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Economic Correlates of Political Instability in Latin America: Findings and implications
Southeastern Political Review, Vol.21(2), pp.349-363
06/1993
Abstract
ECONOMICS MATTERS scores of studies of t $ e economic effect of politics in the developed democracies of the United States and Europe leave no doubt that, as Lewis-Beck puts it,“economics matters”(1988, 22). The public in the developed democracies appears to hold incumbents responsible for macroeconomic performance. Thus, for instance, when income grows and/or inflation falls, the popularity of presidents and prime ministers, measured by public opinion surveys and electoral returns, goes up. A review of over 100 studies of Western democracies leads Lewis-Beck to conclude that “macroeconomic downturn is associated with a fall in government support”(1988, 29). Not only macroeconomic performance, but also the rate of government spending has political consequences in the developed democracies: a recent study by ONeal (I991) shows that political protests in the OECD countries vary directly with …
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- Title
- Economic Correlates of Political Instability in Latin America
- Publication Details
- Southeastern Political Review, Vol.21(2), pp.349-363
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Copyright
- © 1993 Policy Studies Organization
- Identifiers
- 99380171981306600
- Academic Unit
- College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities; Reubin O'D. Askew Department of Government
- Language
- English