The political economy of sustainable development

Latin America Transformed: Globalization and Modernity: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 117-138

  Murray, Warwick E ^a   Silva, Eduardo ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

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References (7)

1. Auty, R. 1993 Sustaining development in mineral economies: the resource curse thesis, Routledge, London. This is the most detailed and thorough discussion of the 'resource curse'.
2. Barham, B., Clark, M., Katz, E. and Schurman, R. 1992 'Nontraditional Agricultural Exports in Latin America', Latin American Research Review, 27(2): 43-82. This is the best introduction to the non-traditional agricultural export debate, is clear on definitions, provides a useful reference list, and introduces a number of country case studies (including Chile).
3. Cleuren, H. 2001 Paving the road for forest destruction: key actors and driving forces of tropical deforestation in Brazil, Ecuador, and Cameroon. Leiden University Press, Leiden. This provides a contemporary comparative analysis of the political economy of forest destruction.
4. Gibson, C., McKean, M. and Ostrom, E. 2000 People and forests: communities, institutions, and governance. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. This book provides a wide overview of the forest issue at the global scale, and a discussion of the role of institutions and governance
5. Karl, T. L. 1997 The paradox of plenty: oil booms and petro-states, University of California Press, Los Angeles, CA. This is the most contemporary and, arguably, most sophisticated, analysis of the socalled paradox which is explored through the Venezuelan case but is also of general relevance to primary product exporting countries.
6. Sunkel, O. (ed.) 1993 Development from within: towards a neostructuralist approach for Latin America, Lynne Rienner, Boulder and London. Those who are interested in new or neo-structuralist ideas this is an excellent collection of essays exploring a range of themes relevant to this chapter including; agriculture, environment, development theory and secular decline, from a 'revised' structuralist point of view.
7. World Bank 2003 World development report 2003: sustainable development in a dynamic world: transforming institutions, growth, and quality of life. Oxford University Press, New York. This illustrates the incorporation of the environmental agenda into mainstream lending institution policy and offers a fascinating read, not least because it is packed with useful statistics.