The Manufacturing Sector in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico: Transformations and Challenges in the Industrial Core of Latin America

ISBN-13: 9783030047047 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 199 str.

Juan Santarcangelo

Spis treści

Introduction.- The Manufacturing Sector in Argentina at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century.- Structural Change and the Manufacturing Sector in the Brazilian Economy: 2000–2014.- The Manufacturing Sector in Mexico During the Neoliberal Period.- The Evolution and Challenges of Latin American Industrial Development in the Twenty-First Century: An Analysis from Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico.

O autorze

Juan Eduardo Santarcángelo is a Researcher at the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a Professor at the Universidad Nacional de Quilmes (UNQ, Argentina), a member of the PhD Committee on Economic Development UNQ, and member of the Scientific Committee of several international academic journals.

Blurb

Using a heterodox perspective, this book discusses the real possibilities of Argentina, Brazil and Mexico ever achieving economic development through industrialization. Through their discussion of the three most industrialized countries of Latin America, the contributors compare trajectories and critically analyze the transformations, challenges and development prospects of the sector at the beginning of the 21^st Century. Focusing on the historical evolution of each country’s industrial sector, as well as their productivity, structural transformation, and degree of external dependence and international integration, this book will appeal to those researching the political economy, economic history, industrial organization and economic development in Latin America.