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Governance as ideology and political-institutional and urban adjustment by the World Bank

Abstract

Since 1980’s, Latin America is haunted by the structural adjustments that migrate from economic sphere to institutional politics, with one of its promoters the World Bank. In this article, we highlight the trajectory of this international agency in promote the structural adjustments and its scope in application of governance in region as an ideology and politics aimed at restructuring the state and the urban space.

Keywords:
Structural adjustments; Governance; Ideology

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