Technocracy and Democracy in Latin America - The Experts Running Government

Informationen zum Autor Eduardo Dargent is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. His main teaching and research interests are comparative public policy and democratization and the state in the developing world. He has published in Comparative Politics, the Journal of Latin American Studies, and the Journal of Politics in Latin America. Klappentext Examines the source of technocrats' power as well as the leverage they have across state policy sectors in Latin America. Zusammenfassung Through an in-depth analysis of economic and health policy in Colombia from 1958 to 2011 and in Peru from 1980 to 2011! Technocracy and Democracy in Latin America explains the source of these experts' power as well as the leverage they have across state policy sectors in Latin America. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: technocracy under democracy; 2. Technocrats in Latin American democracies: agents or actors?; 3. A theory of technocratic autonomy; 4. Economic technocrats in Colombia (1958-2011); 5. Economic technocrats in Peru (1980-3; 1990-2011); 6. Health technocrats in Colombia (1966-70; 1993-2013); 7. Health technocrats in Peru (1990-2002); 8. Conclusion: technocratic autonomy, its limits, and democracy in Latin America.

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• Authors: Eduardo Dargent, Eduardo (Pontificia Universidad Catolica Dargent, Eduardo (Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru) Dargent, Dargent Eduardo
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.11.2014
• EAN: 9781107059870
• ISBN: 978-1-107-05987-0
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Latin America, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Public Administration, Comparative Politics, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Political structure and processes