Explaining change in the mexican public sector : the limits of new public management
By: CEJUDO, Guillermo M
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ArticlePublisher: London, UK : Sage Publications, March 2008International Review of Administrative Sciences 74, 1, p. 111-127Abstract: The Mexican public sector has undergone significant transformations in recent decades. This article argues against the view that these changes are the result of New Public Management-style reforms. Even though the Mexican government has applied some of the tools associated with this paradigm, the essential NPM doctrines granting more autonomy to public agencies and government officials, and using market mechanisms to promote competition in the public sector have been absent from the agenda. The Mexican experience exposes two erroneous assumptions in the international debate about NPM: that there is a global trend of similar national reforms and that every change in the public sector is part of this new paradigm. Instead, the changes in the Mexican public sector are the result of incremental adjustments to two broader domestic processes: economic liberalization and political democratization which have led to a smaller and relatively more accountable administration
The Mexican public sector has undergone significant transformations in recent decades. This article argues against the view that these changes are the result of New Public Management-style reforms. Even though the Mexican government has applied some of the tools associated with this paradigm, the essential NPM doctrines granting more autonomy to public agencies and government officials, and using market mechanisms to promote competition in the public sector have been absent from the agenda. The Mexican experience exposes two erroneous assumptions in the international debate about NPM: that there is a global trend of similar national reforms and that every change in the public sector is part of this new paradigm. Instead, the changes in the Mexican public sector are the result of incremental adjustments to two broader domestic processes: economic liberalization and political democratization which have led to a smaller and relatively more accountable administration
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