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"The Changing Shapes of Latin American Welfare States" published on by Oxford University Press.

Este artículo analiza un tipo particular de toma de decisiones de política pública, el cual se da en contextos de debilidad institucional y partidos políticos que carecen de definiciones programáticas fuertes. Estudiando el caso del 'Soat Médico' en el Perú, cuya discusión transcurrió en el 2010, sostenemos que el proceso de toma de decisión se ve definido por dos lógicas contrapuestas. Primero, por la necesidad de los políticos de dar respuesta a presiones de la opinión pública y los medios de comunicación. Segundo, por la necesidad de estos de negociar con otros actores partícipes del debate político, tanto públicos como privados.

"An engaging and accessible introduction to the subject, Comparative Politics: Integrating Theories, Methods, and Cases gives students the methodological tools they need to answer the "big questions" in the field. The authors introduce methods early in the text and integrate them throughout, in Thinking Comparatively features, to help students develop a systematic way of thinking about comparative politics. Offering a hybrid format, the text's unique structure offers the best of thematic and country-by-country approaches. Sixteen succinct thematic chapters--organized around the "big questions" in the field--are followed by a separate section at the end of the book offering full-length profiles and case studies for fourteen countries. Examples of some of the "big picture questions discussed in the thematic chapters are, "Why do countries have different institutions and forms of government? Why do some social revolutions succeed and endure while others fail? Why are some societies subjected to terrorism and not others?" Each chapter integrates several standalone country case studies in Case in Context features; these features tie into the narrative, pose questions, and point students to the full case discussions in the country profiles section of the book"--