The Politics of Policies
Keywords:
political institutions, policymaking process, public policies, legislaturesAbstract
After more than a decade of political and economic reform in Latin America ithas become painfully obvious that good ideas and good policy recipes are not enough toachieve development goals. The policymaking process of designing, adopting and implementinggood policies is equally important. Policymaking involves a variety of actors fromthe president and political parties to labor unions and business groups interacting in differentarenas the cabinet, the legislature, the street. The key players, their roles and in centives, the characteristics of the arenas in which the game is played and the nature ofthe transactions the players engage in, while having common elements, vary considerablyfrom country to country and help explain the variety of reform experiences in the regionin recent years.Downloads
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