ABSTRACT

Developing an original blend of perspectives from the fields of international and comparative political economy, this book presents an innovative and in-depth account of the contemporary political economy of the southern cone of Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.

It identifies a new and distinctive model of regional capitalist development emerging in the southern cone and a complex relationship with both the global political economy and the five distinctive national political economies in the region. Ranging across the contours of labour, business, states and regionalist processes, Phillips assesses the significance of the Southern Cone Model for the ways in which we understand contemporary capitalist development at both national and transnational levels.

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Part I Introduction

chapter 1|9 pages

Introduction

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Part II The contours of Southern Cone development

chapter 4|25 pages

Versions of neoliberalism

chapter 5|26 pages

The Mercosur project

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Part III The emerging regional political economy

chapter 7|38 pages

Labour

chapter 8|37 pages

Business

chapter 9|36 pages

States

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Part IV Conclusion

chapter 10|15 pages

The Southern Cone Model