Subjects, objects, decisions and escapes - the approval process for Communication Act in Ecuador

Abstract

The new regulatory processes in Communication in several Latin American countries are linked to a political reform process called "Latin American progressive left." The latest country to join this reformist trend is Ecuador, where after four years of debate has reached an agreement about this topic. This paper tries to understand the policymaking process. Moreover, aims to know how the debate developed on the new Communication regulation in Ecuador. Through documentary analysis and following the study methodology of policy net works (Scharpf, 1993, Parsons, 2007) the paper aims to know how advanced the policymaking discussion regarding the interests of the different policynetworks, showing the evolution of main issues between the different projects and the final document, and the main themes of interest and discussion during this process, finally establishing what issues were modified and which were more complex to reverse.

Communication Act; Ecuador; Policynetworks; Public policies; Progressive governments