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While much research in political economy points out the benefits of "limited government," political scientists have long emphasized the problems created in many less developed nations by "weak states," which lack the power to tax and regulate the economy and to withstand the political and social...

1. Introduction and Historical Overview 1. - PART 1 THE STATE AND NEOLIBERALISM 21. - 2. Neoliberal Restructuring and State Interventionism 23. - 3. Interventionist Labour Relations Policy 63. - PART 2 THE MILITARY REGIME AND ORGANIZED LABOUR 1980-3 89. - 4. The Military Coup and Suppression of...

Introduction -- Methodological perspective -- Market power: antitrust policy and economic regulation -- Social regulation: imperfect information and externalities -- Public production -- Policies to correct market failures: synthesis and assessment -- Market failure and social goals policies:...