An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Latin America
Volume 3: Industrialization and the State in Latin America: The Postwar Years
Editors: Enrique Cárdenas, José Antonio Ocampo, Rosemary Thorp
In the 1990s, 'protection', 'import substitution' and 'intervention' have become dirty words, part of the 'leyenda negra' of Latin America development in the postwar period. This book attempts a fresh look at the controversial years between the end of the Second World War and the point when, at varying dates in different countries, a discontinuity occurs in which the postwar 'style of development' ceased to play a central role in the economic evolution of the region. The analysis is based on seven case studies covering eleven countries.
Table of contents
Front Matter
Introduction
Technological Learning, Institution Building and the Microeconomics of Import Substitution
ECLA and the Theory of Import Substituting Industrialization in Latin America
The Influence of International Financial Institutions on ISI
The Industrialization of Chile during Protectionism, 1940–82
Import Substitution and Growth in Brazil, 1890s–1970s
The Process of Accelerated Industrialization in Mexico, 1929–82
Industrialization in Venezuela, 1936–83: The Problem of Abundance
Colombia in the Classical Era of ‘Inward-Looking Development’, 1930–74
Import-Substituting Industrialization in Argentina, 1940–80: Its Achievements and Shortcomings
Import Substitution, Economic Integration and the Development of Central America, 1950–80
Back Matter