Market, State, and Society in Contemporary Latin America

Market, State and Society demonstrates the crucial role of differing configurations of domestic actors, interests and institutions in mediating the effects of globalization on welfare regimes, labor politics, and popular contestation. A variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives shed light on the recent transformations in relations among market, state, and society in Latin American countries. Results are based on thorough empirical research. It challenges simplistic arguments concerning state decline and describes the more complex nature of the situation.