Market, State, and Society in Contemporary Latin America

Market, State and Society demonstrates the crucial role ofdiffering configurations of domestic actors, interests andinstitutions in mediating the effects of globalization on welfareregimes, labor politics, and popular contestation. * A variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives shedlight on the recent transformations in relations among market,state, and society in Latin American countries * Results are based on thorough empirical research * Challenges simplistic arguments concerning state decline anddescribes the more complex nature of the situation