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The institutional foundations of public policy in Argentina / Pablo T. Spiller, Mariano Tommasi.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Political economy of institutions and decisionsPublication details: New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009.Description: xiii, 237 p.: ill., map; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780521145787
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.60982
LOC classification:
  • JL 2029 S756i 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
An intertemporal approach to policymaking -- Sketch of the framework and implications -- A theory of intertemporal political cooperation -- The workings of political institutions, policy making, and policies in Argentina -- Congress, political careers, and the provincial connection -- Federalism, Argentine style -- The Supreme Court -- The bureaucracy -- The nature of public policies in Argentina.
Summary: this detailed country case study warns against naively technocratic approaches to policy and institutional reforms. Students of political economy, public policy and development studies will benefit immensely from this book ... this books is bound to serve as an exemplar for a systematic and integrated study of public policy making in a comparative political economy setting.' Development and Change Read less
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) JL 2029 S756i 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000119370

Originally published: 2007

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-228) and index.

An intertemporal approach to policymaking -- Sketch of the framework and implications -- A theory of intertemporal political cooperation -- The workings of political institutions, policy making, and policies in Argentina -- Congress, political careers, and the provincial connection -- Federalism, Argentine style -- The Supreme Court -- The bureaucracy -- The nature of public policies in Argentina.

this detailed country case study warns against naively technocratic approaches to policy and institutional reforms. Students of political economy, public policy and development studies will benefit immensely from this book ... this books is bound to serve as an exemplar for a systematic and integrated study of public policy making in a comparative political economy setting.' Development and Change Read less

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