Dependency and Crisis in Brazil and Argentina

Contributes to an open and necessary discussion on the course of Latin America development in an uncertain scenario for the continent.

* Journal of Latin American Studies *

What emerges is a comprehensive picture of the contradictions, structural limitations, and ultimate failures of both neoliberals and neodevelopmentalists to weather international crises and promote sustained and shared economic progress.

* Hispanic American Historical Review *

Dependency and Crisis in Brazil and Argentina: A Critique of Market and State Utopias is an excellent study of the tensions between neoliberalism and neodevelopmentalism in these two countries. Antunes de Oliveira’s comparative approach and his deep knowledge provide a new, rich history of political and economic disappointment. This study is a major contribution to development studies and Latin American studies.

-- Michael A. Cohen, The New School

At a moment when dependency theory is having a revival, Antunes de Oliveira’s deep and innovative reading of key insights from Latin American dependency theorists is timely. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in efforts to understand trajectories of social, political, and economic change in Brazil and Argentina from a non-Eurocentric starting point.

-- Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven, King’s College

Dependency and Crisis in Brazil and Argentina argues that neither the illusion of a market-led society nor the mirage of a capitalist state-led path was able to overcome structural and historical problems in these two countries, such as external dependence and social inequality. It is a fascinating and original book, with great power of synthesis, theoretical relevance, and fresh empirical material.

-- Joana Salém Vasconcelos, Universidade Federal do ABC

A contribution to be highly celebrated.

* Progress in Political Econo