Growth, Debt, and Politics

Lewis W. Snider is associate professor of political science at the Center for Politics and Economics, Claremont Graduate School.

• Introduction: The Political Crisis of Economic Adjustment; Comparing the Political Strength of Nations; Institutional Credibility and the Political Costs of Market Transactions; Political Regime and Economic Adjustment: Can the Democracies Do It Better? After Primary Import Substitution Industrialization: Political Capacity; and the Choice of Follow-on Industrialization Strategies; Economic Orthodoxy and Political Power; Conclusions.