Handbook of Public Management in Latin America and the Caribbean

Edited by Maria P. Aristigueta, Professor and Dean Emerita, Biden School of Public Policy and Public Administration, University of Delaware and Edgar E. Ramírez de la Cruz, School of Public Policy and Leadership, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA and Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas, Mexico

‘This exciting Handbook offers an essential and comprehensive exploration of public administration in Latin America and the Caribbean today, bridging the gap between theory and practice with deep contextual analysis. Through diverse scholarly contributions, the book illuminates the region’s unique political, historical, and socio-economic dynamics, challenging conventional models developed in the Global North. Covering key areas such as state reforms, multi-level governance, ethics, and equity, this Handbook is an invaluable resource for academics, policymakers, and practitioners seeking to understand and enhance governance in this vibrant and evolving region.’

• ContentsPART I PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: A VIEW FROM LATIN AMERICA ANDTHE CARIBBEAN1 Introduction to the Handbook of Public Management in Latin Americaand the Caribbean: brief history of fundamental topics and authors 2Edgar E. Ramirez de la Cruz, Maria P. Aristigueta and Luis RobertoVargas Pineda2 Public administration in the Global South: some clues to its contradictoryrichness and the limits of prescriptions from the north 26Samantha Ortiz-Casillas and David Arellano-Gault3 The elusive proposition of developing an index for quality of governance inLatin America: challenges and opportunities 42Patria de Lancer Julnes and Manuel Villoria MendietaPART II STATE MACRO REFORMS4 The importance of state capacities to lead and implement coordinationdesigns to address climate change 73Mariana Chudnovsky, José Carlos Fernández and Tomas Damerau5 What is the future of civil services, public employment, and humanresources management in public organizations in Latin America? 94Pablo Sanabria-Pulido, Mercedes Iacoviello and Nohemí Pulido6 The public administration structure’s role in policy design,implementation, and impacts: Cuban monetary and financial reform (TareaOrdenamiento) (2019–2023) 111Tamarys L. Bahamonde and Monica Mesa-Alvarez7 Regulations and agency creation in Uruguay 143Guillermo Fuentes, Martin Freigido and Alejandro MilanesiPART III THE AGENDA OF LOCAL AND SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS8 Local management in Latin America: chronic dysfunctionalities andchallenges 169Manlio F. Castillo9 Argentinian municipal governments in intergovernmental relations 189Daniel Cravacuore10 Intergovernmental relations in Brazil and their role in publicadministration: types, structures, and functioning 202Eduardo José Grin11 Governmental responsiveness to citizens’ petitions in Ecuador 225Julio C. Zambrano and Claudia N. AvellanedaPART IV PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND MULTI-LEVEL AND MULTIACTOR GOVERNANCE12 Insights into collaborative networks in Latin American publicadministrations 244Karina Arias-Yurisch, Karina Retamal-Soto and Camila Ramos-Fuenzalida13 Public policies to promote social and cooperative economy in Chile 263Mario Radrigán Rubio and Patricio Inostroza Rebolledo14 Public–private partnerships in Latin America and the Caribbean: a reviewof the Ecuador case 283Marco Córdova and Diana Paz15 The politics of private interests in Brazil 305Wagner Pralon MancusoPART V IMPROVING PRACTICES IN PUBLIC ADMINSTRATION16 How do policymakers select strategies to use monitoring and evaluationinformation? A qualitative analysis 326Jose Danilo Gonzalez Peña17 The use of performance information for budgeting purposes: anexploratory case study of local government in Venezuela 346Victor G. Carrillo L.18 Policy implementation: the role played by street level bureaucrats in policyimplementation in Brazil 364Gabriela Spanghero Lotta and Marina Meira19 Skills-based hiring policies and representative bureaucracies: lessons fromthe teachers’ selection process in Mexico 377Sergio Cardenas DenhamPART VI ETHICS, EQUITY, AND EQUALITY20 Ethics, integrity, and discretionary action in Brazilian publicadministration 393Sandro Trescastro Bergue21 Leadership in shades of inequality: examining gender disparities inmunicipalities 413Liliana Deyanira González Viveros22 Queering public policy in Brazil: the interplay between the LGBTQ+movement and institutions 428Diego Galego23 Conclusion: developing public administration in Latin America and theimportance of democratic values 446Maria P. Aristigueta and Edgar E. Ramirez de la Cruz