Subnational states, bureaucracies and networks: an overview of provincial public administration in Córdoba, Argentina.
This paper sets out to investigate the institutional framework and to examine the civil service in the public administration of the province of Córdoba, Argentina, more than twenty years after the "New State", a reform led by José Manuel de la Sota when he took office for his first term as...
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Instituto de Investigación y Formación en Administración Pública (IIFAP-FCS-UNC)
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/APyS/article/view/41270 |
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| Sumario: | This paper sets out to investigate the institutional framework and to examine the civil service in the public administration of the province of Córdoba, Argentina, more than twenty years after the "New State", a reform led by José Manuel de la Sota when he took office for his first term as provincial governor in 1999. From that moment on, a period marked by the continuity of the management of the Unión por Córdoba alliance (Hacemos por Córdoba from 2019 and Hacemos Unidos por Córdoba from 2023 onwards) began, under which the predominant features of the Cordoba state were profoundly transformed in terms of its role as an articulator of social relations, links with the private sector, the adoption of managerial criteria of administration, the incorporation of management technologies, among others. In order to advance in this objective, a quantitative analysis is carried out based on the results of a self-administered survey with structured questions to personnel from different departments that form part of the provincial bureaucracy. Thus, after introducing some theoretical and methodological clarifications, we present selected results of the survey grouped into five areas: a) general characterization of the bureaucracy, b) perceptions of the performance of government and public administration, c) imaginaries of the role of the state, management model and public agenda, d) bureaucratic state capacities, and e) networks and governance. Finally, some preliminary balances are proposed, as well as questions to continue (re)thinking about subnational statehood in the province. |
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