Policymaking in Latin America: How Politics Shapes Policies

by Stein, Ernesto

• ISBN13: 9781597820615
• ISBN10: 159782061X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-01
• Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Summary

What determines the capacity of countries to design, approve, and implement effective public policies? To address this issue, this book builds on the results of a comparative study of political institutions, policymaking processes, and policy outcomes in eight Latin American countries. The volume benefits from both micro detail on the intricacies of policymaking in individual countries and a broad cross-country interdisciplinary analysis of the process in the region. The country studies demonstrate a deep knowledge of the specific historical dynamics and idiosyncratic structural factors at play in each case, while focusing on the effects of political institutions as viewed through a common analytical lens founded in game theory and institutional analysis. This book should become a staple on the syllabus of any class on Latin American politics or institutional politics and important background reading in many classes on development economics.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Foreword	p. xi
Political Institutions, Policymaking, and Policy: An Introduction	p. 1
Who's Who in the PMP: An Overview of Actors, Incentives, and the Roles They Play	p. 29
Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes, and Policy Outcomes in Argentina	p. 69
On the Road to Good Governance: Recovering from Economic and Political Shocks in Brazil	p. 111
Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes, and Policy Outcomes in Chile	p. 155
Political Institutions and Policy Outcomes in Colombia: The Effects of the 1991 Constitution	p. 199
Veto Players, Fickle Institutions, and Low-Quality Policies: The Policymaking Process in Ecuador	p. 243
Policymaking in Mexico Under One-Party Hegemony and Divided Government	p. 287
Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes, and Policy Outcomes in Paraguay	p. 329
Political Institutions and Policymaking in Venezuela: The Rise and Collapse of Political Cooperation	p. 371
References	p. 419
Index	p. 465
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