List of maps, figures, and tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: wealth, wellbeing, and social institutions -- Organized labor and democratic consolidation -- The state and economic development -- Economic reform and labor's response -- Reorganizing industry, disorganizing workers --...

While Latin America accounts for approximately 7 percent of the world economy, easily accessible information on the economies of the region is not always easy to find. The existing literature on Latin American economics usually assumes some previous familiarity with the region and is focused on...