| Financial Globalization and Democracy in Emerging Markets 2001 Edition Contributor(s): Armijo, L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0333930673 ISBN-13: 9780333930670 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $53.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1999 Annotation: When Mexico's peso crisis occurred in December 1994, all of Latin America experienced the "tequila effect." In January 1998, after seven months of financial turmoil in East Asia, Alan Greenspan, the normally reticent Chairman of the US Federal Reserve Bank, noted that such "vicious cycles...may, in fact, be a defining characteristic of the new high-tech international financial system." "Financial Globalization and Democracy in Emerging Markets" examines the impact of the new, highly liquid, portfolio capital flows on governments, opposition politicians, business, and labor in such emerging market countries as Mexico, Brazil, Russia, India, Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Exports & Imports - Political Science | International Relations - Trade & Tariffs - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development |
| Dewey: 332.673 |
| Series: International Political Economy |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 5.58" W x 8.58" (1.25 lbs) 348 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When Mexico's peso crisis occurred in December 1994, all of Latin America experienced the 'tequila effect'. In January 1998, after seven months of financial turmoil in East Asia, Alan Greenspan, the usually reticent Chairman of the US Federal Reserve Bank, noted that such 'vicious cycles...may, in fact, be a defining characteristic of the new high-tech international financial system'. This book examines the impact of the new, highly liquid portfolio capital flows on governments, opposition, politicians, business and the workforce in such emerging market countries as Mexico, Brazil, Russia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia. Hailed as 'exemplary and innovative', 'fine-grained and accessible' and 'a must read', this collection of original essays in newly available in paperback. |