This book studies policymaking in the Latin American electricity and telecommunication sectors. Murillo's analysis of the Latin American electricity and telecom

Shows that electoral competition and partisan government helped balance the conflicting demands of voters' interests with the financial pressures generated by c

Shows that electoral competition and partisan government helped balance the conflicting demands of voters' interests with the financial pressures generated by c

Why labor unions resisted and submitted during the economic crises of the 1990s.

Explores how non-policy resources, including administrative competence, patronage, and activists' networks, shape both electoral results and which voters get wh