The State and the Private Sector in Latin America

1. Front Matter

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2. State and Market in Global Development

   • Mauricio Font

   Pages 1-20

3. State and Liberalization in Latin America

   • Mauricio Font

   Pages 21-57

4. Liberalization/Anti-Liberalization

   • Mauricio Font

   Pages 59-101

5. Commodities and Rail in Globalizing Brazil

   • Mauricio Font

   Pages 103-132

6. Subnational Brazil

   • Mauricio Font

   Pages 133-155

7. Transantiago: Urban Development in Chile

   • Mauricio Font

   Pages 157-178

8. Conclusion: Changing States

   • Mauricio Font

   Pages 179-189

9. Back Matter

   Pages 191-302

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This book follows ten political economic histories since the 1970s, showing how different forms of partnership have developed, flourished or declined over the time. The author's argument is supported by rich empirical material. It places partnership schemes in a broader social context and provides a deep insight into the phenomenon.

• Latin America
• Public and Private Partnership
• Concession
• Reform
• Development
• Liberalization
• Globalization
• Commodity
• Double Movement
• Infrastructure
• Changing State
• Democracy
• Technocracy
• Development Model
• Soy
• Anti-liberalization
• Dependency Theory
• Populism
• Statism
• Transformation
• democracy
• globalization
• Institution
• Policy
• politics
• society
• transformation

Dr. Font is director of the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies and Professor of Sociology at the Graduate Center and Queens College, CUNY. He has taught at the University of Michigan, Rutgers, University, the University of Brasilia, IUPERJ, and UNESP. His most recent publications include Handbook on Cuban History, Literature, and the Arts (Paradigm, 2014), Handbook of Contemporary Cuba: Economy, Politics, Civil Society, and Globalization (Paradigm, 2013), The Brazilian State: Debate and Agenda (Lexington Books, 2011), and Coffee and Transformation in São Paulo, Brazil (Lexington Books, 2010).

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