Technocracy and democracy in Latin America : the experts running government /

Technocracy and democracy in Latin America : the experts running government /

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Author / Creator:Dargent, Eduardo, 1974-
Imprint:New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Subject:
Technocracy.
Government executives -- Latin America.
Democracy -- Latin America.
Medical policy -- Latin America.
Democracy.
Economic policy.
Government executives.
Medical policy.
Politics and government
Technocracy.
Latin America -- Politics and government -- 1948-1980.
Latin America -- Politics and government -- 1980-
Latin America -- Economic policy.
Latin America.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12015815
Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:9781316204269
131620426X
9781107446663
110744666X
9781107059870
1107059879
9781107668522
1107668522
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Summary: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 officials with advanced educations from top universities, technocrats achieve considerable autonomy from political and economic actors and exert great influence over their countries' fates. This finding poses an intriguing paradox. These experts lack an independent base of authority, such as popular election, and the tenure enjoyed by professional bureaucrats. What, then, explains the power of technocrats in democratic Latin America? Why do they enjoy and maintain greater policy influence in some areas than in others? Through analysis of economic and health policy in Colombia from 1958 to 2011 and in Peru from 1980 to 2011, Technocracy and Democracy in Latin America answers these and other questions about experts in Latin America.--
Other form:Print version: Dargent, Eduardo, 1974- Technocracy and democracy in Latin America 9781107059870

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