Comparing East Asia and Latin America: Capital Mobility and Democratic Stability

Issue Date October 2000
Volume 11
Issue 4
Page Numbers 95-106
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Despite the persistent doomsaying about the political consequences of untrammeled international capital flows, financial liberalization may actually contribute to democratic consolidation.

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