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The Political Economy of Colonialism: The State and Industrialization in Puerto Rico

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The Political Economy of Colonialism: The State and Industrialization in Puerto Rico - Baver, Sherrie L
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This study examines how Puerto Rico's industrial development process has shaped and been shaped by the state, relations with Washington, and Puerto Rican society, especially in light of the economic crises of the 1970s and 1980s. Sherrie Baver posits that Puerto Rico's extreme integration into the U.S. political economy was an unintended consequence of the development model, and that its result has been a state whose tasks, such as securing an environment for private capital accumulation and income redistribution, have ...

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The Political Economy of Colonialism: The State and Industrialization in Puerto Rico 1993, Praeger, New York

ISBN-13: 9780275945039

Hardcover