The Politics and Economics of Privatization

The Case of Argentina

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ID5857608
AuthorsAndrea E Goldstein, Andrea Goldstein (corresponding author)
Year1998
Volume23
Issue45
Pages55-87
Publication date1998-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies / Revue canadienne des études latino-américaines et caraïbes (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0826-3663 • E-ISSN: 2333-1461
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/08263663.1998.10816762
OpenAlexW2087323831
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited14

This paper examines the factors affecting the success of recent privatization efforts in Argentina, as effected by the government of President Carlos Menem. Following a brief overview of the history and recent fate of state-owned enterprises in the country, the study advances three main theses accounting for the success of Menem's program: (1) that Peronist ideology allowed for a relatively easier transition from state to private ownership than many observers have presumed; (2) that the weakness of intermediary institutions allowed Menem to mobilize popular sector support for the government's privatization aims; and (3) that opposition to the sale of state-owned enterprises had been weakened significantly by a number of factors, chief among them a growing interest on the part of the corporate sector in acquiring public enterprises where regulation had been fairly lax. The paper closes with a discussion of the economic consequences of privatization in the case of Argentina

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