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Political competition, partisanship, and policy making in Latin American public utilities / Maria Victoria Murillo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murillo, Maria Victoria, 1967- author.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
- Cambridge studies in comparative politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Energy policy--Latin America.
- Energy policy.
- Telecommunication policy--Latin America.
- Telecommunication policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 292 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Other Title:
- Political Competition, Partisanship, & Policy Making in Latin American Public Utilities
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book studies policymaking in the Latin American electricity and telecommunication sectors. Murillo's analysis of the Latin American electricity and telecommunications sectors shows that different degrees of electoral competition and the partisan composition of the government were crucial in resolving policymakers' tension between the interests of voters and the economic incentives generated by international financial markets and private corporations in the context of capital scarcity. Electoral competition by credible challengers dissuaded politicians from adopting policies deemed necessary to attract capital inflows. When electoral competition was low, financial pressures prevailed, but the partisan orientation of reformers shaped the regulatory design of market-friendly reforms. In the post-reform period, moreover, electoral competition and policymakers' partisanship shaped regulatory redistribution between residential consumers, large users, and privatized providers.
- Contents:
- Voice and light : the politics of telecommunications and electricity reform
- Political competition and policy adoption
- Casting a partisan light on regulatory choices
- Postreform regulatory redistribution in Chile
- Postreform regulatory redistribution in Argentina and Mexico
- A multilevel analysis of market reforms in Latin American public utilities
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-511-69942-5
- 1-107-20032-6
- 0-511-81309-0
- 0-511-60461-0
- 0-511-60383-5
- 0-511-65192-9
- 0-511-60305-3
- OCLC:
- 609845797
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