The International Monetary Fund and Latin America: The Argentine Puzzle in Context

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1 Multilateralism from the Margins: Latin America and the Founding of the IMF, 1942–1945 11 2 It Takes Three to Tango: Argentina, the Bretton Woods Institutions, and the United States, 1946–1956 32 3 Dependency in the Making: The First Loan Agreement and the Consolidation of the Formal Relationship with the IMF, 1957–1961 55 4 Fluctuations in the Routine of Dependency: Argentine–IMF Relations in a Decade of Political Instability, 1962–1972 88 5 All Regimes Are Legitimate: The IMF’s Relations with Democracies and Dictatorships, 1973–1982 119 6 Routine of Dependency or Routine of Detachment? Looking for a New Model of Relations with the IMF 151 Conclusions 184 Notes 191 References 233 Index 245 ...