Crucial needs, weak incentives
Subtitle: social sector reform, democratization, and globalization in Latin America
By: edited by Robert R. Kaufman and Joan M. Nelson.
Contributors: Kaufman, Robert R.; Nelson, Joan M.
Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press; Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 542
Subjects: Health care reform -- Latin America -- Cross-cultural studies.; Medical policy -- Latin America -- Cross-cultural studies.; Educational change -- Latin America -- Cross-cultural studies.; Education and state -- Latin America -- Cross-cultural studies.; Health Care Reform -- Latin America.; Cross-Cultural Comparison -- Latin America.; Education -- Latin America.; Health Services Accessibility -- Latin America.; Socioeconomic Factors -- Latin America.
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The politics of health sector reform: cross-national comparisons / Joan M. Nelson; title: Change teams and vested interests: social security health reform in Mexico / Alejandra González Rossetti; title: Ambitious plans, modest outcomes: the politics of health care reform in Argentina / Peter Lloyd-Sherlock; title: A sweeping health reform: the quest for unification, coverage, and efficiency in Colombia / Patricia Ramírez; title: Toward a unified and more equitable system: health reform in Brazil / Marta Arretche; title: Reinforcing a public system: health sector reform in Costa Rica / Mary A. Clark; title: Piecemeal but innovative: health sector reform in Peru / Christina Ewig; title: The politics of education sector reform: cross-national comparisons / Robert R. Kaufman, Joan M. Nelson; title: Interests, institutions, and reformers: the politics of education decentralization in Mexico / Merilee S. Grindle; title: Multiple preferences, variable strengths: the politics of education reform in Argentina / Javier Corrales; title: Education reform in Colombia: the elusive quest for effectiveness / Pamela S. Lowden; title: Federal leverage in a decentralized system: education reform in Brazil / Sônia M. Draibe; title: Empowering parents while making them pay: autonomous schools and education reform processes in Nicaragua / Alec Ian Gershberg; title: Innovation and frustration: education reform in Venezuela / Josefina Bruni Celli; title: Conclusions: the political dynamics of reform / Robert R. Kaufman, Joan M. Nelson.