lessons for Latin America Huber, Evelyne 1950- editora text pau University Park, PA Pennsylvania State University Press 2002 monographic eng

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viii, 492 p. ; 24 cm. This text examines why some societies with market economies perform much better than others and what the less successful countries can learn from the more successful ones. It includes comparison of Latin American with East Asian approches as well as North American and Western European. Acknowledgments Introduction: Posing the Question, by Evelyne Huber -- Page 1 Pt. 1: Emerging Model of Capitalism in Latin America? -- Page 23 1: Alternative Models of Capitalism in Latin America, by John Sheahan -- Page 25 2: Trade Policies, Growth, and Equity in Latin America, by Renato Baumann -- Page 53 3: Industrial Competitiveness Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean in the 1990s, by Wilson Peres -- Page 81 4: Investment Promotion Policies in Latin America, by Robert Grosse -- Page 103 5: Models of Welfare and Models of Capitalism: The Limits of Transferability, by Carlos H. Filgueira, by Fernando Filgueira -- Page 127 6: Jobs and Solidarity: Challenges for Labor Market Policy in Latin America, by Victor E. Tokman -- Page 159 Pt. 2: Models of Capitalism in East Asia -- Page 195 7: East Asian Model of Economic Policy, by Ha-Joon Chang -- Page 197 8: Lessons from Southeast Asia: Growth, Equity, and Vulnerability, by Bridget Welsh -- Page 237 9: Labor Exclusion and Privatized Welfare: Two Keys to Asian Capitalist Development, by T. J. Pempel -- Page 277 Pt. 3: Models of Capitalism in Advanced Industrial Societies -- Page 301 10: European Welfare State Regimes: Configurations, Outcomes, Transformations, by John D. Stephens -- Page 303 11: How to Design a Liberal Welfare State: A Comparison of Canada and the United States, by John Myles -- Page 339 12: Work, Training, or the Dole? Active and Passive Labor Market Policies in Western Europe, by Thomas Janoski, by Antonio Alas -- Page 367 13: Governing Labor Markets: The U.S. Model, by David Brian Robertson -- Page 413 Conclusion: Actors, Institutions, and Policies, by Evelyne Huber -- Page 439 Index -- Page 481 edited by Evelyne Huber Papers presented at conferences held at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, May 1997, and at CEPAL, Nov. 1997. Includes bibliographical references and index. Sistemas económicos comparados Congresos, conferencias, etc Política económica Estudio de casos Congresos, conferencias, etc Política laboral Estudio de casos Congresos, conferencias, etc América Latina Política económica Congresos, conferencias, etc América Latina Política social Congresos, conferencias, etc HC 125 M692 2002 0271021764 9780271021768 060907 20230410105441.0 spa