Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. FIGURES AND TABLES vii
4. ACRONYMS ix
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
6. CHAPTER ONE. THE PUZZLE OF RISKY REFORMS IN UNSTABLE DEMOCRACIES 1
7. CHAPTER TWO. THE INSUFFICIENCY OF EXISTING ARGUMENTS 18
8. CHAPTER THREE. A NEW EXPLANATION OF ADJUSTMENT POLITICS 37
9. CHAPTER FOUR. ECONOMIC DETERIORATION AND POSTPONED ADJUSTMENT IN THE 1980s 71
10. CHAPTER FIVE. THE INITIATION OF NEOLIBERAL ADJUSTMENT 94
11. CHAPTER SIX. POPULIST POLITICS AND ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING 134
12. CHAPTER SEVEN. THE POLITICAL SUSTAINABILITY OF NEOLIBERALISM AND NEOPOPULISM IN ARGENTINA AND PERU 168
13. CHAPTER EIGHT. THE FITFUL COURSE OF MARKET REFORM IN BRAZIL AND VENEZUELA 210
14. CHAPTER NINE. THEORETICAL IMPLICATIONS AND CROSS-REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES 251
15. BIBLIOGRAPHY 285
16. INDEX 325