The Political Economy of Colonialism

The State and Industrialization in Puerto Rico

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The Political Economy of Colonialism

The State and Industrialization in Puerto Rico

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This study examines how Puerto Rico's industrial development process has shaped and been shaped by the state, relations with Washington, and Puerto Rican society, especially in light of the economic crises of the 1970s and 1980s. Sherrie Baver posits that Puerto Rico's extreme integration into the U.S. political economy was an unintended consequence of the development model, and that its result has been a state whose tasks, such as securing an environment for private capital accumulation and income redistribution, have become increasingly regulated by the federal government, challenging Puerto Rico's commonwealth status. Recommended for scholars of Latin American Politics and Third World Development.

Table of Contents

Tables
Preface
Abbreviations
The Colonial State and Industrial Change
The State and Industrialization in the Muñoz Era
Declining State Autonomy in the Post-Muñoz Era
The State and the "Petrochemical Revolution"
The State, Industrial Incentives, and the Case of Section 936
Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Basin Initiative: A New Industrial Development Policy for the Island?
Economic Change and Puerto Rico's Future
Bibliography
Index

Product details

Published Jul 30 1993
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 176
ISBN 9780275945039
Imprint Praeger
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Sherrie L. Baver

SHERRIE L. BAVER is Assistant Professor and Chair…

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