Journal article
Neoliberal reform and protest in latin american democracies: A replication and correction
Research and Politics, Vol.1(2), pp.205316801454541-13
2014
DOI: 10.1177/2053168014545413
Abstract
Do neoliberal economic reforms in Latin American democracies mobilize citizens to overcome their collective action problems and protest? A recent addition to the scholarship on this crucial question of the relationship of markets and politics, Bellinger and Arce (2011), concludes that economic liberalization does have this effect, working to repoliticize collective actors and reinvigorate democracy. We reexamine the article’s analyses and demonstrate that they misinterpret the marginal effect of the variables of theoretical interest. Thus, the article’s optimistic claims about the consequences for democracy of economic liberalization in the region are not supported by its own empirical results. It is argued here that its results suggest instead that protests became more common in autocracies when they moved away from markets. Rather than speaking to how people have mobilized to protest against liberal reforms in Latin America’s democracies, the work’s analyses illuminate only when people protested against the region’s dictatorships.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Neoliberal reform and protest in latin american democracies: A replication and correction
- Creators
- Frederick SoltDongkyu KimKyu Young LeeSpencer WillardsonSeokdong Kim
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Research and Politics, Vol.1(2), pp.205316801454541-13
- DOI
- 10.1177/2053168014545413
- ISSN
- 2053-1680
- eISSN
- 2053-1680
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2014
- Academic Unit
- Political Science
- Record Identifier
- 9983989278202771
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