Skip to main content

ETHNOS_APP

Home • Search • Journals • List 0

The Diffusion of Regulatory Capitalism in Latin America

Sectoral and National Channels in the Making of a New Order

Bibliographic Data

ID9753486
AuthorsJacint Jordana (0000-0003-2700-6747, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, corresponding author), D Levi-Faur (0000-0001-6998-5483, Australian National University)
Year2005
Volume598
Issue1
Pages102-124
Publication date2005-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0002716204272587
OpenAlexW2084027161
LanguageEN
Citations received109
References cited41

This article analyzes the sweeping restructuring of the state in Latin America and the consequent institutionalization of a new regulatory order. The analysis is grounded in an original database that covers the creation of regulatory agencies and their reform in nineteen countries and twelve sectors over the period from 1979 to 2002. The authors’ data capture both the national and the sectoral patterns of the rise of the new order, and the authors distinguish between (1) national patterns of diffusion, whereby the number of prior regulatory authorities within a country determines the probability of the establishment of new authorities in that country; and (2) sectoral patterns of diffusion, whereby the number of prior regulatory authority in the same sector in other countries determines the probability of the establishment of new regulatory authority in that sector. The results coincide with a growing body of literature that emphasizes the role of contagious diffusion and shed some new light on sectoral and national channels of diffusion

Business · Economic system · Economics · Institutionalisation · Latin Americans · Order (exchange · Political science · Restructuring · State (computer science · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Finance · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Regulation and Compliance Studies

  • Direito da concorrência e neoliberalismo

    Open Access•Iagê Zendron Miola•Revista Direito e Práxis•2016

  • Auditing Web accessibility

    Open Access•G Anthony Giannoumis•First Monday•2015

  • Political Competition, Partisanship, and Policy Making in Latin American Public Utilities

    Open Access•María Victoria Murillo•Political Competition,…•2009

  • On the Origins of Neoliberalism

    Nitsan Chorev•Handbooks of Sociology and Social…•2010

  • The Politics of Institutional Weakness in Latin America

    Open Access•Daniel M Brinks, Steven Levitsky et al.•Politics of Institutional…•2020

  • A spatial model incorporating dynamic, endogenous network interdependence

    Open Access•Judith C Hays, Jude C Hays et al.•Statistical Methodology•2010

  • A conceptual framework for understanding the social acceptance of energy infrastructure

    Open Access•Patrick Devine‐wright, Susana Batel et al.•Energy Policy•2017

  • Contagion, Common Exposure, and Selection

    Open Access•Robert J Franzese, Judith C Hays et al.•SSRN Electronic Journal•2008

  • The Continuing Importance of Political Ties in China

    Weilei Shi, Lívia Markoczy et al.•Academy of Management Perspectives•2014

  • Ideology and Networks

    Open Access•Natasha Borges Sugiyama, Natasha Borges Sugiyama Natasha Borges Sugiyama•Latin American Research Review•2008

  • Modernization, Globalization, Trends, and Convergence in Health Expenditure in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Noy, P A Mcmanus•Sociology of Development•2015

  • Integrating Rights- and Dialogue-Based Approaches to Business–Community Negotiations in Complex Environments

    Open Access•Mara Isabel Hernández Estrada, Nicole Altamirano Bahena et al.•Negotiation Journal•2026

  • World Ordering

    Open Access•Emanuel Adler•World Ordering•2019

  • Organizational Challenges to Regulatory Enforcement and Compliance

    Open Access•Susan S Silbey•The Annals of the American…•2013

  • Assemblies Across Borders

    Open Access•Felipe Rey, Indira Latorre•Journal of Deliberative Democracy•2026

  • Legislative Control of Rulemaking in a Dependent State

    Open Access•Paulo B M Costa, Christiane Teixeira Dos Santos Delphim et al.•Politics & Policy•2026

  • Work, Power and Performance

    Open Access•N Couldry, Jo Littler•Cultural Sociology•2011

  • Empirical Modeling of Policy Diffusion in Federal States

    Open Access•Fabrizio Gilardi, Katharina Füglister•Swiss Political Science Review•2008

  • Delegation, Presidential Regimes, and Latin American Regulatory Agencies

    Open Access•Jacint Jordana, Carlos Ramió•Journal of Politics in Latin…•2010

  • Regulatory Agencies and Courts in the South

    Open Access•Julián Daniel López-Murcia•Journal of Politics in Latin…•2013

  • Regulatory capitalism and its discontents

    Open Access•John K Yasuda, Christopher Ansell•Regulation & Governance•2014

  • Civil society and the regulatory state of the South

    Open Access•Kathryn Hochstetler•Regulation & Governance•2012

  • The pathway out of neoliberalism and the analysis of political ideology in the post-crisis world

    John S F Wright•Journal of Political Ideologies•2015

  • Introduction

    Christoph Knill•Journal of European Public Policy•2005

  • Varieties of Regulatory Capitalism

    Open Access•D Levi-Faur, David Levi‐faur•Governance•2006

  • A new measurement model and database of the democratic qualities of regulatory bodies

    Open Access•Libby Maman, Jacint Jordana et al.•Policy & Politics•2025

  • The quest for regional hub of education

    Ka-Ho Mok, Ka Ho Mok•Journal of Education Policy•2011

  • Control Modes in the Age of Transnational Governance

    Open Access•Dirk Lehmkuhl•Law & Policy•2008

  • From Decentralised Developmental State Towards Authoritarian Regulatory State

    Peng Liu, Liu Peng•China An International Journal•2010

  • Political Competition and Policy Adoption

    Open Access•María Victoria Murillo, Cecilia Martínez‐gallardo•American Journal of Political…•2007

  • Votes for Water

    Open Access•Erum A Haider, Niloufer Siddiqui•Studies in Comparative…•2024

  • Institutional change and the evolution of the regulatory state

    Open Access•Martino Maggetti•International Review of…•2014

  • Trans-national diffusion patterns and the future of far right party research

    Open Access•Steven M Van Hauwaert•European Journal of Futures…•2014

  • Privatisation, welfare reform, and the rise of regulatory capitalism

    Open Access•Mike Raco•Dialogues in Human Geography•2012

  • The W ashington Consensus and Social Policy

    Open Access•Noy, Shiri Noy•Latin American Policy•2015

  • How Regulatory Decisions are Made at the De Facto Level

    Open Access•Camilo Ignacio González•Latin American Policy•2018

  • Regulating Care

    Open Access•Ixchel Pérez‐durán, Joaquin Rozas‐Bugueño et al.•Regulation & Governance•2026

  • Organizations, Regulation, and Economic Behavior

    Marc Schneiberg, T Bartley•Annual Review of Law and Social…•2008

  • Political transition, policy learning and failures to learn

    Charles Wharton Kaye-Essien•International Development…•2020

  • Delegation and varieties of capitalism

    Open Access•Marco Guidi•Comparative European Politics•2013

  • The Same, But Different

    Open Access•Fabrizio Gilardi•Comparative European Politics•2007

  • On far right parties, master frames and trans-national diffusion

    Open Access•Steven M Van Hauwaert•Comparative European Politics•2018

  • Modern Regulatory Policy – Ideals and Practice

    Open Access•Tom Christensen, Per Lægreid•Policy and Society•2007

  • Policy transfer, neo-liberalism or coercive institutional isomorphism? Explaining the emergence of a regulatory regime for quality assurance in the Hong Kong higher education sector

    Open Access•Darryl S L Jarvis•Policy and Society•2014

  • Foreign Prescriptions and Domestic Interests

    Claudia Díaz Ríos, Claudia Milena Díaz Ríos•Journal of Comparative Policy…•2016

  • Why Study the Spread of Culture-led Development Strategies

    Aase Marthe Johansen Horrigmo•Regional & Federal Studies•2012

  • Platform parasitism

    Yosuke Uchiyama, Jamie Woodcock•New Political Economy•2025

  • Integrating rule takers

    Laszlo Bruszt, Gerald A Mcdermott•Review of International Political…•2011

  • Instrument constituencies and transnational policy diffusion

    Daniel Béland, Rosina Foli et al.•Review of International Political…•2018

  • The diffusion of financial supervisory governance ideas

    Christopher Gandrud•Review of International Political…•2012

  • The BRICs and the Washington Consensus

    Cornel Ban, Mark Blyth•Review of International Political…•2013

  • Paradigm shift in the global IP regime

    Jean-Frédéric Morin•Review of International Political…•2013

  • Measuring and comparing the distribution of decision-making power in regulatory arrangements of the telecommunication sector in Latin America

    Open Access•Camilo Ignacio González•Utilities Policy•2017

  • Can we have it all? The evolution of regulatory frameworks in Latin America

    Open Access•Camilo Ignacio González•Utilities Policy•2022

  • Transgovernmentalism Meets Security

    Open Access•Ersel Aydınlı, Hasan Yön•Governance•2010

  • Varieties of regulatory regimes in Asia

    Ka-Ho Mok•The Pacific Review•2008

  • The telecommunications regulatory regimes in Hong Kong and Singapore

    Martin Painter, Shiufai Wong et al.•The Pacific Review•2007

  • The growing importance of the privateness in education

    Ka-Ho Mok•Compare A Journal of Comparative…•2008

  • Why do countries emulate each others’ policies? A global study of renewable energy policy diffusion

    Open Access•E Baldwin, Sanya Carley et al.•World Development•2019

  • How Investor Portfolios Shape Regulatory Outcomes

    Open Access•Alison E Post, María Victoria Murillo•World Development•2015

  • Coercion and the Global Spread of Securities Regulation

    Johannes Kleibl•International Interactions•2014

  • Creación de organizaciones públicas en Colombia

    Open Access•Camilo Ignacio González, Luisa Fernanda Tanco Cruz•Innovar•2019

  • When neighbours matter most

    Lora Cohen‐vogel, W Kyle Ingle•Journal of Education Policy•2007

  • The institutionalization of meritocracy in Latin American regulatory agencies

    Open Access•Salvador Parrado, Miquel Salvador•International Review of…•2011

  • The Global Diffusion of Regulatory Capitalism

    Open Access•D Levi-Faur•The Annals of the American…•2005

  • Regulatory Capitalism as a Networked Order

    Open Access•David Lazer•The Annals of the American…•2005

  • Policy Learning, Policy Diffusion, and the Making of a New Order

    Open Access•Covadonga Meseguer•The Annals of the American…•2005

  • The Dialectics of Equity

    Kathryn Furlong•Annals of the Association of…•2013

  • The Limits of Europeanization

    Open Access•Jacint Jordana, D Levi-Faur et al.•Governance•2006

  • The rewards of cooperation

    Open Access•Martino Maggetti•European Journal of Political…•2014

  • When Does Diffusion Matter? Explaining the Spread of Structural Pension Reforms Across Nations

    Sarah M Brooks•The Journal of Politics•2007

  • Agency proliferation and the globalization of the regulatory state

    Open Access•Jacint Jordana, Xavier Fernández-I-Marín et al.•Regulation & Governance•2018

  • TheBrazilianAssociation ofRegulatoryAgencies

    Open Access•Andrea C Bianculli•Regulation & Governance•2013

  • Are regulatory agencies independent in practice? Evidence from board members in Spain

    Open Access•Xavier Fernández-I-Marín, Jacint Jordana et al.•Regulation & Governance•2016

  • Agencies’ formal independence and credible commitment in the Latin American regulatory state

    Open Access•Andrés Pavón Mediano•Regulation & Governance•2020

  • Agency independence and credibility in primary bond markets

    Open Access•Tal Sadeh, Eyal Rubinson•Regulation & Governance•2024

  • Quo Vadis? Career paths of Brazilian regulators

    Open Access•Alketa Peci, Aline De Menezes Santos et al.•Regulation & Governance•2022

  • The local political economy of the regulatory state

    Open Access•Liam Clegg, Fay Madeleine Farstad et al.•Regulation & Governance•2021

  • Regulation and development

    Open Access•Mauricio I Dussauge‐laguna, Alejandra Elizondo et al.•Regulation & Governance•2024

  • Autonomous agencies and relational contracts in government bond issues

    Open Access•Tal Sadeh, Yehuda Porath•Regulation & Governance•2020

  • Regulatory reforms, normative changes, and performance

    Open Access•Camilo Ignacio González, Alketa Peci•Regulation & Governance•2024

  • Performing central bank independence

    Open Access•Andrew Baker, Andrew Hindmoor et al.•Regulation & Governance•2024

  • Regulating Islamic banks in authoritarian settings

    Open Access•Fulya Apaydin•Regulation & Governance•2018

  • Hybrid Regimes for Local Public Goods Provision

    Open Access•Alison E Post, Vivian Bronsoler et al.•Perspectives on Politics•2017

  • Taking ‘Galton's Problem’ Seriously

    Open Access•D Braun, Fabrizio Gilardi•Journal of Theoretical Politics•2006

  • De facto regulatory decision-making processes in telecommunications regulation

    Open Access•Camilo Ignacio González, Koen Verhoest•Journal of Public Policy•2020

  • Problems (and solutions) in the measurement of policy diffusion mechanisms

    Open Access•Martino Maggetti, Fabrizio Gilardi•Journal of Public Policy•2016

  • Contingent technocracy

    Open Access•Manuel P Teodoro, M Anne Pitcher•Journal of Public Policy•2017

  • Institutional Design and Formal Autonomy

    Kutsal Yesilkagit, James G Christensen•Journal of Public Administration…•2010

  • The international sources of policy convergence

    Per-Olof Busch, Helge Jörgens•Journal of European Public Policy•2005

  • Regulatory Capitalism

    Open Access•D Levi-Faur, David Levi‐faur•Governance•2006

  • Explaining regulatory autonomy in EU network sectors

    Open Access•Moritz Wassum, Fabrizio De Francesco•Governance•2020

  • Keeping control of regulation? Domestic constraints on the creation of independent authorities in emerging and developing economies

    Open Access•Christel Koop, Philip Kessler•Governance•2021

  • Learning, political regimes and the liberalisation of trade

    Open Access•Covadonga Meseguer, Abel Escribà-Folch et al.•European Journal of Political…•2011

  • The Global Diffusion of Regulatory Agencies

    Open Access•Jacint Jordana, D Levi-Faur et al.•Comparative Political Studies•2011

  • Learning From Others

    Open Access•Fabrizio Gilardi, Katharina Füglister et al.•Comparative Political Studies•2009

  • The Political Communication of Independent Regulatory Agencies

    Open Access•Manuel Puppis, Martino Maggetti et al.•Swiss Political Science Review•2014

  • Beyond the centre

    Open Access•J M Domingues•European Journal of Social Theory•2011

  • Revisiting regulatory independence

    Open Access•Ahmed Badran•Public Policy and Administration•2017

  • Regulatory Capitalism and the UK Labour Government's Reregulation of Commissioning in the English National Health Service

    Open Access•John S F Wright•Law & Policy•2011

  • The Cambridge history of Latin America

    Leslie Bethell•The Cambridge history of Latin…•1984

  • Regulations, Institutions, and Commitment

    Open Access•Brian Levy, Pablo T Spiller•Regulations, Institutions, and…•1996

  • Presidentialism and Democracy in Latin America

    Open Access•Scott Mainwaring, Matthew Soberg Shugart•Presidentialism and Democracy in…•1997

  • The IMF and Economic Development

    Open Access•James Raymond Vreeland•IMF and Economic Development•2003

  • The Institutional Environment for Economic Growth

    Open Access•Witold J Henisz•Economics and Politics•2000

  • Pension Reform in Europe

    Robert Holzmann, Mitchell Orenstein et al.•Pension reform in Europe•2003

  • The Politics of Economic Adjustment

    Stephan Haggard, Robert R Kaufman•Politics of Economic Adjustment•1992

  • The Politics of Market Reform in Fragile Democracies

    Open Access•K Weyland•Politics of Market Reform in…•2002

  • Understanding the role of leadership in economic policy reform

    Open Access•Joe Wallis•World Development•1999

  • The effect of IMF programs on economic growth

    Open Access•Adam Przeworski, James Raymond Vreeland•Journal of Development Economics•2000

  • Classifying Political Regimes in Latin

    Open Access•Scott Mainwaring, Daniel M Brinks et al.•Studies in Comparative…•2001

  • The politics of neoliberal economic reform in South America, 1980–1994

    Open Access•Karen L Remmer•Studies in Comparative…•1998

  • Classifying political regimes

    Open Access•Mike Alvarez, José Antônio Cheibub et al.•Studies in Comparative…•1996

  • Political Insecurity and the Diffusion of Financial Market Regulation

    Open Access•Christopher Way, Christopher R Way•The Annals of the American…•2005

  • Regulatory Capitalism as a Networked Order

    Open Access•David Lazer•The Annals of the American…•2005

  • Policy Learning, Policy Diffusion, and the Making of a New Order

    Open Access•Covadonga Meseguer•The Annals of the American…•2005

  • The Institutional Foundations of Regulatory Capitalism

    Open Access•Fabrizio Gilardi•The Annals of the American…•2005

  • The rise of the regulatory state in Europe

    Giandomenico Majone•West European Politics•1994

  • The Governance of Competition

    Open Access•D Levi-Faur•Journal of Public Policy•1999

  • National Styles and Policy Sectors

    Open Access•Gary P Freeman•Journal of Public Policy•1985

  • Tutors and Pupils

    Open Access•Wade Jacoby•Governance•2001

  • The politics of liberalisation

    Open Access•D Levi-Faur, David Levi‐faur•European Journal of Political…•2003

  • On the “Net Impact” of Europeanization

    Open Access•D Levi-Faur•Comparative Political Studies•2004

  • Distributional Coalitions and the Politics of Economic Reform in Latin America

    Open Access•Hector E Schamis•World Politics•1999

  • Political Bias in Policy Convergence

    Open Access•María Victoria Murillo•World Politics•2002

  • From the Positive to the Regulatory State

    Open Access•Giandomenico Majone•Journal of Public Policy•1997

  • Globalization and the changing architecture of the state

    Kanishka Jayasuriya•Journal of European Public Policy•2001

  • Interdependent and Domestic Foundations of Policy Change

    Open Access•Sarah M Brooks•International Studies Quarterly•2005

  • Diffusion and the International Context of Democratization

    Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Michael D Ward•International Organization•2006

  • Swallowing the Bitter Pill

    Open Access•K Weyland•Comparative Political Studies•1998

  • Time is of the Essence

    J M Box-Steffensmeier, Bradford Jones et al.•American Journal of Political…•1997

  • Strong States and Weak States

    Open Access•Michael Atkinson, Michael M Atkinson et al.•British Journal of Political…•1989

  • The Global Diffusion of Regulatory Capitalism

    Open Access•D Levi-Faur•The Annals of the American…•2005

  • The Globalization of Liberalization

    Open Access•Beth A Simmons, Zachary Elkins•American Political Science Review•2004

  • Innovation in the States

    Open Access•Virginia Gray•American Political Science Review•1973

  • The Diffusion of Innovations among the American States

    Open Access•Jack L Walker, Jack Walker•American Political Science Review•1969

  • Regulatory Policy in Latin America

    Open Access•Melissa H Birch, Luigi Manzetti•Latin American Politics and Society•2001

Unique citing works109
Citations per year5,19
Citation span2005 - 2026 (22)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedYes
Citation typesNeutral: 107

Tools

Open DOISci-Hub
Ethnos_APP • Open Source Project • MIT License • Frontend v2.0.0 • Privacy and Cookies • API Documentation: api.ethnos.app/docs • API Source Code: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17049435 • Frontend Source Code: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17050053 • cruz.rio.br • Expectantes Misericordiae