Development economists and practitioners agree that close collaboration between business and government improves industrial policy, yet little research exists on how best to organize that. This book examines three necessary functions--information exchange, authoritative allocation, and reducing rent seeking--across experiences in Latin America.
Development economists and practitioners agree that close collaboration between business and government improves industrial policy, yet little researc...
This book presents insights from several countries in Latin America and beyond on how to organize critical sectors, such as education, roads and water, to improve quality, access and affordability. The innovative, multi-disciplinary studies in this volume discuss the outcomes of decentralization, school autonomy, participatory budgeting at the local level and other accountability mechanisms. Rich quantitative analyses are complemented and enhanced by insights from interviews and quotes from those on the front lines: politicians, bureaucrats and service providers; as well as a variety of...
This book presents insights from several countries in Latin America and beyond on how to organize critical sectors, such as education, roads and water...
This book addresses the political ecology of the Ecuadorian petro-state since the turn of the century and contextualizes state-civil society relations in contemporary Ecuador to produce an analysis of oil and Revolution in twenty-first century Latin America. Ecuador s recent history is marked by changes in state-citizen relations: the election of political firebrand, Rafael Correa; a new constitution recognizing the value of pluriculturality and nature s rights; and new rules for distributing state oil revenues. One of the most emblematic projects at this time is the Correa administration...
This book addresses the political ecology of the Ecuadorian petro-state since the turn of the century and contextualizes state-civil society relati...
This volume examines the ways in which the socio-economic elites of the region have transformed and expanded the material bases of their power from the inception of neo-liberal policies in the 1970s through to the so-called progressive `pink tide' governments of the past two decades.
This volume examines the ways in which the socio-economic elites of the region have transformed and expanded the material bases of their power from th...
This book analyses the institutional development that the Peruvian state has undergone in recent years within a context of rapid extractive industry expansion. It addresses the most important institutional state transformations produced directly by natural resources growth. This includes the construction of a redistributive law with the mining canon; the creation of a research canon for public universities; the development of new institutions for environmental regulation; the legitimation of state involvement in the function of prevention and management of conflicts; and the...
This book analyses the institutional development that the Peruvian state has undergone in recent years within a context of rapid extractive industr...
This book unveils the political economy of land squatting in a third world city, Montevideo, in Uruguay. From a social movements/contentious politics perspective, the book challenges the assumption that socioeconomic factors such as poverty were the only causes triggering land squatting.
This book unveils the political economy of land squatting in a third world city, Montevideo, in Uruguay. From a social movements/contentious politics ...
This study of taxation in Latin America takes a novel approach to the subject, using a framework that posits three dimensions for studying taxes--historical, relational, and transnational. The book argues that: first, taxation should be understood as a relational concept and tax systems as a function of a strategic nexus between the state and society; second, that any analysis of tax systems across Latin America needs to take historical legacies of national tax systems into account; and finally, that transnational phenomena have significant implications for tax regime dynamics in Latin...
This study of taxation in Latin America takes a novel approach to the subject, using a framework that posits three dimensions for studying taxes--hist...
This book focuses on corporate social responsibility (CSR) records of Chinese oil investments in five Latin American countries: Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Colombia, and Venezuela. It is ideal for audiences interested in the political economy of the oil industry, China, Latin America, and corporate social responsibility.
This book focuses on corporate social responsibility (CSR) records of Chinese oil investments in five Latin American countries: Peru, Ecuador, Argenti...
This book explores the political economy of subnational development in Mexico. This work will be of interest to students of Latin American and Mexican politics, regional development, and government-business relations.
This book explores the political economy of subnational development in Mexico. This work will be of interest to students of Latin American and Mexican...
