Technocracy and democracy in Latin America the experts running government

Praised by some as islands of efficiency in a sea of unprofessional, politicized and corrupt states, and criticized by others for removing wide areas of policy making from the democratic arena, technocrats have become prominent and controversial actors in Latin American politics. Nonelected state of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Dargent, Eduardo, 1974- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press 2015.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39764199*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Technocracy under Democracy
  • Technocrats in Latin American Democracies : Agents or Actors?
  • A Theory of Technocratic Autonomy
  • Economic Technocrats in Colombia (1958-2011)
  • Economic Technocrats in Peru (1980-1983; 1990-2011)
  • Health Technocrats in Colombia (1966-1970; 1993-2013)
  • Health Technocrats in Peru (1990-2002)
  • Conclusion : Technocratic Autonomy, its Limits, and Democracy in Latin America.