Informal coalitions and policymaking in Latin America : Ecuador in comparative perspective / Andrés Mejía Acosta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mejía Acosta, Andrés.

Series:

Latin American studies. Social sciences and law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coalition governments--Ecuador.

Coalition governments.

Political planning--Ecuador.

Political planning.

Ecuador--Politics and government--1984-.

Ecuador.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2009.

Language Note:

English

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.

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-135-84933-1

1-282-23492-7

9786612234927

0-203-87898-1

9780203878989

OCLC:

449230242