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State and Nation Making in Latin America and Spain: Volume 3: The Neoliberal State and Beyond
Author(s): Miguel A. Centeno (Editor), Agustin E. Ferraro (Editor)
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date: August 17, 2023
- Language: English
- Print length: 554 pages
- ISBN-10: 1108836909
- ISBN-13: 9781108836906
Book Description
Neoliberalism is often studied as a political ideology, a government program, and even as a pattern of cultural identities. However, less attention is paid to the specific institutional resources employed by neoliberal administrations, which have resulted in the configuration of a neoliberal state model. This accessible volume compiles original essays on the neoliberal era in Latin America and Spain, exploring subjects such as neoliberal public policies, power strategies, institutional resources, popular support, and social protest. The book focuses on neoliberalism as a state model: a configuration of public power designed to implement radical policy proposals. This is the third volume in the State and Nation Making in Latin America and Spain series, which aims to complete and advance research and knowledge about national states in Latin America and Spain.
About the Author
Miguel A. Centeno is Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Princeton University. He has taught at Princeton for over twenty-five years and is well known for his work on Latin America, state capacities, war, and globalization.
Agustin E. Ferraro is a Professor at the University of Salamanca. He has more than fifteen years of experience working for governments, NGO’s and international organizations in diverse fields of public policy: state and civil service reforms, education, public security, and social policy.
