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Hybrid Regimes for Local Public Goods Provision: A Framework for Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

Alison E. Post ,
Vivian Bronsoler  and
Lana Salman
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Abstract

There is a growing recognition that the state is not the sole provider of “local public goods” such as water and education in the developing world. Mainstream approaches to the study of local public goods provision, however, have yet to incorporate these insights. We offer a descriptive typology of hybrid local public goods regimes, or systems in which both state and non-state actors contribute to provision. It emphasizes two dimensions: the type of state involvement (direct versus indirect provision), and the degree of formal state penetration. The politics of producing local public goods, we argue, takes on distinct forms in each cell. The framework allows scholars to develop more accurate and precise explanations of variation in service quality and access, and to choose more appropriate outcome measures. We illustrate the utility of this framework by analyzing distinct hybrid regimes for water and sanitation, and mass transit in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

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Special Section: Problems of the State in the Developing World
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Perspectives on Politics , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , December 2017 , pp. 952 - 966
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2017 

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