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Herrera draws from a wide range of primary and secondary sources gathered from 2007 to 2012, including 180 interviews, participant observation data, archival material, government reports, freedom of information requests, performance indicators for water utilities, economic census data, national water extraction permit data, and extensive newspaper article coverage. She interviewed mayors, members/presidents of citizen water boards, business leaders, civil servants in local, state, and national agencies, trade union representatives, party leaders, and water sector experts in search of an answer to the question: Why do some cities adopt successful reforms while others do not? Many explanations emphasize international or national processes, such as the coercive role of international financial institutions, the role of “mental models,” or ideology in driving convergence, and changes such as decentralization. While important, they do not completely explain variation from city to city, even when those cities share similar geographic and socioeconomic conditions. Herrera shows how political leaders and societal forces shape who gets access and whether this valuable public resource is delivered. Eight chapters are: public services after democratization and decentralization; accounting for reform in the Mexican urban water sector; water and particularistic politics in urban Mexico: a historical overview; reform adoption in Le<’o>n and Irapuato: policy insulation through broad elite incorporation; reform adoption in Naucalpan and Celaya: policy insulation through narrow elite incorporation; reform failure in Toluca and Xalapa: ad hoc solutions and gradual services decay; reform failure in Neza and Veracruz: repurposed clientelism and acute services decay; politics, time horizons, and the global water crisis. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
作者簡介
Veronica Herrera is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Connecticut.
