Alex E Fernández Jilberto
Biographic Data
| ID | 1307669 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alex E Fernández Jilberto |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alex E Fernández |
| FAMILY NAME | Jilberto |
| SIGNATURE | JILBERTO A E F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 36 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 35 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Neo‐liberalism, big business and the evolution of interest group activity in Latin America
In the 1980s and 1990s, the confluence of the third wave of democracy, neo‐liberal economic reforms and economic crises in Latin America, produced several significant consequences for the region's underdeveloped interest group systems. By using an international political economy approach, this article examines these developments and particularly how neo‐liberal policies affected the political fortunes of big business plus the broader political fa…
The New Left and Mineral Politics
After the rise of the left in the region and some years of booming global commodity prices, a post-neoliberal debate on Latin America’s primary commodity sector has come about. The control over and revenues from hydrocarbon and mining exports are a spearhead in the discourses and policies of the region’s many leftist political regimes. This ‘Exploration’ discusses recent political and policy changes, the new role of the state, relations between t…
América Latina
La democracia en América Latina. Hacia una Democracia de Ciudadanas y Ciudadanos. El Debate Conceptual sobre la Democracia. Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), Buenos Aires: Aguilar, Altea, Tauros y Alfaguara, 2004. – La democracia en América Latina. Hacia una Democracia de Ciudadanas y Ciudadanos. Contribuciones para el Debate. Programa de la Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), Buenos Aires: Aguilar, Altea, Tauros y…
The Middle East, Russia and Latin America Facing the Rise of China
Latin America and China Under Global Neoliberalism
While China and Latin America simultaneously implemented neoliberal policies as part of a profound economic restructuring process, there are important differences in the results of their policies and economic performance. This article discusses the different development paths of Latin America and China, including their starting points, economic policies and political processes. China's expansion and Latin America's liberalization have brought the…
Developing Regions Facing China in a Neoliberalized World
The rapid expansion of China is one of the key economic and political issues at the start of the twenty-first century. China's importance in South-South trade (and competition) as well as in South-South investment has already brought about many changes for developing regions, and they are likely to be extrapolated in the years to come. The growing economic position of the biggest developing country in the world implies much greater political powe…
Developing Regions, Africa and Indonesia Facing the Rise of China
América Latina frente a China en el neoliberalismo global
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‘Good governance’ can make bad government
In November 1995 the Dayton Peace Agreement ended the Bosnian war and established the framework of the new Bosnian state. This involved several levels of representative government, including central state institutions, the two entity-level bodies, the MuslimCroat Federation and Republika Srpska, district cantons within the Federation and municipal bodies across Bosnia. As well as elected bodies, Dayton established a framework of international pol…
Triple transition and governance in El Salvador
In situations of post-settlement peace building it is often emphasised that, in order to create a self-sustaining peace, a triple transition is needed, combining economic reform and political democratisation with changes in the security regime. The idea of the triple transition can be seen as an international agenda of economic liberalisation and good governance that is adapted to war-torn societies by adding security issues. The three transition…
Good governance, privatisation and ethno-regional conflict in Cameroon
By proclaiming that a ‘crisis of governance’ underlies ‘the litany of Africa’s development problems’, the World Bank’s 1989 report Sub-Saharan Africa: From Crisis to Sustainable Growth placed the concept of good governance at the heart of the donor agenda for Africa (World Bank 1989:60). Painfully confronted at the time with the relative failure of its structural adjustment programmes (SAPs), the World Bank was inclined in this report to blame th…
Playing Russian roulette
In his state-of-the-union address on 8 July 2000, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin touched on several governance themes, including the need to strengthen central authority. He said that ‘an era is beginning in Russia where the authorities are gaining the moral right to demand that established state norms should be observed’ and that ‘strict observance of laws must become a need for all people in Russia by their own choice’. He pointed out that ‘…
The political economy of neoliberal governance in Latin America
In response to the debt crisis of the 1980s, the collective of Latin American countries under pressure from international financial institutions like the IMF experienced rough and profound programmes of economic reform. Almost half a century of Keynesian economic policies, which implemented a scheme of self-sustained and state sponsored industrial development, was replaced by neo-liberalism-an open economic model that reintegrated the region into…
China’s transition to industrial capitalism
In 1976 three prominent leaders of the Maoist revolution passed away, well pampered and peacefully. The departure of Zhou Enlai, of veteran Marshall Zhu and of Mao opened the gate for reformers to step in. Who were the new leaders that entered through that door? What have been their policies? And what has been achieved in terms of institutional change?
Governing Mexico’s market democracy
As in many other Latin American countries, Mexico’s processes of liberalisation and democratisation took place almost simultaneously. The economic restructuring policy that started in the mid-1980s under president de la Madrid was extended by president Salinas and locked in in 1994 with Mexico’s entry into NAFTA, and in the following years fine-tuned by president Zedillo. Meanwhile, Mexico’s de facto state party, the PRI, gradually allowed for mo…
‘Bad governance’ under democratic rule in Taiwan
Development is commonly seen to be contingent upon good governance while good governance is the product of liberal democracy. The assumption is that development planning represents an exercise of instrumental rationality. A state that is plagued by corruption, rent seeking, or cronyism is incapable of asserting its rational agency. And where the ruling regime is thought to be unpredictable, inefficient and politically volatile, long-term investme…
From new order to new world order
Indonesia is an extreme example of neoliberal globalisation, exhibiting prominent roles for the market and private sector, accelerated opening of global markets, breakdown of national borders, increased role of international (financial and political) institutions, the reduction of subsidies, and social welfare protection programmes for the poor. There remains a state apparatus that attempts to perform its duties of law enforcement, market regulat…
Clanism and predatory capitalism
The political economy of recovery in Indonesia
Two specific questions are of particular importance. The first one concerns the very fact that virtually all observers of the Indonesian economy, whether at home or abroad, were taken by surprise when the crisis hit Indonesia. How come the crisis was not foreseen? What does it tell us about our perception and understanding of a society experiencing sustained rapid economic growth-as Indonesia indeed did until the second half of 1997?
Between globalisation and sub-national politics
More than ten years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia is still in search of her political and cultural identities, and is still in the process of rediscovering her role in the world.1 The post-Soviet transition she has endured was complicated by the fact that Russia went through a ‘double disappointment’—in both socialism and liberalism. Indeed, on the one hand, most Russians comprehend (willingly or reluctantly) that there is no …
Global neoliberalisation and violent conflict
Since the late twentieth century, Western aid policy and development thinking has been dominated by the doctrine of global neoliberalism. The policy of global neoliberalism is presented as the main recipe for development. The final chapter of this book explores the link between this global policy and the rise of new patterns of violent conflict (the socalled ‘internal’, ‘intra-state’ or simply ‘contemporary’ conflicts). The main question addresse…
Good Governance and democracy in a world of neoliberal regimes
Good Governance has become the major buzzword in aid policy and development thinking today. It even seems to have dethroned Sustainable Development as the international policymakers’ mantra. Conceived within the World Bank, the concept has been embraced by the governments of Western countries and by the IMF as both a goal and a condition of official (development) assistance. To lending countries, Good Governance is first of all yet another elemen…
‘Que se vayan todos’
Good Governance in the Era of Global Neoliberalism
Neoliberal Restructuring
In modern day Chile the economic entrepreneurial landscape is made up of large multinational conglomerates, local economic groups, and so-called emerging economic groups (that burgeoned with the transformation of former government employees into owners of important parts of state-owned companies).This last group is mainly comprised of the neoliberal technocracy that designed the economic policy of the Pinochet dictatorship. The power of these eme…
Neo‐liberalism, big business and the evolution of interest group activity in Latin America
In the 1980s and 1990s, the confluence of the third wave of democracy, neo‐liberal economic reforms and economic crises in Latin America, produced several significant consequences for the region's underdeveloped interest group systems. By using an international political economy approach, this article examines these developments and particularly how neo‐liberal policies affected the political fortunes of big business plus the broader political fa…
The New Left and Mineral Politics
After the rise of the left in the region and some years of booming global commodity prices, a post-neoliberal debate on Latin America’s primary commodity sector has come about. The control over and revenues from hydrocarbon and mining exports are a spearhead in the discourses and policies of the region’s many leftist political regimes. This ‘Exploration’ discusses recent political and policy changes, the new role of the state, relations between t…
Neoliberal Restructuring
In modern day Chile the economic entrepreneurial landscape is made up of large multinational conglomerates, local economic groups, and so-called emerging economic groups (that burgeoned with the transformation of former government employees into owners of important parts of state-owned companies).This last group is mainly comprised of the neoliberal technocracy that designed the economic policy of the Pinochet dictatorship. The power of these eme…
El derrumbe del neoliberalismo y los regímenes político cleptocráticos en Argentina
La Debacle de Argentina. Una Argentina que muere y otra que bosteza, por Carlos Gabetta. Barcelona: Icaria & Antrazyt, 2002. – El Enigma Argentino (descifrado para españoles), por Horacio Vázquez-Rial. Barcelona: Ediciones B, 2002. – Los Nuevos Conquistadores. El papel del gobierno y las empresas españolas en el expolio de Argentina, por Daniel Cecchini y Jorge Zicolillo. Madrid: Foca, 2002
Latin American Experiences with Open Regionalism
Open regionalism is the new dominant strategy for the economic integration of Latin American countries. This neoliberal approach to insertion into the world economy by means of regionalization constitutes a clear shift away from the Keynesian concept of economic integration through import-substitution industrialization (ISI). Instead of focusing on national industrialization, the efforts are now directed at industrialization on a regional scale. …
Latin America and China Under Global Neoliberalism
While China and Latin America simultaneously implemented neoliberal policies as part of a profound economic restructuring process, there are important differences in the results of their policies and economic performance. This article discusses the different development paths of Latin America and China, including their starting points, economic policies and political processes. China's expansion and Latin America's liberalization have brought the…
Developing Regions Facing China in a Neoliberalized World
The rapid expansion of China is one of the key economic and political issues at the start of the twenty-first century. China's importance in South-South trade (and competition) as well as in South-South investment has already brought about many changes for developing regions, and they are likely to be extrapolated in the years to come. The growing economic position of the biggest developing country in the world implies much greater political powe…
América Latina frente a China en el neoliberalismo global
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Open Regionalism and Democratic Transition in Chile
(1996). Open Regionalism and Democratic Transition in Chile. International Journal of Political Economy: Vol. 26, The Political Economy of Open Regionalism in Latin America, pp. 71-95
Military Bureaucracy, Political Opposition, and Democratic Transition
Four factors constitute the bases for the counterrevolution that began in Chile on September 1973 and on which the entire structure of the ensuing relations of domination were built. The first one corresponds to the military and political defeat of the popular movement and its forced and permanent eradication from the political system and the state. The second one is characterized by the absolute domination performed by the Armed Forces through t…
Dictadura militar y oposicion politica en Chile 1973-1981
Military Bureaucracy, Political Opposition, and Democratic Transition
Four factors constitute the bases for the counterrevolution that began in Chile on September 1973 and on which the entire structure of the ensuing relations of domination were built. The first one corresponds to the military and political defeat of the popular movement and its forced and permanent eradication from the political system and the state. The second one is characterized by the absolute domination performed by the Armed Forces through t…
The Political Economy of Global Neo-Liberalism
In this introduction we shall analyze the spread of neo-liberalism within the context of recent historical developments and the fall of the communist bloc. Perhaps the case studies presented in this issue of the IJPE can illustrate the theoretical and historical arguments, because economic, political, and social mutations always occur within a historical and geographical context. In this respect area studies can have the merit of pointing to some…
Transition to Democracy in a Neoliberal Economy
Open Regionalism and Democratic Transition in Chile
(1996). Open Regionalism and Democratic Transition in Chile. International Journal of Political Economy: Vol. 26, The Political Economy of Open Regionalism in Latin America, pp. 71-95
Latin American Experiences with Open Regionalism
Open regionalism is the new dominant strategy for the economic integration of Latin American countries. This neoliberal approach to insertion into the world economy by means of regionalization constitutes a clear shift away from the Keynesian concept of economic integration through import-substitution industrialization (ISI). Instead of focusing on national industrialization, the efforts are now directed at industrialization on a regional scale. …
Guest Editor’s Introduction
Regionalization and Globalization in the Modern World Economy
Preface 1. Globalization versus regionalization Alex E. Fernandez Jilberto and Andre Mommen 2. External pressures shaping regionalism: a critical assessment Andre Mommen 3. Central and Eastern Europe: catching up or marginalization in the European free trade zone? Hans van Zon 4. Economic reforms and new patterns of post-Soviet regionalism Andrey S. Makarychev 5. Preparing the Russian economy for world-market integration Vladimir V. Popov 6. Regi…
El derrumbe del neoliberalismo y los regímenes político cleptocráticos en Argentina
La Debacle de Argentina. Una Argentina que muere y otra que bosteza, por Carlos Gabetta. Barcelona: Icaria & Antrazyt, 2002. – El Enigma Argentino (descifrado para españoles), por Horacio Vázquez-Rial. Barcelona: Ediciones B, 2002. – Los Nuevos Conquistadores. El papel del gobierno y las empresas españolas en el expolio de Argentina, por Daniel Cecchini y Jorge Zicolillo. Madrid: Foca, 2002
Miraculous Metamorphoses
‘Good governance’ can make bad government
In November 1995 the Dayton Peace Agreement ended the Bosnian war and established the framework of the new Bosnian state. This involved several levels of representative government, including central state institutions, the two entity-level bodies, the MuslimCroat Federation and Republika Srpska, district cantons within the Federation and municipal bodies across Bosnia. As well as elected bodies, Dayton established a framework of international pol…
Triple transition and governance in El Salvador
In situations of post-settlement peace building it is often emphasised that, in order to create a self-sustaining peace, a triple transition is needed, combining economic reform and political democratisation with changes in the security regime. The idea of the triple transition can be seen as an international agenda of economic liberalisation and good governance that is adapted to war-torn societies by adding security issues. The three transition…
Good governance, privatisation and ethno-regional conflict in Cameroon
By proclaiming that a ‘crisis of governance’ underlies ‘the litany of Africa’s development problems’, the World Bank’s 1989 report Sub-Saharan Africa: From Crisis to Sustainable Growth placed the concept of good governance at the heart of the donor agenda for Africa (World Bank 1989:60). Painfully confronted at the time with the relative failure of its structural adjustment programmes (SAPs), the World Bank was inclined in this report to blame th…
Playing Russian roulette
In his state-of-the-union address on 8 July 2000, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin touched on several governance themes, including the need to strengthen central authority. He said that ‘an era is beginning in Russia where the authorities are gaining the moral right to demand that established state norms should be observed’ and that ‘strict observance of laws must become a need for all people in Russia by their own choice’. He pointed out that ‘…
The political economy of neoliberal governance in Latin America
In response to the debt crisis of the 1980s, the collective of Latin American countries under pressure from international financial institutions like the IMF experienced rough and profound programmes of economic reform. Almost half a century of Keynesian economic policies, which implemented a scheme of self-sustained and state sponsored industrial development, was replaced by neo-liberalism-an open economic model that reintegrated the region into…
China’s transition to industrial capitalism
In 1976 three prominent leaders of the Maoist revolution passed away, well pampered and peacefully. The departure of Zhou Enlai, of veteran Marshall Zhu and of Mao opened the gate for reformers to step in. Who were the new leaders that entered through that door? What have been their policies? And what has been achieved in terms of institutional change?
Governing Mexico’s market democracy
As in many other Latin American countries, Mexico’s processes of liberalisation and democratisation took place almost simultaneously. The economic restructuring policy that started in the mid-1980s under president de la Madrid was extended by president Salinas and locked in in 1994 with Mexico’s entry into NAFTA, and in the following years fine-tuned by president Zedillo. Meanwhile, Mexico’s de facto state party, the PRI, gradually allowed for mo…
‘Bad governance’ under democratic rule in Taiwan
Development is commonly seen to be contingent upon good governance while good governance is the product of liberal democracy. The assumption is that development planning represents an exercise of instrumental rationality. A state that is plagued by corruption, rent seeking, or cronyism is incapable of asserting its rational agency. And where the ruling regime is thought to be unpredictable, inefficient and politically volatile, long-term investme…
From new order to new world order
Indonesia is an extreme example of neoliberal globalisation, exhibiting prominent roles for the market and private sector, accelerated opening of global markets, breakdown of national borders, increased role of international (financial and political) institutions, the reduction of subsidies, and social welfare protection programmes for the poor. There remains a state apparatus that attempts to perform its duties of law enforcement, market regulat…
Clanism and predatory capitalism
The political economy of recovery in Indonesia
Two specific questions are of particular importance. The first one concerns the very fact that virtually all observers of the Indonesian economy, whether at home or abroad, were taken by surprise when the crisis hit Indonesia. How come the crisis was not foreseen? What does it tell us about our perception and understanding of a society experiencing sustained rapid economic growth-as Indonesia indeed did until the second half of 1997?
Between globalisation and sub-national politics
More than ten years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia is still in search of her political and cultural identities, and is still in the process of rediscovering her role in the world.1 The post-Soviet transition she has endured was complicated by the fact that Russia went through a ‘double disappointment’—in both socialism and liberalism. Indeed, on the one hand, most Russians comprehend (willingly or reluctantly) that there is no …
Global neoliberalisation and violent conflict
Since the late twentieth century, Western aid policy and development thinking has been dominated by the doctrine of global neoliberalism. The policy of global neoliberalism is presented as the main recipe for development. The final chapter of this book explores the link between this global policy and the rise of new patterns of violent conflict (the socalled ‘internal’, ‘intra-state’ or simply ‘contemporary’ conflicts). The main question addresse…
Good Governance and democracy in a world of neoliberal regimes
Good Governance has become the major buzzword in aid policy and development thinking today. It even seems to have dethroned Sustainable Development as the international policymakers’ mantra. Conceived within the World Bank, the concept has been embraced by the governments of Western countries and by the IMF as both a goal and a condition of official (development) assistance. To lending countries, Good Governance is first of all yet another elemen…
‘Que se vayan todos’
Political science (26 works) · Economics (19 works) · Politics (19 works) · Latin Americans (13 works) · Law (12 works) · Political economy (11 works) · Democracy (8 works) · Corporate governance (7 works) · Development economics (7 works) · Economic system (7 works)