Financial Globalization and Democracy in Emerging Markets

List of Tables List of Figures Notes on the Contributors Foreword; T.J.Biersteken List of Abbreviations Introduction and Overview; L.E.Armijo PART I: DEMOCRACY AND THE EVOLUTION OF GLOBAL CAPITAL MARKETS Mixed Blessing: Expectations about Foreign Capital Flows and Democracy in Emerging Markets; L.E.Armijo Capital Flows to Developing Economies throughout the Twentieth Century; S.Manzocchi Emerging Market Makers: The Power of Institutional Investors; M.A.Haley The Transnational Agenda for Financial Regulation in Developing Countries; T.Porter PART II: COUNTRY CASES Mexico: The Trajectory to the 1994 Devaluation; W.C.Gruben Mexico: Foreign Investment and Democracy; C.E.Mayer-Serra Brazil: Short Foreign Money, Long Domestic Political Cycles; P.R.Kingstone Russia: The IMF, Private Finance and External Constraints on a Fragile Polity; R.Stone India: Financial Globalization, Liberal Norms and the Ambiguities of Democracy; J.Echeverri-Gent Indonesia: On the Mostly Negative Role of Transnational Capital in Democratization; J.A. Winters Vietnam and Foreign Direct Investment: Speeding Economic Transition or Prolonging the Twilight Zone?; J.Haughton Thailand: What Goes Up...; D.Unger PART III: CONCLUSIONS Tequila versus the Dragon: Comparing the Crises in Mexico and Thailand; W.Molano Mixed Blessing: Preliminary Conclusions; L.E.Armijo Index