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Index
Cover
Contents
Title page
Copyright page
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
1 Many Paths to Austerity
What Is Austerity?
Comparative Austerity: Commonalities and Distinctions
Regime Type
Degree of External Imposition
Breadth and Depth of the Impacts of Austerity
Structure of the Book
Notes
2 From Development to the Lost Decade in Latin America
The Path to Austerity in Latin America
Chile: Austerity at Gunpoint
Mexico: Austerity in the One-Party State
Ecuador: Revolving Presidencies, Consistent Austerity
The Power of Ideas and the Power of Power
Notes
3 African Austerity
South Africa: From Apartheid to Austerity
Zimbabwe: Austerity and Corruption
Maintaining Racial Inequalities
Notes
4 Austerity in Asia and Oceania
The Path to Austerity in Asia and Oceania
Thailand
Postwar Import Substitution and Liberalization
The 1997 Financial Crisis and Austerity Imposition
Indonesia
Aotearoa/New Zealand
Conclusion
Notes
5 The United States and the Inevitability of Austerity
Deindustrialization
TIFs, Tax Moratoria, and Other Incentives
Tax Policy
From Deregulation to Financialization
Union-Busting
Austerity through Welfare Policy Changes
Ideologues for Austerity
Notes
6 Austerity Lands in the European Union
Greece: The Fear of Contagion and Austerity
The Pain in Spain
United Kingdom: Early and Repeated Austerity
Austerity among the (Relatively) Wealthy
Notes
7 Why Austerity Persists
The Hegemony of Austerity
Austerity and Political Legitimacy
Paths Away from Austerity
Policy Imperatives
Notes
References
Index
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