Latin American adjustment and the IMF : debt or stability?

Author

Lia K. Roberts

Date of Award

12-1995

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Major

Political Science

Major Professor

Jan Sallinger-McBride

Abstract

This study is an examination of the effects of International Monetary Fund, neo-liberal, austerity policies on political instability in Latin America. A case study approach is used to assert the argument that Fund policies, which direct economic reform at the poor and working class, result in food riots, strikes, demonstrations, coups, capital flight and changes in the head of government or political instability. IMF polices and patterns on political instability are examined in Venezuela and Argentina from 1976 to 1992.

Recommended Citation

Roberts, Lia K., "Latin American adjustment and the IMF : debt or stability?. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 1995.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/11240