Handbook on public policy in Latin America / edited by Leonardo Secchi (Professor of Public Policy, Department of Public Administration, Santa Catarina State University, Brazil) and Cesar N. Cruz-Rubio (Policy Researcher, GIGAPP, and Professor, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Secchi, Leonardo, editor.

Cruz-Rubio, Cesar N., editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Handbooks of research on public policy

Handbooks of research on public policy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political planning--Latin America.

Political planning.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (692 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar, 2025.

Summary:

"Bringing together an array of recognized scholars and practitioners from the region and beyond, this Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of public policy research in Latin America. It showcases diverse perspectives on the policymaking process, from historical, descriptive and prescriptive approaches to critical and feminist analyses. The Handbook is divided into three core thematic sections, covering analytical models and frameworks, cross-country comparisons, and in-depth case studies. Chapters explore the current use of mainstream theories and investigate topics such as transparency, innovation, regulation, communication, and public policy teaching, identifying key challenges as well as opportunities for development. They conduct detailed examinations of countries across Latin America, highlighting the heterogeneity of the region and revealing how policies are shaped by local political regimes, socio-economic conditions, and cultural factors. Ultimately, the Handbook encourages a rethinking of public policy processes in Latin America, underscoring the need to promote South-South connections and to develop analytical models that are sensitive to the regional context Presenting original practical and theoretical innovations from Latin America to a wider international audience, this Handbook will benefit students and academics in public policy, public administration, policy analysis and evaluation, regulation and governance, and development studies. It is also an important read for policymakers and professionals looking to improve public policies in Latin America"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Foreword by luis f. Aguilar-villanueva

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction to public policy in Latin America / Leonardo Secchi and César N. Cruz-Rubio

Part I: Analytical theoretical

2. Multiple streams framework in Latin America / Ana Cláudia Niedhardt Capella

3. The institutional analysis and development framework: Theoretical developments and empirical cases in Latin America / Raúl Pacheco-Vega and Miguel Eduardo Alva-Rivera

4. Two decades of uses and applications of the advocacy coalition framework to study the policy process in Latin America: What have we learned? / Paúl Cisneros

5. The punctuated equilibrium theory in Latin America / Laura Chaqués Bonafont, Felipe Gonçalves Brasil and Beatriz Policicio Rey

6. The argumentative turn in policy analysis: Tracking its development in Latin America / Leonardo Secchi, Frank Fischer and Sulivan Desirée Fischer

7. Critical policy studies in Latin America / Rosana de Freitas Boullosa

8. Evolution of the narrative approach to public policy in Latin America: The cases of argentina, brazil, and Mexico (1990-2022) / Alejandro Miguel Estévez and Marcela H. Cifarelli

9. Latin America and policy transfer, diffusion, and circulation / Osmany Porto de Oliveira, Cecilia Osorio Gonnet and Raúl Pacheco-Vega

10. Movement, irreversibility, and instability: Elements for rethinking the functioning of government and public policy / Pedro Medellín Torres

11. The coalitions of future temporalities (cft) framework: A route of theoretical hybridization for glocal policies / Martha Isabel Gómez Lee

12. Latin American developments in public policy theory / André-Noël Roth-Deubel

Part II: Cross country

13. Is it rational? The rationalist approach in the design of health policies in brazil, colombia, and Mexico / Laura Flamand and Ana Paulina González Arroyo

14. Transparency in Latin America: Argentina, brazil, colombia, and Mexico / Marco Antonio Carvalho Teixeira, Robson Zuccolotto, Mario Vinícius Claussen Spinelli and Rayane Vieira Rodrigues

15. Citizen participation in the policy cycle in Latin America / Thamy Pogrebinschi and Melisa Ross

16. Subnational development, state capacities, and policy implementation: A comparative analysis of brazil, chile, and colombia / José A. Hernández-Bonivento, Eduardo José Grin and Camilo Vial Cossani

17. Evaluation from and for Latin America: Key elements for a culturally responsive evaluation approach proposal adapted to the regional reality / Celeste Ghiano

18. Regulation and public policy in Latin America: Regional experience and contemporary challenges / Bruno Queiroz Cunha

19. Towards a design of gender-transformative care systems in Latin America: Mexico, colombia, costa rica, argentina, chile, and uruguay / Alejandra Benítez Silva and Tatiana Revilla-Solís

20. Teaching policy in Latin America: An overview / Fernando de Souza Coelho and Bruno Dias Magalhães

21. Communication policy in Latin America / Palmira Chavero, Werner Vásquez von Schoettler and Isabel Ramos

22. Critical theory in public policy and anti-corruption strategies in Latin America: Unveiling the limitations (and hypocrisy?) of the dominant anticorruption discourse / David Arellano-Gault, Gabriel Rojas-Salazar and Luis Roberto

23. Design and implementation of open government policies and strategies in Latin America (2012-2022) / Álvaro V. Ramírez-Alujas and César Nicandro Cruz-Rubio

24. Public sector innovation labs in Latin America: Grasping their maturity level / Cristina Galíndez Hernández and Hironobu Sano

25. Artificial intelligence in Latin America's public policy cycles / Juan David Gutiérrez and Sarah Muñoz-Cadena

26. Problem definition in the agenda setting process for the decriminalization of abortion in central america / Jeraldine Alicia del Cid Castro and Gloria del Castillo Alemán

Part III: Country and case studies

27. Public policy-making process in argentina / Diego Pando

28. A critical analysis of public policies in bolivia / Mauricio Alzérreca Medrano 29. Public policies in the building of independent Brazil: a historical perspective / Frederico Lustosa da Costa

30. Public policy in chile / Bernardo Navarrete Yáñez

31. Public policy in colombia / Juan Guillermo Vieira Silva, Santiago Leyva Botero and Pablo Sanabria-Pulido

32. Politics and public policy in guatemala / Jeraldine Alicia del Cid Castro

33. Public policy in Mexico: Tensions at the center of government / Ernesto Velasco Sánchez

34. Public policies in peru: A historical background / Luis Solari de la Fuente and Mariano Solari Moscoso

35. Policymaking at the world's eco-laboratory: Contradictions in costa rican environmental policy / Alonso Ramírez Cover and Tania Rodríguez Echavarría

36. Human rights and public policies in ecuador: Between centrality and the "thorn in the side" / Efrén Ernesto Guerrero Salgado

37. Higher education policy in Venezuela: The transition from a participatory to an exclusionary model / José Rafael Mendoza Márquez

38. Public policy in the dominican republic in light of the national development strategy 2012-2030 / Gregorio Montero Montero

Part IV: Conclusions

39. Challenges and perspectives for public policy in Latin America / César N. Cruz-Rubio, Leonardo Secchi, Nicolás Bentancur, AndréNoël Roth-Deubel and Juan Guillermo Vieira Silva.

Notes:

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035310197 (e-book)

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