2 Public policies in complex societies: Argentina, a case of a cyclical society
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Daniel García Delgado
Abstract
This chapter proposes as a general objective to show an analytical device to analyze public policies in complex societies such as those of Latin America. Specifically, we propose a style and method for analyzing public policies that refer to four aspects.
This method integrates policies within broader processes of change, framed, first, by a theory of the State Area and Public Policies of FLACSO Argentina, and, second, on models of the state–society relationship that integrates recent changes of governments, of development models. Third, this style of analysis and methodology prioritizes the capacity of the agency of the actors over the institutional. This approach focuses on power and conflict in the distribution of resources and public goods involved in all aspects of the public policies. Our society is complex and cyclical, due to the conflict between two coalitions of power and political traditions: the neoliberal and the national-popular. Both projects hold a promise of sustainability.
Fourth, and finally, we use three levels of understanding of the public arena: the global dimension; the national dimension; and the local dimension, which identifies endogenous aspects of public policies such as processes and the interaction of civil society actors with public bureaucracies.
Abstract
This chapter proposes as a general objective to show an analytical device to analyze public policies in complex societies such as those of Latin America. Specifically, we propose a style and method for analyzing public policies that refer to four aspects.
This method integrates policies within broader processes of change, framed, first, by a theory of the State Area and Public Policies of FLACSO Argentina, and, second, on models of the state–society relationship that integrates recent changes of governments, of development models. Third, this style of analysis and methodology prioritizes the capacity of the agency of the actors over the institutional. This approach focuses on power and conflict in the distribution of resources and public goods involved in all aspects of the public policies. Our society is complex and cyclical, due to the conflict between two coalitions of power and political traditions: the neoliberal and the national-popular. Both projects hold a promise of sustainability.
Fourth, and finally, we use three levels of understanding of the public arena: the global dimension; the national dimension; and the local dimension, which identifies endogenous aspects of public policies such as processes and the interaction of civil society actors with public bureaucracies.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures and tables vii
- Notes on contributors ix
- Preface xiii
- Introduction: history, problems, and theories of policy analysis in Argentina 1
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The theories, styles, and methods of policy analysis
- Public policies in complex societies: Argentina, a case of a cyclical society 21
- Policy analysis as a profession: the interaction between knowledge production and policy making 41
- The styles of policy analysis in Argentina: analytical frameworks in debate 56
- Prospective policy analysis: its development and application for Argentina 74
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Policy analysis by governments
- Policy analysis by the federal government: the contribution of the National Institute of Public Administration 91
- Policy analysis in the bureaucracy: the production of knowledge for professional public management training 105
- Policy analysis at the subnational level: an exploration of a collaborative governance model 119
- Policy analysis in Argentine local governments: a growing, heterogeneous, and controversial field of study 133
- Policy analysis at different levels of government: the managerial skills in leaders of policy networks in Argentina 151
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Internal policy advisory councils, consultants, and committees
- Government Administrators Corps in Argentina: a transformative initiative of internal consultants for public administration 173
- The Argentine Congress as an environment for public policy formulation: an analysis of its technical areas 187
- Policy analysis by national government advisory councils: knowledge production and its role in policy design and implementation 199
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Parties, private research centers, and interest group-based policy analysis
- Policy analysis in professional organizations: the contribution of the Argentine Association of Public Administration Studies 217
- Policy analysis by parties: political cadres formation and training for the public management in Argentina 230
- Democratic governance and the role of think tanks in the public policy cycle in Argentina 242
- Policy analysis in private research centers: the Center for the Study of State and Society and its production on state and public policies in Argentina 259
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Academics, teaching, and policy analysis in universities
- Academic policy analysis: the development of production in public administration and policy studies in Argentina (2001–2019) 279
- Emergence and development of public policies training tracks in Argentine universities 297
- Postgraduate university training in public administration, management, and public policy in Argentina: structure and distribution in the period 1990–2017 311
- Policy analysis at the universities: teaching comparative public administration with a Latin American perspective 328
- Index 356
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures and tables vii
- Notes on contributors ix
- Preface xiii
- Introduction: history, problems, and theories of policy analysis in Argentina 1
-
The theories, styles, and methods of policy analysis
- Public policies in complex societies: Argentina, a case of a cyclical society 21
- Policy analysis as a profession: the interaction between knowledge production and policy making 41
- The styles of policy analysis in Argentina: analytical frameworks in debate 56
- Prospective policy analysis: its development and application for Argentina 74
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Policy analysis by governments
- Policy analysis by the federal government: the contribution of the National Institute of Public Administration 91
- Policy analysis in the bureaucracy: the production of knowledge for professional public management training 105
- Policy analysis at the subnational level: an exploration of a collaborative governance model 119
- Policy analysis in Argentine local governments: a growing, heterogeneous, and controversial field of study 133
- Policy analysis at different levels of government: the managerial skills in leaders of policy networks in Argentina 151
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Internal policy advisory councils, consultants, and committees
- Government Administrators Corps in Argentina: a transformative initiative of internal consultants for public administration 173
- The Argentine Congress as an environment for public policy formulation: an analysis of its technical areas 187
- Policy analysis by national government advisory councils: knowledge production and its role in policy design and implementation 199
-
Parties, private research centers, and interest group-based policy analysis
- Policy analysis in professional organizations: the contribution of the Argentine Association of Public Administration Studies 217
- Policy analysis by parties: political cadres formation and training for the public management in Argentina 230
- Democratic governance and the role of think tanks in the public policy cycle in Argentina 242
- Policy analysis in private research centers: the Center for the Study of State and Society and its production on state and public policies in Argentina 259
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Academics, teaching, and policy analysis in universities
- Academic policy analysis: the development of production in public administration and policy studies in Argentina (2001–2019) 279
- Emergence and development of public policies training tracks in Argentine universities 297
- Postgraduate university training in public administration, management, and public policy in Argentina: structure and distribution in the period 1990–2017 311
- Policy analysis at the universities: teaching comparative public administration with a Latin American perspective 328
- Index 356
