The theoretical development of the Multiple Streams Framework (MSF) has been almost nonexistent in Latin America. Hence, the goal of this article is to examine its portability and provide a road map for researchers wanting to apply the framework to this particular policy context. To this end, various characteristic elements of Latin American politics are analyzed along three broad dimensions—delegative democracies, weak and dependent states, and social inequalities—and then discussed in relation to the core elements of the framework. Although the MSF appears to be capable of capturing the different dynamics at play, there are a number of crucial features that may prove to be a challenge for the framework and could arguably merit its modification for a more efficient application in the region. First, we suggest that its political stream could be modified, as it needs to acknowledge political contexts in which legislatures and political parties are weak, whereas powerful interest groups can exert a very strong influence over executives that dominate policymaking. Furthermore, we discuss if the MSF is able to decode the informal institutions based on corruption, which by now have turned into a constant in most political systems of the region and include illegal efforts by politicians and interest groups to influence how policies are formed.

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采取多流框架在拉丁美洲散步

多流框架 (MSF) 的理论发展在拉丁美洲几乎不存在。因此，本文的目标是检查其可移植性，并为希望将该框架应用于此特定政策背景的研究人员提供路线图。为此，从三个广泛的维度——授权民主、弱国和依附国家以及社会不平等——分析了拉丁美洲政治的各种特征要素，然后结合框架的核心要素进行了讨论。尽管 MSF 似乎能够捕捉到不同的动态，但有许多关键特征可能被证明是该框架的一个挑战，并且可以说值得对其进行修改，以便在该地区更有效地应用。第一的，我们建议可以修改其政治流派，因为它需要承认立法机构和政党薄弱的政治背景，而强大的利益集团可以对主导决策的高管施加非常强大的影响。此外，我们讨论无国界医生是否能够破译基于腐败的非正式制度，腐败现在已成为该地区大多数政治体系中的常态，包括政治家和利益集团为影响政策制定方式所做的非法努力。