Social Movements And Free-market Capitalism In Latin America: Telecommunications Privatization And The Rise Of Consumer Protest

Social Movements andFree-Market Capitalismin Latin America......Page 2
Contents......Page 8
Illustrations......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
1. Consumer Movements: New Social and Political Actors in Latin America......Page 14
2. Explaining the Emergence of Consumer Movements: The “Crossed Wires” Effect of Democratization and Privatization......Page 22
3. Authoritarian Privatization and Delayed Consumer Mobilization in Chile......Page 58
4. The “Original Sin” of Privatization in Argentina......Page 80
5. Contentious Consumer Mobilization in Argentina......Page 94
6. The Gradual and Contested Privatization of Brazil’s “Telessauro”......Page 118
7. “Post-Jurassic” Regulation and Contained Consumer Response......Page 150
8. Democratizing Free-Market Capitalism: Consumers and the Codevelopment of “Voice” and “Exit”......Page 180
1. Consumer Movements......Page 186
2. Explaining the Emergence of Consumer Movements......Page 189
3. Authoritarian Privatization and Delayed Consumer Mobilization in Chile......Page 194
4. The “Original Sin” of Privatization in Argentina......Page 196
5. Contentious Consumer Mobilization in Argentina......Page 198
6. The Gradual and Contested Privatization of Brazil’s “Telessauro”......Page 200
7. “Post-Jurassic” Regulation and Contained Consumer Response......Page 202
8. Democratizing Free-Market Capitalism......Page 204
Bibliography......Page 206
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