LEADER 03067nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910454893503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-135-84933-1 010 $a1-282-23492-7 010 $a9786612234927 010 $a0-203-87898-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000773570 035 $a(EBL)446733 035 $a(OCoLC)449230242 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000178927 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11165295 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000178927 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10230450 035 $a(PQKB)10296763 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC446733 035 $a(PPN)198464207 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL446733 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10315167 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL223492 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000773570 100 $a20081027d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInformal coalitions and policymaking in Latin America$b[electronic resource] /$fby Andre?s Meji?a Acosta 210 $aMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (193 p.) 225 0 $aLatin American studies. Social sciences and law 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-64854-8 311 $a0-415-99354-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; 1 Pushing Reforms Through the Eye of a Needle; 2 A Proposed Model for Legislative Cooperation; 3 Presidential Success in a Fragmented Legislature; 4 Party Brokers and Voting Unity in the Ecuadorian Congress; 5 Voting at the Margins: Pivotal Players and Coalition-Making; 6 Ghost Coalitions in the Making of Economic Reforms; 7 Ghost Coalitions, Institutional Change and Democratic Accountability; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aThis 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, Meji?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 known for its chronic political fragmentation and deep regional and ethnic divisions. Paradoxically, the adoption of constitutional reforms to pr 606 $aCoalition governments$zEcuador 606 $aPolitical planning$zEcuador 607 $aEcuador$xPolitics and government$y1984- 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCoalition governments 615 0$aPolitical planning 676 $a320.609866 700 $aMeji?a Acosta$b Andre?s$0925655 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454893503321 996 $aInformal coalitions and policymaking in Latin America$92078528 997 $aUNINA