Left Behind: Latin America and the False Promise of Populism

by Sebastian Edwards

Book Overview

The political and economic history of Latin America has been marked by great hopes and even greater disappointments. Despite abundant resources-and a history of productivity and wealth-in recent decades the region has fallen further and further behind developed nations, surpassed even by other developing economies in Southeast Asia and elsewhere.

In Left Behind, Sebastian Edwards explains why the nations of Latin America have failed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022600466X
• ISBN13: 9780226004662
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"