Who Decides Social Policy? : Social Networks and the Political Economy of Social Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean

Who Decides Social Policy? : Social Networks and the Political Economy of Social Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean

Who decides the formulation of social policy? What resources do actors bring to decision-making processes? How do those resources position them within decision making networks? This book addresses these questions by combining an institutional political economy approach to policy making with social n...

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Main Authors: Bonvecchi, Alejandro, Scartascini, Carlos
Format: Book
Published: Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank 2020
Subjects:
POLITICAL ECONOMY
SOCIAL NETWORK
SOCIAL ANALYSIS
SOCIAL POLICY
SOCIAL PROTECTION POLICY
Online Access:https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/823941604380124280/who-decides-social-policy-social-networks-and-the-political-economy-of-social-policy-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean
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spelling okr-10986-344142021-04-23T14:02:00Z Who Decides Social Policy? : Social Networks and the Political Economy of Social Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean Bonvecchi, Alejandro Scartascini, Carlos POLITICAL ECONOMY SOCIAL NETWORK SOCIAL ANALYSIS SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROTECTION POLICY Who decides the formulation of social policy? What resources do actors bring to decision-making processes? How do those resources position them within decision making networks? This book addresses these questions by combining an institutional political economy approach to policy making with social network analysis of social policy formulation processes in Latin American and the Caribbean. Based on extensive field interviews with governmental and nongovernmental actors, the case studies of social policy formulation in Argentina, Bolivia, The Bahamas, and Trinidad and Tobago show that while in the South American cases societal actors—such as unions and business associations in Argentina, and grassroots organizations in Bolivia—are central actors in the networks, government officials are the main participants in the Caribbean countries. The comparative analysis of the networks of ideas, information, economic resources, and political powers across these cases indicates that differences in the types of bureaucratic systems and governance structures may explain the differences between who decides and what resources underpin their influence in social policy formulation in the region. 2020-09-02T16:58:45Z 2020-09-02T16:58:45Z 2020-11-02 Book https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/823941604380124280/who-decides-social-policy-social-networks-and-the-political-economy-of-social-policy-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean 978-1-4648-1572-0 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34414 Latin American Development Forum CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo Inter-American Development Bank Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication Latin America & Caribbean Caribbean Latin America Argentina Bahamas, The Bolivia Suriname Trinidad and Tobago
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topic POLITICAL ECONOMY
SOCIAL NETWORK
SOCIAL ANALYSIS
SOCIAL POLICY
SOCIAL PROTECTION POLICY
spellingShingle POLITICAL ECONOMY
SOCIAL NETWORK
SOCIAL ANALYSIS
SOCIAL POLICY
SOCIAL PROTECTION POLICY
Bonvecchi, Alejandro
Scartascini, Carlos
Who Decides Social Policy? : Social Networks and the Political Economy of Social Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Latin America
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Bahamas, The
Bolivia
Suriname
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description Who decides the formulation of social policy? What resources do actors bring to decision-making processes? How do those resources position them within decision making networks? This book addresses these questions by combining an institutional political economy approach to policy making with social network analysis of social policy formulation processes in Latin American and the Caribbean. Based on extensive field interviews with governmental and nongovernmental actors, the case studies of social policy formulation in Argentina, Bolivia, The Bahamas, and Trinidad and Tobago show that while in the South American cases societal actors—such as unions and business associations in Argentina, and grassroots organizations in Bolivia—are central actors in the networks, government officials are the main participants in the Caribbean countries. The comparative analysis of the networks of ideas, information, economic resources, and political powers across these cases indicates that differences in the types of bureaucratic systems and governance structures may explain the differences between who decides and what resources underpin their influence in social policy formulation in the region.
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author Bonvecchi, Alejandro
Scartascini, Carlos
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Scartascini, Carlos
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title Who Decides Social Policy? : Social Networks and the Political Economy of Social Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_short Who Decides Social Policy? : Social Networks and the Political Economy of Social Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_full Who Decides Social Policy? : Social Networks and the Political Economy of Social Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_fullStr Who Decides Social Policy? : Social Networks and the Political Economy of Social Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_full_unstemmed Who Decides Social Policy? : Social Networks and the Political Economy of Social Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_sort who decides social policy? : social networks and the political economy of social policy in latin america and the caribbean
publisher Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank
publishDate 2020
url https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/823941604380124280/who-decides-social-policy-social-networks-and-the-political-economy-of-social-policy-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean
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