Comparative public policy in Latin America

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PART I: POLICYMAKING AND POLICY PROCESSES Chapter 1. Thinking about Politics and Policymaking in Contemporary Latin America Susan Franceschet (University of Calgary) and Jordi Diez (University of Guelph) Chapter 2. Presidentialism and Policymaking: The Case of Mexico Jordi Diez Chapter 3. The New Institutionalism and Industrial Policymaking in Chile Judith Teichman (University of Toronto) Chapter 4. Turbulent Times: Structural Reforms, Crisis, and Labour Policy in Argentina Viviana Patroni (York University) and Ruth Felder (University of Buenos Aires) PART II: ADVOCACY AND POLICY CHANGE Chapter 5. Public Policy by Other Means: Playing the Judicial Arena Catalina Smulovitz (Pennsylvania State University) Chapter 6. Federalism, Advocacy Networks, and Sexual Diversity Politics in Brazil. Juan Marsiaj (University of Toronto) Chapter 7. Agenda Through Dispute: The Case of the Zoilamerica Narvaez - Daniel Ortega Controversy Delphine Lacombe (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales) Chapter 8. Transnational Policy Networks and Public Security Policy in Argentina and Chile Mary Rose Kubal (St. Bonaventure University) PART III: OLD AND NEW DIRECTIONS IN SOCIAL POLICY Chapter 9. The Limits of Anti-Poverty Policy: Citizenship, Accountability, and Neo-Clientelism in Mexico's Oportunidades Program Lucy Luccisano (Wilfrid Laurier University) and Laura Macdonald (Carleton University) Chapter 10. Gendering Welfare State Regimes in Latin America: Argentina in Comparative Perspective Debora Lopreite (Carleton University) Chapter 11. Social Policy Reform and Continuity under the Bachelet Administration Rossana Castliglioni (Universidad Diego Portales) Chapter 12. Comparing Public Policy in Latin America: Toward a Research Agenda Jordi Diez and Susan Franceschet