Creative Destruction?: Economic Crises and Democracy in Latin America

Index

Abrams, Elliott, 193 Acemoglu, Daron: classic analytical perspective and, 4; classification of actors by, 36–37; on distributive struggles, 25; on domestic interests, 38; game theory and, 5; on globalization, 27; on pressures from below, 31; sphere of interests and, 8 actor-centered perspective, 25 Administración Nacional de Combustibles, Alcohol y Portland (ANCAP), 61, 84, 87, 179 Alcañiz, Isabella, 175–76 Alessandri, Arturo: economic policies of, 112–13; election win by, 71; first presidency of, 15; Montero and, 70; as populist leader, 103; redistribution under, 94; as reformist, 69, 109 Alfonsín, Raúl, 144, 146, 147, 151 Alianza para el Trabajo, la Justicia y la Educación, 152–53 Allende, Salvador, 137, 165, 169 Almeyda, Clodomiro, 196 Álvarez, Carlos “Chacho,” 152, 153 Alvear, Marcelo T., 57, 67 amnesty for human rights abuses, 154, 157–59, 202 anarcho-syndicalist movement, 104–5 ANCAP (Administración Nacional de Combustibles, Alcohol y Portland), 61, 84, 87, 179 Andean countries, 226–31 anti-globalization movement, 162–63 Argentina: amnesty for human rights abuses in, 157, 202; armed forces in, 67–69, 151–52, 202; Chile compared to, 71–72; constitution of, 57, Index 145–47; debt of, 112, 123, 173, 183–84; democracy in, 144–45, 148, 164, 221–22; dirty wars in, 148, 151, 157, 174, 202; domestic institutions-as-organizations in, 67–69, 151–53; domestic institutions-as-rules in, 56–59, 145–49; domestic interests in, 92, 172–77; economic crises in, 132–33, 172–77, 182–84, 187; economic policy ideas in, 111–12, 205–6, 210; economy of, 53, 93–94, 130, 148; elites in, 177; energy sector, 85–87; Great Britain and, 192; Great Depression in, 52–54, 53; Great Recession and, 221–22; IMF and, 160–61, 173, 183, 184; industry in, 85–87, 151–52; international financial institutions and, 160–61; international interests in, 84–87, 182–84, 187–89; Left in, 106; macroeconomic indicators, 133; neoliberalism in, 172–73, 175, 206; personalized political process in, 65–66; political ideologies in, 202–3, 210; presidency of, 58–59, 87; protests and unrest in, 173, 174–76; Right in, 107–8; semana trágica in, 67, 107; Spanish Civil War and, 99 armed forces: as anti-democracy, 94; in Argentina, 67–69, 151–52, 202; in Chile, 69–72, 109, 138–39; government by, 217; international peacekeeping focus of, 152, 154, 235; in Uruguay, 153–54 assets, as liquid or fixed, 36–37, 189–90 asset specificity: in Argentina, 182–84; in Chile, 170–71; in Uruguay, 184–87 Astori, Danilo, 188, 208 authoritarian regimes and Bretton Woods institutions, 141, 142 Aylwin, Patricio, 137 Page numbers in italics indicate figures and tables 274 i n de x Baldomir, Alfredo, 75, 106 Barnes, Harry, 193 Batlle Berres, Luis, 206 Batlle Ibáñez, Jorge: bank bailout and, 180; civil liberties and, 204; economy and, 185, 206–7; emerging markets crisis and, 179 Batlle y Ordóñez, José: electoral system and, 59; ideology of, 65, 206; nationalist impulse and, 85; policies of, 61, 104, 111, 179 batllismo, 61, 62, 206–7 Bensión, Alberto, 180 Bergara, Mario, 161, 178, 182, 203, 206 Bernanke, Ben S., 213 black swans, 21 Blanche, Bartolomé, 71 Blanco Party, 59, 60, 61, 155, 203 Blyth, Mark, 40, 41 Boix, Carles: classification of actors by, 36; on democracy in Chile, 15; on distributive struggles, 25; on domestic interests, 38; on pressures from below, 31; sphere of interests and, 8 Bolivia, 227–29, 230, 231 Bordaberry, Pedro, 158 Bordón, José Octavio, 152 Boudou, Amado, 184 Brady Plan, 129, 186 Brazil: debt of, 123; democracy in, 16, 224; economic crisis in, 131–33; economy of, 130, 223–26; Great Recession and, 220 Bretton Woods international financial organizations, 73, 141, 142, 214–15, 231 Bulmer-Thomas, Victor, 17, 123 Buquet, Daniel, 151 bureaucratic-authoritarian regimes, 128 Bush, George W., 228 Bustos, Manuel, 168 cacerolazos, 174, 176 Calderón, Felipe, 224 Camaño, Eduardo, 173 capital flight, 177 capitalism: booms and busts in, 213; credibility crisis of, 97; definition of, 241n1; Far Right criticism on, 107; free market, embrace of, 126 Cardoso, Fernando H., 131, 223 Carmona, Pedro, 228 Carter, Jimmy, 123, 141, 170, 192 Catholic Church in Chile, 142–43 caudillismo, 56, 87 Cavallo, Domingo, 146, 148, 160, 172–73 Cavallo, Ricardo Miguel, 157 Central America, US in, 191–94 change over time, 10–11 Chávez, Hugo: coup against, 158, 228; economy and, 220; military background of, 226; policies of...