Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Relevance of the Study; The Study of Industrialists; The Cámaras as Interest Groups; Theoretical Orientation and Research Design; Methodology; Organization of the Study; Notes; 2 Development of Contemporary Industry and the Industrial Class Structure; Cacao Production and the Origins of Industry; Incentives and Constraints on Industry; Tapping the Cacao Boom; Banana and Coffee Exports and the Modernization and Diversification of Industry
  • Import-Substitution Policies and Agrarian ReformTapping the Banana Boom and Import-Substitution Policies; Policies to Promote Export Opportunities; Tapping Export Opportunities; The Oil Boom and the Opportunity Structure of Industry; Tapping of Middle- and High-Income Consumers; The Economic Downturn and Adjustment Programs; Industrial Response to the Crisis Years; The Effects and Challenges of the Andean Common Market; Conclusions; Notes; 3 The Economic and Social Situation of Industrialists in the Context of Oil Exports; Mobilizing Capital; Imports of Industrial Inputs
  • The Business SituationThe Social Position of Industrialists; Conclusions; Notes; 4 Policy Preferences and Industrial Interests; Industrialists' Views on Agrarian Reform; Industrialists' Views on the Distribution of Income in Industrial Enterprises; Reforms Favorable to Industry and Industrial Interests; Political Preferences; Conclusions; Notes; 5 The Power of Industrialists; The Source of Power; Industrialists' Influence on Government; Interest Representation by Industrial Cámaras; The Resources and the Actions of Industrial Cámaras; Conclusions; Notes; 6 Conclusions
  • The Development of IndustryEmergence, Differentiation, and Policy Preferences; The State and the Industrialists; Bibliography; Appendix A; Appendix B; Index