Reference no: EM133191076

Neoliberalism in Latin America Title: Neoliberalism in Argentina and Brazil:

Questions :

1. How did Argentina promote neoliberalism? Advances and shortcomings of that economic model? Why did they promote neoliberalism? What effects on democracy did this have on Argentina? Effects on democracy in Argentina? - Use statistics to support argument: graphs, models, and polls (if any)

Argument: Many Latin America countries face difficult times with the market, needing them to shift to market-oriented policies-neoliberalism. Argentina experienced one of the largest debts from any other country. They were one of the most developed countries and shifted to becoming a country that's considered part of the Third World and their economy fell into depression. They shifted to neoliberalism from a dictatorship. Argentina had a determination to recover from an economic recession and crises and believed that turning to neoliberalism, could help alleviate their problem. However, neoliberalism is not the answer to solving both countries crisis. Argentina had a major economic crisis that was considered of crisis of neoliberalism. In "Rise and Collapse of Neoliberalism in Argentina" by Miguel Teubal, he states "[this was a] crisis that reflects the collapse of the neoliberal model drastically implemented in the 1990s (173)."

2. What is Neoliberalism and how it relates to democracy? Modern Latin America Chapter

- Definitions of neoliberalism and democracy

- Latin America and the changing demographics

- How the economy is doing and what is going on in Latin America o How this relates to democracy

Neoliberalism was a late twentieth century policy doctrine that advocated for free trade, free market, and limited the state's role in the economy.

3. Argentina falling into debt/crisis Political Economy of Post-Crisis Argentina

- What happened in Argentina

- Why they are in a crisis "The Populist Road to Market Reform"

- Why Argentina transitioned into neoliberalism and the hopes of outcome from neoliberalism

4. Argentina falling into depression/crisis Neoliberalism and Its Consequences in Brazil

- Neoliberalism supposed to alleviate the problem

- How Brazil was supposed to use neoliberalism to help the economy and market strive

- Expectations of neoliberalism

5. How can neoliberalism help alleviate their problems? "Successes and Failures of Neoliberalism."

- Explain how it failed and succeeded in helping Argentina

- Which one was more heavy? Failure or success?

- What ways neoliberalism succeeded and what ways it failed

6. Why they chose to promote neoliberalism? "Neoliberalism and Democracy in Latin America: A Mixed Record."

- Why they transitioned into neoliberalism and how it has been doing when they transitioned into neoliberalism

- What they want out of neoliberalism

7. What could the outcome be if they continue with neoliberalism? "Successes and Failures of Neoliberalism."

- Neoliberalism if it would work?

a) Neoliberalism wouldn't work in the past why would it work now, as stated in an outside article

b) There were heavy consequences with neoliberalism as well