17 The Issue of Science and Education

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. PART ONE: DOMESTIC DETERMINANTS OF ECONOMIC REFORMS
6. 1 Identifying the Variables Relevant to the Study of Adjustment 31
7. 2 The Determination of the Political Executive to Undertake Market Adjustment 36
8. 3. The Role of Competent and Honest Technicians 51
9. 4. The Autonomy of the Reformist State 63
10. 5 The Influence of Electoral Cycles 74
11. 6 Privileged Linkages with Corporate Interest Groups 79
12. 7 A New Relationship between State and Labour 88
13. 8 Assessing the Economic Performance of Reforms 97
14. PART TWO: INTERNATIONAL DETERMINANTS OF ECONOMIC REFORMS
15. 9 Gaining International Support for Domestic Reform 111
16. 10 Adjustment through Regional Integration 123
17. 11 Regional Integration in Support of Market-Oriented Policies 131
18. 12 Obstacles to Integration in Partially Liberalized Markets 145
19. 13 Theoretical Linkages between Regional Determinants and Endogenous Variables 153
20. 14 Will MERCOSUR Support the Consolidation of Southern Cone Democracies? 166
21. PART THREE: DETERMINANTS OF SOCIAL REFORMS
22. 15 Adjustment against Justice 175
23. 16 Agrarian Reform and the Modernization of Agriculture 185
24. 17 The Issue of Science and Education 196
25. 18 Public Intervention against Marginality 202
26. 19 In Search of Political Conditions to Pursue Social Policies 210
27. Conclusions 221
28. Appendix: Tables 231
29. References 251
30. Index 261