{"product_id":"defusing-democracy-delia-margaret-boylan-9780472112142","title":"Defusing Democracy: Central Bank Autonomy and the Transition from Authoritarian Rule","description":"Many of today's new democracies are constrained by institutional forms designed by previous authoritarian rulers. In this timely and provocative study, Delia M. Boylan traces the emergence of these vestigial governance structures to strategic behavior by outgoing elites seeking to protect their interests from the vicissitudes of democratic rule. \u003cbr\u003eOne important outgrowth of this political insulation strategy--and the empirical centerpiece of Boylan's analysis--is the existence of new, highly independent central banks in countries throughout the developing world. This represents a striking transformation, for not only does central bank autonomy remove a key aspect of economic decision making from democratic control; in practice it has also kept many of the would-be expansionist governments that hold power today from overturning the neoliberal policies favored by authoritarian predecessors. \u003cbr\u003eTo illustrate these points, \u003ci\u003eDefusing Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e takes a fresh look at two transitional polities in Latin America--Chile and Mexico--where variation in the proximity of the democratic \"threat\" correspondingly yielded different levels of central bank autonomy. \u003cbr\u003eBoylan concludes by extending her analysis to institutional contexts beyond Latin America and to insulation strategies other than central bank autonomy. \u003ci\u003eDefusing Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest to anyone--political scientists, economists, and policymakers alike--concerned about the genesis and consolidation of democracy around the globe. \u003cbr\u003eDelia M. Boylan is Assistant Professor, Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Delia Margaret Boylan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472112147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472112142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.34h x 6.41w x 1.06d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2002 pg. 1630","brand":"Delia Margaret Boylan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086704423167,"sku":"9780472112142","price":89.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_24c43551-c4fa-40d3-b34d-5f668fd6b975.jpg?v=1769096096","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/defusing-democracy-delia-margaret-boylan-9780472112142","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}