Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Political Survival,Mass Politics, and Sovereign Default
- 3 Regime-Contingent Biases and Sovereign Default, 1960–2009
- 4 Default Pressures in Closed versus Electoral Autocracy: Zambia and Malaysia
- 5 Default Pressures in Consolidated versus Contentious Democracy: Costa Rica and Jamaica
- 6 Urban–Rural Pressures across Regime Types: The Case of Turkey
- 7 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
1 - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 July 2020
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Political Survival,Mass Politics, and Sovereign Default
- 3 Regime-Contingent Biases and Sovereign Default, 1960–2009
- 4 Default Pressures in Closed versus Electoral Autocracy: Zambia and Malaysia
- 5 Default Pressures in Consolidated versus Contentious Democracy: Costa Rica and Jamaica
- 6 Urban–Rural Pressures across Regime Types: The Case of Turkey
- 7 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In this chapter, I highlight the historical prevalence of sovereign default as a potentially devastating form of economic crisis.I also identify that, despite the decision to default being held by politicians or politically-appointed actors, our understanding of the political dynamics surrounding default is limited.I conclude by summarizing my regime-contingent argument on the political economy of default.
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- Democracy, Dictatorship, and DefaultUrban-Rural Bias and Economic Crises across Regimes, pp. 1 - 15Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020