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The market and the masses in Latin America : policy reform and consumption in liberalizing economies /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baker, Andy, 1972-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Series:Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
Subjects:
Globalization > Latin America > Public opinion.
Neoliberalism > Latin America > Public opinion.
Consumption (Economics) > Latin America.
Public opinion > Latin America.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction and theory
  • Consuming the Washington consensus
  • Theoretical framework: the top-down and bottom-up sources of public opinion
  • Mass beliefs about market policies in Latin America
  • The economic consequences and elite rhetoric of market reform in Latin America
  • Are Latin Americans neoliberals?
  • Are the poor neoliberals?
  • Mass support for reform in Brazil
  • The economic consequences and elite rhetoric of market reform in Brazil
  • How many Brazilians support market reforms?
  • Which Brazilians support market reforms?
  • Conclusion
  • The politics of consumismo in Latin America.