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Economic Institutional Change In Bolivia And Peru A Discursive Institutionalist Approach, Ryan Whittingham
Economic Institutional Change In Bolivia And Peru A Discursive Institutionalist Approach, Ryan Whittingham
HIM 1990-2015
Since the turn of the twenty-first century, a number of Latin American countries have undergone a marked shift to the left in their politics. With this, a number of Latin American countries have been pursuing economic policies that give a greater role for the state in economic affairs. Hugo Chavez has promised to build "twenty-first century socialism" in Venezuela, while Bolivia's Evo Morales often attacks the "neoliberalism" that previously guided economic reform in that country. This thesis investigates these economic institutional changes through a discursive institutionalist perspective, focusing on two Latin American countries: Bolivia and Peru. The goal is to …