Notes on the Contributors - Introduction: Latin America Development and Super-Optimizing Analysis; S.S.Nagel - PART 1: ECONOMIC POLICY - The Crisis of the Welfare State and Its Influence on Latin America in the North-South Relations; E.Aragon, C.Dorado, J.Benavente, V.Marcelino & M.T.Pinero de Ruiz - Consensus Building in the Andean Integration System: 1968-1985; G.Mace - PART 2: SOCIAL POLICY - Social Policy and Political Dynamics in Latin America; E.A.Isuani - Dilemmas and Solutions in the Implementation of Social Policies in Latin America; B.Kliksberg - PART 3: TECHNOLOGY POLICY - Science and Technology Policies and Bureaucracies in Developing Countries: A Comparative Study of the Experience of India and Brazil in Electronics; J.D.Pedersen - Bureaucrats as Technology Policy Partners; E.Reis - PART 4: POLITICAL POLICY - Beyond the Party List: Electoral Reform in Venezuela; J.Molina - Contagion of Democracy in Latin America: The Case of Paraguay; M.Bostrom - Post-Marxism, the Left, and Democracy in Latin America; R.Chilcote - The Legacy of Authoritarianism in Democratic Brazil; P.Pinheiro - PART 5: CONSTITUTIONAL POLICY - From Coparticipation to Coalition: The Problem of Presidentialism in the Uruguayan Case, 1984-1990; M.Mancebo - Chile and the Prosecution of Military Officials for Human Rights Violations: A Comparative Analysis; A.Meiz - PART 6: PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS - Political Science in Mexico in the Cold War and Post-Cold War Context; E.Suarez-Iniguez - Index

This book analyzes various important aspects of methodology and substance regarding economic, social, and political policy in Latin America directed toward achieving more effective, efficient, and equitable societal institutions. The chapters are authored by experts from within Latin America and also from Latin America research institutes elsewhere. The book combines practical policy significance with insightful causal and prescriptive generalizations. The emphasis is on the role of governmental decision-making and the important (but secondary) role of the marketplace, social groups, and engineering.