Economic Reforms in New Democracies: A Social-Democratic Approach

by Adam Przeworski, Luiz Carlos Bresser Pereira, José María Maravall

Book Overview

In this book the authors assess the experiences of transition in Southern Europe, Latin America and Eastern Europe in order to determine what the conditions for successful transitions are. They argue against the big bang approach, espoused by many advisors to reforming countries, on the grounds that this approach bypasses the newly formed institutions of democracy that ultimately may undermine the necessary consensus to support painful economic reforms...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521438454
• ISBN13: 9780521438452
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"