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Title: The Emergence of a Political Economy of the Possible


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The Emergence of a Political Economy of the
Possible
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Albert Hirschman
  • Albert Hirschman (1915-)
  • Political economist specialized in development
    with particular focus on Latin America (e.g. the
    economic reasons for the emergence of
    authoritarian regimes in the sixties and
    seventies and for the return to democratic forms
    of governance in the eighties).
  • He has traced the contrast between "interests"
    and "passions" in the history of social thought
    from Machiavelli to Tocqueville.

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Zapatista Movement
  • Zapatista Movement
  • Southern Mexican armed group that launched a
    rebellion on January 1st, 1994, demanding
    indigenous rights and greater democracy, liberty,
    and justice

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Eschatological
  • Eschatological
  • Pertaining to eschatology, from Greek escatos
    (last) and logos (discourse), or the department
    of theological science concerned with the four
    last things death, judgment, heaven, and hell.

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References
  • All definitions from
  • Oxford English Dictionary (online)
  • http//dictionary.oed.com
  • And
  • Encyclopædia Britannica Online (academic edition)
  • http//search.eb.com/
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