Contents
List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: The Challenge of Democratic Consolidation
Part 1: Theory
2. Central Bank Autonomy: A Redistributive Perspective
3. Preemptive Strike: Central Bank Autonomy in the Transition from Authoritarian Rule
Part 2: Empirics
4. Authoritarians under Siege: Chile’s Democratic Rebirth
5. Imminent Threat, Ironclad Response: The 1989 Chilean Central Bank Reform
6. Technocracy under Threat: Mexico’s Democratic Awakening
7. Ambiguous Threat, Ambivalent Response: The 1993 Mexican Central Bank Reform
8. Central Bank Reform in Comparative Perspective
Part 3: Conclusions
9. Democratic Consolidation and Institutional Theory: Broadening the Debate
References
Index