Public Policy in Latin America: A Comparative Survey (Pitt Latin American Series) - Softcover
The study of Latin America has long been an ideological battleground. Scholars disagree on every major issue: the impact of the U.S. influence in the region, the political orientation of the middle class, the role of the military, the rate of socioeconomic change, and the viability of reform.
Public Policy in Latin America is a masterful synthesis of scholarship on the region. Sloan studies political phenomena not by making superficial comparisons between leaders, parties or styles, but by examining what governments do-the creation of public policy through political process. The decisions to stress accumulation versus distribution of economic goods, the role of the bureaucracy, and the quality of political participation tell more about a nation than what party or persons are in power.
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About the Author:
John W. Sloan is professor of political science at the University of Houston.
Review:
“Sloan has written a very useful introductory text on the topic of public policy in Latin America.”
—Journal of Developing Areas
“Sloan makes excellent use of available literature to provide the reader with a number of comparative illustrations from throughout Latin America. . . . The book's major strength lies in the author's first rate job of synthesizing almost decades of research on policy successes and failure undertaken by a variety of Latin American governments.”
—Journal of Interamerican Studies
“Richly informative and especially well written. . . . Anyone wanting to understand the nature, problems, and complexities of Latin America would find Sloan's survey of real benefit.”
—The Times of the Americas
—Journal of Developing Areas
“Sloan makes excellent use of available literature to provide the reader with a number of comparative illustrations from throughout Latin America. . . . The book's major strength lies in the author's first rate job of synthesizing almost decades of research on policy successes and failure undertaken by a variety of Latin American governments.”
—Journal of Interamerican Studies
“Richly informative and especially well written. . . . Anyone wanting to understand the nature, problems, and complexities of Latin America would find Sloan's survey of real benefit.”
—The Times of the Americas
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- PublisherUniversity of Pittsburgh Press
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 0822948001
- ISBN 13 9780822948001
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages296
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