Format:
1 online resource (227 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780367284046
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9781000236002
Content:
This book is fine study of industrial policy in Ecuador. It provides a valuable model for comparison with other developing countries, and examines the shift from unrestricted support for import substitution industries to stabilization policies and to export-led growth strategies
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- Relevance of the Study -- The Study of Industrialists -- The Cámaras as Interest Groups -- Theoretical Orientation and Research Design -- Methodology -- Organization of the Study -- Notes -- 2 Development of Contemporary Industry and the Industrial Class Structure -- Cacao Production and the Origins of Industry -- Incentives and Constraints on Industry -- Tapping the Cacao Boom -- Banana and Coffee Exports and the Modernization and Diversification of Industry -- Import-Substitution Policies and Agrarian Reform -- Tapping the Banana Boom and Import-Substitution Policies -- Policies to Promote Export Opportunities -- Tapping Export Opportunities -- The Oil Boom and the Opportunity Structure of Industry -- Tapping of Middle- and High-Income Consumers -- The Economic Downturn and Adjustment Programs -- Industrial Response to the Crisis Years -- The Effects and Challenges of the Andean Common Market -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 3 The Economic and Social Situation of Industrialists in the Context of Oil Exports -- Mobilizing Capital -- Imports of Industrial Inputs -- The Business Situation -- The Social Position of Industrialists -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 4 Policy Preferences and Industrial Interests -- Industrialists' Views on Agrarian Reform -- Industrialists' Views on the Distribution of Income in Industrial Enterprises -- Reforms Favorable to Industry and Industrial Interests -- Political Preferences -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 5 The Power of Industrialists -- The Source of Power -- Industrialists' Influence on Government -- Interest Representation by Industrial Cámaras -- The Resources and the Actions of Industrial Cámaras -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 6 Conclusions
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The Development of Industry -- Emergence, Differentiation, and Policy Preferences -- The State and the Industrialists -- Bibliography -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version Hidrobo, Jorge A. Power and Industrialization in Ecuador Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2019 ISBN 9780367284046
Language:
English
Keywords:
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