… fragmentation, a particular constellation of parties and preferences and costly policymaking
and institutional change. Additionally, the workings of the policymaking process suggest that …

… This study will explain the main characteristics of Ecuadorian public policies using the …
Ecuadorian policies present two problematic features: volatility (sensitivity to political shocks) and …

This case study of Venezuelas democratic institution and policymaking processes is part of
the broader regional project based on the theoretical framework developed by Spiller, Stein …

… This article can be considered part of a larger project on political institutions and policy
outcomes in Latin America carried out by the Research Department of the Inter-American …

… The veto players’ framework is a useful entry point to analyze the political institutional
challenges of adopting policy reforms. Veto players are defined as individual or collective actors …

… made fiscal policy the only … the policymaking process in the highly contentious Ecuadorian
setting. The second section outlines the most relevant “outer features” of Ecuadorian policies …

… the steps linking political institutions to policymaking processes to policy outcomes. These are
the … solid public policies in many areas, Ecuador is characterized by political instability and …

… of policymaking is characterized as noncooperative. In the rest of this chapter we describe the
workings of the political system in … identifies as conducive to noncooperative policymaking. …

… institutions and practices while adopting major policy … , the Ecuadorian state underwent
tremendous economic transformations that altered the existing social and political institutions. …

… This paper surveys selected themes in the political economy of policymaking in Latin …
processes, and on the political institutions and state and social actors involved in those processes. …