| Acknowledgments | |
| 1 | Central Bank Independence: Why the Interest? | 3 |
| 2 | The Political Sources of Central Bank Independence | 19 |
| 3 | International Capital Flows and the Politics of Central Bank Independence | 35 |
| 4 | Central Bank Independence in the 1990s | 50 |
| 5 | The Politics of Changing Central Bank Authority: Thailand | 71 |
| 6 | The Politics of Changing Central Bank Authority: Mexico | 91 |
| 7 | The Politics of Changing Central Bank Authority: South Korea | 107 |
| 8 | The Politics of Changing Central Bank Authority: Brazil | 121 |
| 9 | Conclusion | 138 |
| Notes | 151 |
| Index | 181 |