The global launch of the Handbook of Public Policy in Latin America will take place at the International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP7) in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

This Handbook covers the subject area of Public Policy in Latin America, a world region that shares similar socio-cultural, political, institutional, and administrative characteristics. This publication gives an overview of public policy research in Latin America, bringing together a host of 66 recognized scholars and practitioners from the region. The 40 chapters are composed in a genuine policy perspective but, at the same time, bringing to an international audience the original contributions on practical and theoretical innovations in public policy originated in Latin America. The knowledge produced by the chapter's authors help to strengthen the visibility and instrumentality of public policy research in Latin America and its contribution to the international debate, to help societies to tackle the pressing issues of our time.

Some chapters of the Handbook will be presented on session 1 of T02P03 - Policy Analysis and Policy Research in Latin America of the ICCP7 (time and place to be announced in the ICPP7’s programme):

Introduction to Public Policy in Latin America, by Leonardo Secchi (Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Brazil), and Cesar Nicandro Cruz-Rubio (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)
Critical policy studies in Latin America, by Rosana Boullosa (University of Brasilia/Brazil and Enap/Brazil)
Incorporating the temporal differences between the global and local contexts in the public policymaking process in Latin America, by Martha-Isabel Gómez-Lee (Universidad Externado de Colombia)
Human Rights and Public Policies in Ecuador: Between Centrality and the "Thorn in the Side", by Efren Guerrero (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador)

Feel free to come!