Latin American development and public policy
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Latin American development and public policy
(Policy Studies Organization series)
Macmillan , St. Martin's Press, 1994
- : uk
- : us
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  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
This text analyzes various aspects of methodology and substance regarding economic, social and political policy in Latin America directed toward achieving more effective, efficient and equitable societal institutions. It combines practical policy significance with generalizations. The emphasis is on the role of governmental decision-making and the important (but secondary) role of the marketplace, social groups and engineering.
Table of Contents
- Notes on the Contributors - Introduction: Latin America Development and Super-Optimizing Analysis
- S.S.Nagel - PART 1: ECONOMIC POLICY - The Crisis of the Welfare State and Its Influence on Latin America in the North-South Relations
- E.Aragon, C.Dorado, J.Benavente, V.Marcelino & M.T.Pinero de Ruiz - Consensus Building in the Andean Integration System: 1968-1985
- G.Mace - PART 2: SOCIAL POLICY - Social Policy and Political Dynamics in Latin America
- E.A.Isuani - Dilemmas and Solutions in the Implementation of Social Policies in Latin America
- B.Kliksberg - PART 3: TECHNOLOGY POLICY - Science and Technology Policies and Bureaucracies in Developing Countries: A Comparative Study of the Experience of India and Brazil in Electronics
- J.D.Pedersen - Bureaucrats as Technology Policy Partners
- E.Reis - PART 4: POLITICAL POLICY - Beyond the Party List: Electoral Reform in Venezuela
- J.Molina - Contagion of Democracy in Latin America: The Case of Paraguay
- M.Bostrom - Post-Marxism, the Left, and Democracy in Latin America
- R.Chilcote - The Legacy of Authoritarianism in Democratic Brazil
- P.Pinheiro - PART 5: CONSTITUTIONAL POLICY - From Coparticipation to Coalition: The Problem of Presidentialism in the Uruguayan Case, 1984-1990
- M.Mancebo - Chile and the Prosecution of Military Officials for Human Rights Violations: A Comparative Analysis
- A.Meiz - PART 6: PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS - Political Science in Mexico in the Cold War and Post-Cold War Context
- E.Suarez-Iniguez - Index
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