Post-Neoliberalism and the New Left in the Americas: The Pathways of Economic and Trade Policies

Heidrich, Pablo; Tussie, Diana

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“…However, the Duhalde and Kirchner governments were cautious about public spending and remained committed to achieve fiscal surpluses to control inflation and pay the debt (Riggirozzi, 2009;Wylde, 2012;Heidrich and Tussie, 2009). The findings of this study suggest, however, post-neoliberalism was more complex in Argentina.…”

Section: Financial Regulationmentioning

confidence: 62%

“…After a phase of rolling back the state, extensive marketization, and welfare retrenchment in the 1980s and 1990s in Latin America, the region witnessed the emergence of New Left projects which sought for a new balance between states and markets. This marked a revival of state activism and interventionism in economic management and welfare provision based on local ideas about development as part of the resurgence of the Left in the past decade (Grugel and Riggirozzi, 2009;Heidrich and Tussie, 2009;MacDonald and Ruckert, 2009;Levitsky and Roberts, 2011;Panizza, 2009). …”

Section: Problematizing the Approaches To The New Leftmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, scholars noted that the left-wing parties today pursue more moderate policies than their counterparts during the import-substitution industrialization (ISI) model due to their adaptation to a more open and market-oriented growth under neoliberalism (Heidrich and Tussie, 2009;Panizza, 2005). On the one hand, a positive consensus materialized from the experiences of the Left parties in the municipalities that recognized the need to encourage competitiveness; on the other hand, a "negative consensus" emerged as the left parties learnt that "no amount of continuous promarket reforms can feed the expectations of future gains of foreign and local investors forever" (Heidrich and Tussie, 2009:39).…”

Section: Problematizing the Approaches To The New Leftmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…On the one hand, a positive consensus materialized from the experiences of the Left parties in the municipalities that recognized the need to encourage competitiveness; on the other hand, a "negative consensus" emerged as the left parties learnt that "no amount of continuous promarket reforms can feed the expectations of future gains of foreign and local investors forever" (Heidrich and Tussie, 2009:39). As Heidrich and Tussie (2009) put it, re-activation of state authority was more complex than simply a return to old policies of the Left which was embodied around dual lessons from neoliberalism:…”

Section: Problematizing the Approaches To The New Leftmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…structural reforms (such as agrarian reform), the expansion of welfare services, the protection and expansion of workers' rights, a strong participation of the state in the process of industrialization and hostility to foreign capital" (Panizza, 2005:726). As Heidrich and Tussie (2009) argued the Left is different from its counterparts in the past owing to its learning process from neoliberalism which entailed a transformation of state and market relationship. Beyond simply a return to old politics of the Left, the process of learning from neoliberalism created a positive and negative consensus about the role of the state in the economy:…”

Section: Constraints Of Labour Policiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Competitive Liberalization, Postneoliberalism, and Hegemony: The Case of the US-Peru Free Trade Agreement

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Postneoliberal regionalism in Latin America has failed to live up to the expectations of its proponents and analysts in the late 2000s and early 2010s. Several causes explain its disappointing result, but a relatively understudied cause may be found in the US policy of competitive liberalization. This policy not only aimed at securing US economic and trade interests but also served as a counterweight against emerging postneoliberalism and as a tool for reaffirming US hegemony. This article presents a case study of one example of competitive liberalization in action, the US-Peru FTA, in order to assess how the policy functioned and contributed to curbing the posthegemonic moment in Latin America. It observes a combination of coercion and the political influence of beneficiaries of free trade, and it considers how these dynamics worked to strengthen US influence, both in Peru and in the wider regional political economy.

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The Washington Consensus in Latin America

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2019

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Washington Consensus policies evolved over time, both in Washington and among Latin American policymakers. These policies, involving trade liberalization and privatization (among other measures), were widely adopted in the region by the early 1990s. A generation of scholarly work sought to explain how and why Latin American countries embarked on economic reforms that governments had strongly resisted in the past. While many researchers focused on the top-down nature of the market-liberalization process, others called attention to its pluralist character and argued that the process had considerable public support. When the original Consensus ideas proved ineffective in promoting growth and improved living standards, technocratic Washington added new policies. By the early 2000s, Washington’s goal became that of reducing poverty while ensuring the completion of the original Washington Consensus reforms. In Latin America, however, there was a growing disillusionment with the original reform agenda and a strong challenge to key reforms. With the rise of social mobilization critical of neoliberal reforms and the election of left regimes challenging their main precepts, scholarship turned to a discussion of the nature of the new regimes and the extent to which their policies deviated from the Washington Consensus (both its original formulation and the later expanded version). While most scholars identify the left leaders of Ecuador, Bolivia, and particularly Venezuela, as offering the greatest challenges to neoliberalism, there is no consensus on the extent of the challenge to neoliberalism presented by Latin America’s left regimes. Research has also given attention to the rising demand of China for Latin American commodities as a key ingredient in the region’s left turn away from neoliberalism. The fall in commodity prices, however, set the stage for a resurgence of the political right, its business supporters, and the re-introduction of some key aspects of the original Washington Consensus.

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Post-Neoliberalism and the New Left in the Americas: The Pathways of Economic and Trade Policies

Cited by 9 publications

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From Neoliberalism to Neo-developmentalism? The Political Economy of Post-crisis Argentina (2002–2015)

From Neoliberalism to Neo-developmentalism? The Political Economy of Post-crisis Argentina (2002–2015)

Competitive Liberalization, Postneoliberalism, and Hegemony: The Case of the US-Peru Free Trade Agreement

The Washington Consensus in Latin America

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