β Scribed by Jordi Diez; Susan Franceschet
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
This book promises to become the definitive work on contemporary public policy in Latin America, essential for those who study the area as well as comparative public policy more broadly.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Part I. Policy-Making and Policy Processes
1. Thinking about Politics and Policymaking in Contemporary Latin America
2. Presidentialism and Policy-making in Latin America: The Case of Mexico
3. The New Institutionalism and Industrial Policy-making in Chile
4. Turbulent Times: Structural Reforms, Crisis, and Labour Policy in Argentina, 1990sβ2000s
Part II. Advocacy and Policy Change
5. Public Policy by Other Means: Playing the Judicial Arena
6. Federalism, Advocacy Networks, and Sexual Diversity Politics in Brazil
7. Agenda through Dispute: The ZoilamΓ©rica NarvΓ‘ezβDaniel Ortega Controversy
8. Transnational Policy Networks and Public Security Policy in Argentina and Chile
Part III. Old and New Directions in Social Policy
9. The Limits of Anti-Poverty Policy: Citizenship, Accountability, and Semi-clientelism in Mexicoβs Oportunidades Program
10. Gendering Welfare State Regimes in Latin America: Argentina in Comparative Perspective
11. Social Policy Reform and Continuity under the Bachelet Administration
12. Public Policy in Latin America: Towards a New Research Agenda
Contributors
Index
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