Neoliberalism and its Afterlives: Latin American Trajectories

Abstract

If the 80s saw the rise and expansion of neoliberalism around the world, and especially in Latin America, with its particular tenet of the retreat of the government from the economy, the past two decades have shown different responses, critiques and analyses of what went wrong or right during that period. This panel offers a wide array of views on the development, embedding, generalization, and pragmatic adaptations of neoliberalism in the region. Focusing on different case studies, each paper presents an analysis of a different aspect of the neoliberal project and its after-effects, or ’afterlives’, inviting reflection and conversation beyond disciplinary boundaries and also beyond the concrete countries under examination. The papers discuss the interaction between macroeconomic decisions and political-institutional behavior, how economic decision-making and juncture-driven political contexts affect government stability, international relations, national and international narratives about the region, and how neoliberalism took root, and changes in political parties’ economic discourses and strategies.

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The Political Economy of Failed Macroeconomic Adjustment - Evidence from Argentina	View Paper Details
Populist Disinflation? A closer historical look to the birth of Peru’s Neoliberal ideas and practices (1949-1990)	View Paper Details
A Comparative Analysis of Latin America's Outward Investment Policies	View Paper Details