Esta obra se divide en dos grandes apartados. Los temas de educación, salud y trabajo se estudian en relación con la dinámica poblacional y la cohesión social; en tanto que los procesos políticos latinoamericanos se exploran desde temáticas específicas como las reformas judiciales, la transición y calidad de la democracia, la evolución de las reglas electorales y sus efectos en la representación política; la noción de ciudadanía, o bien, desde el nuevo constitucionalismo regional y sus con...

This book explores the objectives pursued in donor programs, the methods used to advance them, and the underlying assumptions and strategies. It emphasizes the unexpected and sometimes unpleasant consequences of ignoring not only political and societal constraints but also advances in our technical approaches to performance improvement, the one area where the First World has a comparative advantage. The geographic scope of the work is broad, incorporating examples from Eastern and Central ...

This book addresses the problems of administrative reform in Third World countries by examining recent reform efforts in Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela. Dr. Hammergren discusses the politics of administrative change and the interaction of the political and technical dimensions of reform in the three countries. The failure of many reform programs, she suggests, can be traced to their conception primarily in technical terms; the neglect of the political dimension encourages a division between...