world economy has had adverse consequences for their long-term development. This volume addresses a representative sample of countries with varied initial conditions and resource endowments, a diverse productive specialization, as well as different degrees of integration to the world economy. This allows a direct comparison among the different experiences within the region, which in turn enables a more nuanced understanding of the contribution of exports to economic growth and economic modernization. Eight national case studies are presented – Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Mexico, Bolivia and Uruguay – which offer an insight into the successes of a region traditionally viewed as disadvantaged by globalization and export-led growth.
Uses a uniform set of parameters in order to assess the economic contribution of exports to Latin American economies during the period in which they followed an export-led pattern of growth
Presents new evidence that allows testing of the claims that conventional wisdom has made about Latin America during the export era
Provide tools to inductively build a new interpretive synthesis for Latin America
Uses a uniform set of parameters in order to assess the economic contribution of exports to Latin American economies during the period in which they followed an export-led pattern of growth Presents new evidence that allows testing of the claims that conventional wisdom has made about Latin America during the export era Provide tools to inductively build a new interpretive synthesis for Latin America
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Sandra Kuntz-Ficker
Themen in »The First Export Era Revisited«
Economic Development Macroeconomics Bolivian economy Brazilian economy Colombian economy Argentinian economy Chilean economy Peruvian economy Mexican economy Uruguayan economy Settler economy Economic integration Economic growth First export era Latin American economies