Informal Coalitions and Policymaking in Latin America: Ecuador in Comparative Perspective

by Andrés Mejía Acosta

Book Overview

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, Mej a 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415648548
• ISBN13: 9780415648547
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"