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Author: Jonathan A. Fox (Professor in the Latin American and Latino Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.20cm
, Height: 3.10cm
, Length: 24.10cm
Weight: 0.845kg
ISBN: 9780199208852
ISBN 10: 0199208859
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 13 December 2007
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
I fully recommend this book to Mexican scholars and those involved in the design of new policy packages and development interventions in politically complex, heterogeneous, and transitional national spaces. * Tim Trench, Development in Practice * insightful...Accountability Politics introduces a new analytic framework that takes valuable steps toward recapturing aspects of politics in the developing world that have been overlooked by far too many for far too long. As such, it would be unfortunate if Fox's work were read only by those interested in Latin America or the rural poor - its potential application is far wider * William T. Barndt, Comparative Political Studies * This is the latest book from one of the most prolific scholars of rural politics in Mexico...Within the Neo-Weberian institutionalist approach, this book is certainly among the best. It will nonetheless be a valuable tool for specialised postgraduate courses on issues of accountability, transparency and state-civil society relations in rural areas. * Leandro Vergara-Camus, Bulletin of Latin American Research * This book is an important contribution to the literature on new political and democratic spaces in Latin America. Rich, refreshing and provocative in ideas...It is well written, clearly presented, innovative and empirically strong, going well beyond the study of electoral and elected institutions to focus on new accountability dynamics. * Alberto Arce, Journal of Latin American Studies * Accountability Politics...systematically assesses the conditions under which civil society actors can successfully demand greater accountability from government officials and agencies. * Claudio A. Holzner, Latin American Politics and Society * I recently handed it to a student interested in exploring the field of state society relations with the instruction, read this all of it!... the book makes a very important contribution to the growing classics on democratic accountability * John Gaventa, The Journal of Peasant Studies *
I recently handed it to a student interested in exploring the field of state society relations with the instruction, read this all of it!... the book makes a very important contribution to the growing classics on democratic accountability John Gaventa, The Journal of Peasant Studies Accountability Politics...systematically assesses the conditions under which civil society actors can successfully demand greater accountability from government officials and agencies. Claudio A. Holzner, Latin American Politics and Society This book is an important contribution to the literature on new political and democratic spaces in Latin America. Rich, refreshing and provocative in ideas...It is well written, clearly presented, innovative and empirically strong, going well beyond the study of electoral and elected institutions to focus on new accountability dynamics. Alberto Arce, Journal of Latin American Studies This is the latest book from one of the most prolific scholars of rural politics in Mexico...Within the Neo-Weberian institutionalist approach, this book is certainly among the best. It will nonetheless be a valuable tool for specialised postgraduate courses on issues of accountability, transparency and state-civil society relations in rural areas. Leandro Vergara-Camus, Bulletin of Latin American Research insightful...Accountability Politics introduces a new analytic framework that takes valuable steps toward recapturing aspects of politics in the developing world that have been overlooked by far too many for far too long. As such, it would be unfortunate if Fox's work were read only by those interested in Latin America or the rural poor - its potential application is far wider William T. Barndt, Comparative Political Studies I fully recommend this book to Mexican scholars and those involved in the design of new policy packages and development interventions in politically complex, heterogeneous, and transitional national spaces. Tim Trench, Development in Practice
Author Information
Jonathan Fox was born in New York City and studied politics at Princeton University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is Professor in the interdisciplinary Latin American and Latino Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He has published widely on issues of development policy, democratization, institutional reform and migrant civil society. He began carrying out field research in Mexico in 1982, and has also worked in Brazil, Central America, and the Philippines. He works with a diverse array of public interest groups, development agencies, social organizations, and private foundations.
