Political Crises, Social Conflict and Economic Development. The Political Economy of the Andean Region, edited by Andrés Solimano, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005.

This book analyse the impact of political crises and social conflict on economic performance in the Andean region of Latin America. The blend of theory and cause studies is also relevant for understanding other complex societies in the developing world and transition economies. The book provides illuminating insights on how to understand, and survive, the complicated interactions between volatile politics, unstable democracies, violence, social inequality and uneven economic performance. Recent political economy theories are combined with valuable quantitative and qualitative information on presidential crises, breakdowns of democracy, constitutional reforms, quality of institutions, and social inequality and exclusion to understand actual country realities.