Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables And Figure -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Debt, Development, And Democracy -- Introduction -- Part 1: THE ARGUMENT -- 1. Modern Political Economy and Latin American Borrowing -- 2. The Setting: Latin American Political Economies and International Financial Trends -- 3. The Response: Economic Policies and Politics in Borrowing and Financial Crisis -- PART II: FIVE CASE STUDIES -- 4. Debt, Economic Policy, and Politics in Brazil -- 5. Debt, Economic Policy, and Politics in Chile -- 6. Debt, Economic Policy, and Politics in Mexico, Venezuela, and Argentina -- PART III: IMPLICATIONS -- 7. Observations and Implications -- 8. Conclusions -- Select Bibliography -- Index