Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes, and Policy Outcomes in Paraguay, 1954-2003

This paper characterizes the evolution of Paraguay's policymaking process (PMP) between 1954 and 2003. We present an overview of the PMP under the rule of Alfredo Stroessner (1954-89) and explore the institutional setting emerging after 1989. We discuss how the Colorado Party progressively brok...

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Autores principales:	Molinas,José, Pérez Liñán,Aníbal, Saiegh,Sebastián
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Ciencia Política 2004
Materias:	Paraguay Veto-players Policymaking Parties Legislative Politics
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-090X20040002000042005-02-21Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes, and Policy Outcomes in Paraguay, 1954-2003Molinas,JoséPérez Liñán,AníbalSaiegh,Sebastián Paraguay Veto-players Policymaking Parties Legislative Politics This paper characterizes the evolution of Paraguay's policymaking process (PMP) between 1954 and 2003. We present an overview of the PMP under the rule of Alfredo Stroessner (1954-89) and explore the institutional setting emerging after 1989. We discuss how the Colorado Party progressively broke up into several factions and characterize the distinctive patterns of policymaking that emerged after the adoption of the 1992 Constitution. We hypothesize that the presence of a large number of veto players has made policy change more difficult and that legislators are inclined to pursue particularistic policies. In order to test those hypotheses we rely on a database containing virtually every bill introduced in Congress since April of 1992. Our conclusions suggest that the current Paraguayan PMP may be flexible for the provision of particularistic benefits, but rigid for the approval of broad regulatory or redistributive policies.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Ciencia PolíticaRevista de ciencia política (Santiago) v.24 n.2 20042004-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-090X2004000200004en10.4067/S0718-090X2004000200004
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spellingShingle	Paraguay Veto-players Policymaking Parties Legislative Politics Molinas,José Pérez Liñán,Aníbal Saiegh,Sebastián Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes, and Policy Outcomes in Paraguay, 1954-2003
description	This paper characterizes the evolution of Paraguay's policymaking process (PMP) between 1954 and 2003. We present an overview of the PMP under the rule of Alfredo Stroessner (1954-89) and explore the institutional setting emerging after 1989. We discuss how the Colorado Party progressively broke up into several factions and characterize the distinctive patterns of policymaking that emerged after the adoption of the 1992 Constitution. We hypothesize that the presence of a large number of veto players has made policy change more difficult and that legislators are inclined to pursue particularistic policies. In order to test those hypotheses we rely on a database containing virtually every bill introduced in Congress since April of 1992. Our conclusions suggest that the current Paraguayan PMP may be flexible for the provision of particularistic benefits, but rigid for the approval of broad regulatory or redistributive policies.
author	Molinas,José Pérez Liñán,Aníbal Saiegh,Sebastián
author_facet	Molinas,José Pérez Liñán,Aníbal Saiegh,Sebastián
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title	Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes, and Policy Outcomes in Paraguay, 1954-2003
title_short	Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes, and Policy Outcomes in Paraguay, 1954-2003
title_full	Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes, and Policy Outcomes in Paraguay, 1954-2003
title_fullStr	Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes, and Policy Outcomes in Paraguay, 1954-2003
title_full_unstemmed	Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes, and Policy Outcomes in Paraguay, 1954-2003
title_sort	political institutions, policymaking processes, and policy outcomes in paraguay, 1954-2003
publisher	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Ciencia Política
publishDate	2004
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Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes, and Policy Outcomes in Paraguay, 1954-2003

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