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Explaining public accountability deficit in extractive policies: The Ecuadorian case
Ist Teil von
The extractive industries and society, 2018-01, Vol.5 (1), p.190-200
Ort / Verlag
Elsevier Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr
2018
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Alma/SFX Local Collection
Beschreibungen/Notizen
•A causal mechanism of accountability deficit in Ecuadoŕs oil policy is tested using Bayesian logic.•Policy instruments are utilized as empirical observations to test the theoretical causal mechanism.•Resource nationalism in Ecuador is hampering democracy because of a hierarchical mode of governance.•Policy implications include designing a new sectorial reform aimed at increasing transparency and empowerment of social actors.
This study presents a causal mechanism linking resource nationalism with public accountability deficit. The adoption of policy aims triggers an institutional drift at three levels. At a normative level, bureaucratic centralism is adopted by the government. At the strategic level a sectorial policy fostering the statés control over the policy area is formulated. At an operational level, the government favors coercive conflict management to cope with protests against the extractive policy. The theoretical causal mechanism is confirmed after passing 19/20 empirical tests, which raises the posterior confidence up to 0.73 according to the Bayesian formalization. The findings show a way for institutional and policy change to tackle the resource curse, even though further research on other typical cases (such as Venezuela) and deviant cases (such as Mexico) should increase the external validity of the theory.