In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:

Acknowledgments T his book is the result of many years of exploring and analyzing the International Monetary Fund (IMF), one of the most central and polemical players in the current global economy. During those years, I have been fortunate to receive invaluable feedback, counsel, and support from friends and colleagues in Israel (my country of residence), Argentina (my country of origin), and the United States (the country in which the IMF is located and in which I spent some of my postdoctoral years at the University of Michigan). I owe a huge debt of gratitude to all of them. Because several parts of this book are a significantly revised and expanded version of my doctoral dissertation at the Graduate School of Historical Studies, Tel-Aviv University, much of my intellectual debt is to my main supervisor, Raanan Rein, who helped me deepen my understanding of Argentina’s history. Over the years, Raanan has always been ready to give me needed guidance, not only about my research, but also about the best way to become a scholar. I am grateful to two friends and outstanding historians, Jeffrey Lesser and James N. Green. Jeff is among the first people I contact every time I face an “academic” dilemma. I deeply appreciate his understanding and optimism, his willingness to answer in detail my (too) numerous questions, and his readiness to read my work. My dear friend Jim generously invested precious time in listening to me and reading my manuscript from cover to cover. He always came back to me with challenging questions, criticism, and recommendations. Jim’s friendship and support has been crucial in the completion of this book. I am highly indebted to Arie Kacowicz, my mentor and friend at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. During the past few years, Arie has provided me with smart and realistic advice and has helped me to feel at home at the university. Most important, he encouraged me to embark on a socialization process through x Acknowledgments which I became more familiar with questions, concepts, and theories from the area of international relations. I have no doubt that the analytical framework of this book, which is based on the idea of the “routine of dependency,” reflects the impact that process had on my way of understanding asymmetrical relations, especially those between the IMF and its Latin American member states. Many friends and colleagues have given me extremely helpful suggestions, as well as intellectual, moral, and emotional support, through many months of writing this book. Howard Stein convinced me to expand the focus of my work and manuscript from “just” IMF–Argentina relations to IMF–Latin American relations. He raised this brilliant idea as I began to teach in the World History Program at the Hebrew University, which made an idea that might have sounded crazy to me not long ago—that is, shifting from the national to the regional level or, perhaps, from a micro- to a macro-history—suddenly seem logical and wise. I am particularly grateful to Eduardo Elena, Ruth Fine, Moshe Hirsch, Leonardo Leiderman, Patty Mullally, Ron Robin, Richard Turits, and Yfaat Weiss, who in different ways and at different times all supported this project. Vera S. Candiani , Ronald H. Chilcote, Mark Healey, and Peter Smith read previous and partial versions of the manuscript. Their insights and suggestions had helped me shape and improve the structure and scope of the book. Orit Friedland did a wonderful job of translating and editing parts of the manuscript. I am also grateful to the members of the Centro de Estudios Económicos de la Empresa y el Desarrollo, University of Buenos Aires—particularly to Raúl García Heras. Of course, I am solely responsible for any remaining flaws. I thank the following institutions for hosting and supporting me at different stages of my research and writing: the Sverdlin Institute for Latin American History and Culture, Tel-Aviv University; the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Michigan; and the Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations, Department of International Relations, and Department of Romance and Latin American Studies, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . The Lady Davis Postdoctoral Fellowship I was awarded in the 2010–2011 academic years allowed me to dedicate time to the manuscript and fund one more research trip to Washington, DC. The Sverdlin Institute and the Faculty of the Humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem generously helped finance the translation and editing of the manuscript. I also extend warm...

Share