Informal coalitions and policymaking in Latin America : Ecuador in comparative perspective

Author/Creator:: Mejía Acosta, Andrés
Publication/Creation:: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2009
Format:: Book
Edition:: 1st ed.

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Full Title:: Informal coalitions and policymaking in Latin America : Ecuador in comparative perspective / Andrés Mejía Acosta
Series Titles:: Latin American studies. Social sciences and law

Subjects:: Coalition governments--Ecuador
Political planning--Ecuador
Ecuador--Politics and government--1984-.

Table of Contents:: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; 1 Pushing Reforms Through the Eye of a Needle; 2 A Proposed Model for Legislative Cooperation; 3 Presidential Success in a Fragmented Legislature; 4 Party Brokers and Voting Unity in the Ecuadorian Congress; 5 Voting at the Margins: Pivotal Players and Coalition-Making; 6 Ghost Coalitions in the Making of Economic Reforms; 7 Ghost Coalitions, Institutional Change and Democratic Accountability; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Bibliography:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:: This book explains how presidents achieve market-oriented reforms in a contentious political environment. Using an impressive amount of quantitative and qualitative empirical evidence, most of which is reported for the first time, Mejía Acosta argues that presidents in Ecuador adopted significant reforms by crafting informal yet functional coalitions with opposition parties in congress. This pattern of success is particularly relevant in a country known for its chronic political fragmentation and deep regional and ethnic divisions.
Language:: English
Language Note:: English
Physical Type/Description:: 1 online resource (193 pages)