TY - BOOK AU - Fukuyama,Francis TI - Falling behind: explaining the development gap between Latin America and the United States SN - 9780199754199 (hardback : alk. paper) AV - HF1480.5.Z4 F195 2008 U1 - 338.98 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Latin America KW - Foreign economic relations KW - United States KW - Congresses N1 - Papers presented at an international seminar held in Buenos Aires, November 2005; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction / Francis Fukuyama -- The historical context -- Two centuries of South American reflections on the development gap between the United States and Latin America / Tulio Halperin Donghi -- Looking at them: a Mexican perspective on the gap with the United States / Enrique Krauze -- Explaining Latin America's lagging development in the second half of the twentieth century: growth strategies, inequality, and economic crises / Jorge I. Domâinguez -- The politics of underdevelopment in Latin America -- Does politics explain the economic gap between the United States and Latin America? / Adam Przeworski with Carolina Curvale -- The role of high stakes politics in Latin America's development gap / Riordan Roett and Francisco E. Gonzâalez -- Institutional factors in Latin America's development -- The Latin American equilibrium / James A. Robinson -- Do defective institutions explain the development gap between the United States and Latin America? / Francis Fukuyama -- Why institutions matter: fiscal citizenship in Argentina and the United States / Natalio R. Botana -- Conclusion / Francis Fukuyama UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip086/2007050154.html ER -