Comparative Public Policy in Latin America

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Edited by Jordi Díez and Susan Franceschet

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This book promises to become the definitive work on contemporary public policy in Latin America, essential for those who study the area as well as comparative public policy more broadly.

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PART I: POLICYMAKING AND POLICY PROCESSES

Chapter 1.

Thinking about Politics and Policymaking in Contemporary Latin America

Susan Franceschet (University of Calgary) and Jordi Díez (University of Guelph)

Chapter 2.

Presidentialism and Policymaking: The Case of Mexico

Jordi Díez

Chapter 3.

The New Institutionalism and Industrial Policymaking in Chile

Judith Teichman (University of Toronto)

Chapter 4.

Turbulent Times: Structural Reforms, Crisis, and Labour Policy in Argentina

Viviana Patroni (York University) and Ruth Felder (University of Buenos Aires)

PART II: ADVOCACY AND POLICY CHANGE

Chapter 5.

Public Policy by Other Means: Playing the Judicial Arena

Catalina Smulovitz (Pennsylvania State University)

Chapter 6.

Federalism, Advocacy Networks, and Sexual Diversity Politics in Brazil.

Juan Marsiaj (University of Toronto)

Chapter 7.

Agenda Through Dispute: The Case of the Zoilamérica Narváez – Daniel Ortega Controversy

Delphine Lacombe (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales)

Chapter 8.

Transnational Policy Networks and Public Security Policy in Argentina and Chile

Mary Rose Kubal (St. Bonaventure University)

PART III: OLD AND NEW DIRECTIONS IN SOCIAL POLICY

Chapter 9.

The Limits of Anti-Poverty Policy: Citizenship, Accountability, and Neo-Clientelism in Mexico’s Oportunidades Program

Lucy Luccisano (Wilfrid Laurier University) and Laura Macdonald (Carleton University)

Chapter 10.

Gendering Welfare State Regimes in Latin America: Argentina in Comparative Perspective

Débora Lopreite (Carleton University)

Chapter 11.

Social Policy Reform and Continuity under the Bachelet Administration

Rossana Castliglioni (Universidad Diego Portales)

Chapter 12.

Comparing Public Policy in Latin America: Toward a Research Agenda

Jordi Díez and Susan Franceschet