{"product_id":"political-competition-partisanship-and-policy-maria-victoria-murillo-9780521884310","title":"Political Competition, Partisanship, and Policy Making in Latin American Public Utilities","description":"This book studies policymaking in the Latin American electricity and telecommunication sectors. Murillo's analysis of the Latin American electricity and telecommunications sectors shows that different degrees of electoral competition and the partisan composition of the government were crucial in resolving policymakers' tension between the interests of voters and the economic incentives generated by international financial markets and private corporations in the context of capital scarcity. Electoral competition by credible challengers dissuaded politicians from adopting policies deemed necessary to attract capital inflows. When electoral competition was low, financial pressures prevailed, but the partisan orientation of reformers shaped the regulatory design of market-friendly reforms. In the post-reform period, moreover, electoral competition and policymakers' partisanship shaped regulatory redistribution between residential consumers, large users, and privatized providers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maria Victoria Murillo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0521884314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521884310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/24\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Maria Victoria Murillo","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44056306778367,"sku":"9780521884310","price":67.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7f6a1072-a9d6-4392-8b8e-5f2b0d02a9be.jpg?v=1685040619","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/political-competition-partisanship-and-policy-maria-victoria-murillo-9780521884310","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}