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Informal Coalitions and Policymaking in Latin America

Latin American Studies Social Sciences and Law

DAVID MARES,General Editor

Observing ourHermanos de Armas
U.S. Military Attachs in Guatemala,
Cuba, and Bolivia, 1950-1964
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The Politics of the Internet in Third
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Latin Americas Neo-Reformation
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The Politics of Social Policy Change
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Retrenchment Versus Maintenance,
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An Industrial Geography of Cocaine
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State and Business Groups
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The Role of Informal Institutions
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Left in Transformation
Uruguayan Exiles and the Latin
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International Relations in
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The Politics of Moral Sin
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Political Change and Environmental
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Female Prostitution in Costa Rica
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The Unfinished Transition to
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The Politics of Central American
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Informal Coalitions and
Policymaking in Latin America
Ecuador in Comparative Perspective
Andrs Meja Acosta

Informal Coalitions and Policymaking in Latin America

Ecuador in Comparative Perspective

Andrs Meja Acosta

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Meja Acosta, Andrs
Informal coalitions and policymaking in Latin America / by Andrs Meja Acosta.
p. cm.(Latin American studies. Social sciences and law)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. EcuadorPolitics and government19842. Coalition governmentsEcuador. 3. Political planningEcuador. I. Title.
JL3031.M443 2009
320.609866dc22
2008044862

ISBN13: 978-1-135-84932-0 ePub ISBN

ISBN10: 0-415-99354-7 (hbk)

ISBN10: 0-203-87898-1 (ebk)

ISBN13: 978-0-415-99354-8 (hbk)

ISBN13: 978-0-203-87898-9 (ebk)

Inmensa f en la Victoria

Contents

Figures

2.1	Size matters: legislative support and coalition payoffs.
3.1	Average presidential success rates in nine Latin American legislatures (various years).
3.2	The legislative sequence in Ecuador.
3.3	Impact of constitutional (decree) powers on the likelihood of policy change. Ecuadorian National Congress (19792002).
3.4	Impact of the Presidents coalition on the fate of economic reforms, controlling for decree power.
3.5	Impact of the ideological distance between the presidents ideological position and the mean legislator on policy change controlling for decree power.
4.1	Average party unity by party ideology in Ecuador (19802000).
5.1	Frequency distribution of party switching rates. National Ecuadorian Congress (19792002).
5.2	Probability of voting with the president by district magnitude and party size. Fiscal reform (May 2001).
5.3	Probability of voting with the president by legislators political careers: party switches and number of reelections. Fiscal reform (May 2001).
5.4	Probability of voting with the president by party size and party unity. Fiscal reform (May 2001).
6.1	Informal institutions as deviations from existing model predictions.
6.2	Presidential net job approval ratings. Quito and Guayaquil. (July 1988March 2001).
6.3	Patterns of cabinet turnover (19792002).
6.4	Full of sound and fury? Threats vs. actual impeachment proceedings (19791996).
7.1	The gray areas of coalition-making.

Tables

2.1	Formal and Informal Coalition Strategies Available to Presidents
3.1	Likelihood of Approval for Presidential Initiatives of Economic Reform in Ecuador (1979-2002)
4.1	A Cooperation Game for Policy Change
4.2	Party Unity Scores by Ideology and Vote Type in Ecuador (19802000)
4.3	Regression Estimates for Voting with the President in Ecuador (19802000)
5.1	Logit Estimates in Ecuador for Explaining the Number of Party Switches (19792002)

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