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The Political Economy of Latin American Economic Growth

The Political Economy of Oil Production in Latin America∗

The 1990s witnessed a period of significant increase in investments in the oil and gas sector in Latin America. In most countries private investment took the lead after the privatization and liberalization of the sector. For example, in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Venezuela, private oil investment and/or some form of privatization made possible significant additions in hydrocarbons...

Global Political Economy

This paper traces the development and structure of the global political economy. After first explaining why politics and economics and inextricably connected, the paper goes on detail how these processes have become global and what impact this is likely to have on states and markets. Introduction It has become something of a cliché to observe that we live in a time of increasing globalisation. ...

political economy of china in central asia

this research is about the political economy of china in central asia. in this research the political & economic interactions affected on chinas political economy in central asia are examined. chinas goal of presence in central asia including political-security, economic and energy goals is described in one part. in another part, the trade relations between china and central asian countries ar...

Legitimacy and Political Participation in Eight Latin American Nations

Much research on political legitimacy has reported a widespread decline in support for institutions in industrial democracies. Despite falling legitimacy there have been no failures of such regimes, contrary to the expectation that participation by disgruntled citizens might destabilize regimes with low popular support. The literature’s conventional hypotheses are linear: declining legitimacy s...