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

Informationen zum Autor Claudia Kedar is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Romance and Latin American Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Klappentext Claudia Kedar is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Romance and Latin American Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. "Kedar's book derives from her success in clarifying the objectives of the IMF, while describing the conditions under which they were adopted or rejected... It is well written, exhaustive, and contains many sound judgments. Kedar has interdisciplinary abilities as a historian and an economist."--Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Autumn 2013 Zusammenfassung Reveals both routine and behind-the-scenes practices that have characterized International Monetary Fund-Latin American relations in general and IMF-Argentina relations in particular! from 1944 to the present Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 Multilateralism from the Margins: Latin America and the Foundation of the IMF! 1942-1945; 2 It Takes Three to Tango: Peron! the Bretton Woods Institutions and the United States! 1946-1956; 3 Dependency in the Making: The First Loan Arrangement and the Consolidation of Formal Relationship with the IMF! 1957-1961; 4 Fluctuations in the Routine of Dependency: Argentina-IMF Relations in a Decade of Political Instability! 1962-1972; 5 All Regimes are Legitimate: IMF's Relations with Democracies and Dictatorships! 1973-1982; 6 Conclusions Bibliography

Résumé
Reveals both routine and behind-the-scenes practices that have characterized International Monetary Fund-Latin American relations in general and IMF-Argentina relations in particular, from 1944 to the present

Contenu

Introduction 1 Multilateralism from the Margins: Latin America and the Foundation of the IMF, 1942-1945; 2 It Takes Three to Tango: Peron, the Bretton Woods Institutions and the United States, 1946-1956; 3 Dependency in the Making: The First Loan Arrangement and the Consolidation of Formal Relationship with the IMF, 1957-1961; 4 Fluctuations in the Routine of Dependency: Argentina-IMF Relations in a Decade of Political Instability, 1962-1972; 5 All Regimes are Legitimate: IMF's Relations with Democracies and Dictatorships, 1973-1982; 6 Conclusions Bibliography