The market and the masses in Latin America : policy reform and consumption in liberalizing economies
Baker, Andy, 1972-
The market and the masses in Latin America : policy reform and consumption in liberalizing economies / Andy Baker. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xvii, 331 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in comparative politics . - Cambridge studies in comparative politics. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-315) and index.
Introduction and theory — Consuming the Washington consensus — Theoretical framework: the top-down and bottom-up sources of public opinion — Mass beliefs about market policies in Latin America — The economic consequences and elite rhetoric of market reform in Latin America — Are Latin Americans neoliberals? — Are the poor neoliberals? — Mass support for reform in Brazil — The economic consequences and elite rhetoric of market reform in Brazil — How many Brazilians support market reforms? — Which Brazilians support market reforms? — Conclusion — The politics of consumismo in Latin America.
What do ordinary citizens in developing countries think about free markets? Conventional wisdom views globalization as an imposition on unwilling workers in developing nations, concluding that the recent rise of the Latin American left constitutes a popular backlash against the market. In this book, Baker marshals public opinion data from eighteen Latin American countries to show that most of the region's citizens are enthusiastic about globalization because it has lowered the prices of many consumer goods and services while improving their variety and quality. Among recent free-market reforms, only privatization has caused pervasive discontent because it has raised prices for services like electricity and telecommunications. Citizens' sharp awareness of these consumer consequences informs Baker's argument that a political economy of consumption has replaced a previously dominant politics of labor and class in Latin America.
9780521899680
2008030558
GBA906369 bnb
014883742 Uk
Globalization--Public opinion.--Latin America
Neoliberalism--Public opinion.--Latin America
Consumption (Economics)--Latin America.
Public opinion--Latin America.
HC125 / .B22 2009
339.4/7098
The market and the masses in Latin America : policy reform and consumption in liberalizing economies / Andy Baker. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xvii, 331 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in comparative politics . - Cambridge studies in comparative politics. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-315) and index.
Introduction and theory — Consuming the Washington consensus — Theoretical framework: the top-down and bottom-up sources of public opinion — Mass beliefs about market policies in Latin America — The economic consequences and elite rhetoric of market reform in Latin America — Are Latin Americans neoliberals? — Are the poor neoliberals? — Mass support for reform in Brazil — The economic consequences and elite rhetoric of market reform in Brazil — How many Brazilians support market reforms? — Which Brazilians support market reforms? — Conclusion — The politics of consumismo in Latin America.
What do ordinary citizens in developing countries think about free markets? Conventional wisdom views globalization as an imposition on unwilling workers in developing nations, concluding that the recent rise of the Latin American left constitutes a popular backlash against the market. In this book, Baker marshals public opinion data from eighteen Latin American countries to show that most of the region's citizens are enthusiastic about globalization because it has lowered the prices of many consumer goods and services while improving their variety and quality. Among recent free-market reforms, only privatization has caused pervasive discontent because it has raised prices for services like electricity and telecommunications. Citizens' sharp awareness of these consumer consequences informs Baker's argument that a political economy of consumption has replaced a previously dominant politics of labor and class in Latin America.
9780521899680
2008030558
GBA906369 bnb
014883742 Uk
Globalization--Public opinion.--Latin America
Neoliberalism--Public opinion.--Latin America
Consumption (Economics)--Latin America.
Public opinion--Latin America.
HC125 / .B22 2009
339.4/7098
