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Critical review: Edward, s 2010, left behind: Latin America and the false promise of populism, Chicago University Press, Chicago

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  • Nicolás Horacio Martins

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Sebastián Edwards analiza un tema polémico de la historia económica Latinoamericana reciente: la incidencia del populismo en el deterioro de las instituciones políticas y, como consecuencia, el retraso en el progreso material del continente. Edwards examina la década de los ‘90 y argumenta que, contrariamente a la opinión pública en general, las consecuencias negativas de las políticas emanadas del Consenso de Washington en América Latina se debieron a su deficiente y parcial aplicación. A su vez, pronostica un futuro sombrío para aquellos países que se encuentran gobernados desde mediados de 2000 por gobiernos de tipo populista. El presente trabajo indaga sobre el marco conceptual del autor y realiza un análisis crítico de la obra, argumentando que, si bien coincide en la importancia de las instituciones como condición necesaria para alcanzar un crecimiento económico sostenible, la falta de estudio de la dimensión política y cultural internacional de la historia latinoamericana reciente reduce el trabajo del autor a una mera promoción del enfoque neoliberal como única solución de políticas públicas.

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  • Nicolás Horacio Martins, 2013. "Critical review: Edward, s 2010, left behind: Latin America and the false promise of populism, Chicago University Press, Chicago," Observatorio de la Economía Latinoamericana, Servicios Académicos Intercontinentales SL. Hasta 31/12/2022, issue 191, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:erv:observ:y:2013:i:191:12
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