Argentina: The Challenges of Modernization

by Allison M. Garland (Editor), Joseph S. Tulchin (Editor)

Overview

Argentina has been modernizing at breakneck speed in the post-Peron, post-military years. This collection of articles looks at the modernization process and includes several articles by Argentine politicians and policymakers. Argentina: The Challenges of Modernization analyzes the difficulties the country faces in the 1990s, over a decade after the restoration of democracy and several years after the end of the Cold War.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780842027212
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	03/01/1998
Series:	Latin American Silhouettes
Pages:	346
Product dimensions:	6.48(w) x 9.18(h) x 0.95(d)

About the Author

Joseph S. Tulchin is director of the Latin American program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. Allison M. Garland is a program associate for the Latin American program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Part 1 I Forging a Political Consensus: Four Politicians Discuss the National Agenda Chapter 2 Argentine Democracy Ten Years Later: New Priorities Chapter 3 The Implications fo Change: the Political Challenge to Argentine Economic Stability Chapter 4 Legitimacy and Transition in Latin America: Social Forces and the New Agenda of Consensus Chapter 5 Poverty in Argentina: Toward an Integrated Social Policy Part 6 II The Terms of Democratic Consolidation Chapter 7 Democracies in Contemporary South America: Convergences and Diversities Chapter 8 Evolution and Prospects of the Agentine Party System Chapter 9 From Menem to Menem: Elections and Political Parties in Argentina Chapter 10 Refurbishing the Argentine Judiciary: A Still-Neglected Theme Chapter 11 Continuity and Change in Argentine Foreign Policy Part 12 III The Economic Transformation Chapter 13 Critical Junctures and Economic Change: Launching Market Reforms in Argentina Chapter 14 The Road to Sustainable Growth, 1983-1993 Chapter 15 The Third Stage of Argentine Economic Growth Chapter 16 The Impact of Market Opening on Argentine Industry: A Survey of Corporate Impressions Part 17 IV The Social Question: Building Human Capital Chapter 18 Higher Education Reform: Meeting the Challenge of Economic Competition Chapter 19 Restructuring the Argentine Educatoinal System, 1984-1995 Chapter 20 Notes on Structural Reform of the University System

Editorial Reviews

This book marks the most comprehensive and successful effort to date to eavluate the transitions set in motion since Argentina's return to democracy in 1983.

David Rock

Focusing on the Menem years, the excellent essays assembled by Tulchin and Garland offer stimulating analyses of this veritable democratic capitalist revolution by leading politicians, government leaders, and well-known Argentine and U.S. scholars. Argentina: The Challenges of Modernization is a valuable resource for policymakers, academics, and others concerned with key topics ranging from electoral politics, the judicial system, social policy, and the modernization of public education to the prospects for continued economic growth and the future of market-oriented restructuring.

William C. Smith

Required reading for any scholar of Modern Latin America. These essays are exciting and provocative.. .. They provide us with new hope that Argentina can assume a distinct and respected position within the international community. The book includes perspectives from prominent politicians of the Peronist and Radical persuasions, an assessment of the prospects for democratic development, and evaluation of Menem's economic reforms, and a prescription for education reforms to support both the political and economic changes. An insightful and carefully crafted introduction by Joseph Tulchin and Allison Garland helps locate the essays in their political and historical context.

Joan E. Supplee