Wooton's principle thesis is that economic development in Latin America is suffering the distress of an unfinished revolution. Decades of unchanging patterns and policies of economic development have caused social disintegration. To the untrained eye, the region is seething with instability, economic disintegration and violent change. In seeking an answer to these questions, the author discusses what he terms a "development wedge". Comprised of economic fallacies by governments in the region, management practices both in the public and private sectors, and the policies of the international financial community, this "wedge" now impedes economic growth in Latin America. The author asserts that extracting this developmental wedge will require changes and fundamental reforms in the structural phenemenon of all the region's economies. Indeed, the author challenges many of the common assumptions about the developmental problems in Latin America. He defends the notion that development will not proceed until managers and entrepreneurs become key change agents in creating the conditions for a more dynamic market-driven model of development in Latin America.