The politics of expertise in Latin America

Preface - Notes on the Contributors - The Politics of Expertise in Latin America: Introduction M.A.Centeno & P.Silva - The Quest for Modernity: Latin America's Technocratic Ideas in Historical Perspective M.Baud - The Politics of Knowledge: Hayek and Technocracy M.A.Centeno - Pablo Ramirez: A Political Technocrat avant-la-lettre P.Silva - The Material Bases of Technocracy: Investor Confidence and Neoliberalism in Latin America B.R.Schneider - The World Bank and the Transformation of Latin American Society P.van Dijck - Economists in Party Politics: Chilean Democracy in the Era of the Markets V.Montecinos - Stars of the Crisis: The Ascent of Economists in Peruvian Public Life C.M.Conaghan - Feminism and Technocracy: Femocrats in Brazil in the Eighties I.van Halsema - Technocrats and Politicians in the Democratic Politics of Argentina (1983-95) C.Huneeus - Technocracy a la Mexicana: Antecedent to Democracy? R.A.Camp - References - Index