TY - JOUR
T1 - Place-Sensitive Policies in the Provision of Subnational Public Goods in Colombia
AU - Otero-Bahamón, Silvia
N1 - Funding Information:
For excellent and helpful comments on earlier versions of this article, I would like to thank the editor of LAPS; the editors of the special issue, Imke Harbers and Abbey Steele; three anonymous reviewers; participants at the REPAL conference in 2018; and my colleagues Isabel Castillo, Rodrigo Barrenechea, Tatiana Andia, and Sandra Botero. As part of my dissertation, this project received financial support from EDGS (Northwestern University).
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© University of Miami 2020.
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PY - 2020/8/1
Y1 - 2020/8/1
N2 - What causes stark differences in living standards between subnational units? What can countries do to lessen such variations? This article argues that there is an aspect of national policy frameworks that impacts subnational provision of social services: the sensitivity of policy to the particularities of place. Place-sensitive policies make adaptations to the way social services are organized and provided across a country, so that they are better equipped to deal with the different characteristics of places and better support their well-being. When policies are place-sensitive, subnational provision is facilitated in poor, rural, and marginal locations in a country. In contrast, place-blind policies employ a one-size-fits-all approach that excludes people in vulnerable areas and aggravates inequalities in social service provision and social outcomes. By studying the Colombian case, this article demonstrates that a key placeblind feature of its healthcare model disproportionately affects small localities.
AB - What causes stark differences in living standards between subnational units? What can countries do to lessen such variations? This article argues that there is an aspect of national policy frameworks that impacts subnational provision of social services: the sensitivity of policy to the particularities of place. Place-sensitive policies make adaptations to the way social services are organized and provided across a country, so that they are better equipped to deal with the different characteristics of places and better support their well-being. When policies are place-sensitive, subnational provision is facilitated in poor, rural, and marginal locations in a country. In contrast, place-blind policies employ a one-size-fits-all approach that excludes people in vulnerable areas and aggravates inequalities in social service provision and social outcomes. By studying the Colombian case, this article demonstrates that a key placeblind feature of its healthcare model disproportionately affects small localities.
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U2 - 10.1017/lap.2020.8
DO - 10.1017/lap.2020.8
M3 - Research Article
AN - SCOPUS:85087976176
SN - 1531-426X
VL - 62
SP - 94
EP - 122
JO - Latin American Politics and Society
JF - Latin American Politics and Society
IS - 3
ER -