Informal coalitions and policymaking in Latin America : Ecuador in comparative perspective
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Informal coalitions and policymaking in Latin America : Ecuador in comparative perspective
（Latin American studies / David William Foster, series editor）
Routledge, 2009
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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, Mejia 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. Paradoxically, the adoption of constitutional reforms to promote governance undermined the success of informal coalitions and directly contributed to greater regime instability after 1996. Mejia Acosta's work offers a compelling analysis of how formal and informal political institutions contribute to policy change. His far-reaching conclusions will capture the attention of political scientists and scholars of Latin America.
Table of Contents
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
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