Well-known as a pioneer of economic development, Albert O. Hirschman has been the flag-bearer of possibilism and reform-mongering in political science. How Reforms Should Be Passed is an anthology of texts chosen personally by Hirschman on the latter production line-as he was to call it informally-that is rooted in his long and quasi-exclusive concern for development and Latin America. Key essays on the formation and the evolution of Hirschman's point of view on the subject are collected: from "Ideologies of Economic Development in Latin America" to Journeys (and later "A Return Journey") on policy-making; from "Obstacles to the Perception of Change" to "The Search for Paradigms as a Hindrance to Understanding." They show an extraordinary turn of the mind in the making that will be very useful for the United States and the developed world as well-as the final texts of the book on democracy and Europe (Italy, Germany and France) bear out. This book represents a unique opportunity for becoming familiar with many original and perceptive lenses provided by Hirschman to look at the world we live in, and especially to favor social change-focusing (first of all) on the cultural and political side of the matter.

Introduction, Luca Meldolesi - Ideologies of Economic Development in Latin America - Abrazo vs. Coexistence - "Introduction" to Journeys Toward Progress: Studies of Economic Policy- Making in Latin America - Problem- Solving and Policy- Making: A Latin American Style? - How Policy is Made - Underdevelopment, Obstacles to the Perception of Change, and Leadership - The Search for Paradigms as a Hindrance to Understanding - Ideology: Mask, or Nessus Shirt? - "Preface" to Journeys Toward Progress: Studies of Economic Policy- Making in Latin America (Norton Library Edition, 1973) - Policy Making and Policy Analysis in Latin America- A Return Journey - Notes on Consolidating Democracy in Latin America - "Prefazione" to Potenza nazionale e commercio estero. Gli anni trenta, l'Italia e la ricostruzione. - Io, 'detective' dell'economia fascista (I, Detective of the Fascist Economy) - Berlin Festvortrag - Remerciements - Index of Content - Index of Names.