Democratically Elected Socialist Presidents and Free-Market Reforms: A Political Economy Examination

Abstract

Left-of-center parties are rhetorically against liberalizing markets, but historical evidence proves otherwise under certain circumstances. The United States is vitally interested in the democratic and economic success of developing countries, as stated in United States national security strategy. This thesis uses economic institutionalism to examine the occasions on which left-of-center presidents successfully implemented neoliberal economic reforms. Case studies of Chile under President Patricio Aylwin and Brazil under President Fernando Henrique Cardoso are used as evidence.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA422166

Entities

People

  • Jeremy J. Aujero

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Case Studies
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Economic Policy
  • Economics
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Investments
  • Law
  • Market Economy
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Political Systems
  • Public Policy
  • Sociopolitics
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Economics
  • Political science

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.