Political Struggles and the Forging of Autonomous Government Agencies [electronic resource] /
Valdés, Cristopher Ballinas.author.
Argues that autonomous agencies are not the result of a systematic design, but are produced by the interactions of political and bureaucratic forces. The case studies illustrate how political struggles between politicians and bureaucrats can create a muddle of agencies that lack coherence and are subject to conflicting levels of political control.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
A power-centred framework for empirical analysis -- Zugzwang : agency creation and bureaucratic reaction -- Institutions, coalitions and struggles in the Mexican federal bureaucracy -- An overview of the Mexican autonomous agencies constellation -- The central bank -- The federal telecommunication commission -- The energy regulatory commission.
Argues that autonomous agencies are not the result of a systematic design, but are produced by the interactions of political and bureaucratic forces. The case studies illustrate how political struggles between politicians and bureaucrats can create a muddle of agencies that lack coherence and are subject to conflicting levels of political control.
Europe-Politics and government.
Public policy.
Political science.
Public administration.
Comparative politics.
European Politics.
Public Policy.
Political Science.
Public Administration.
Comparative Politics.