The legitimacy of modern states depends on the ability of democratic institutions to reflect citizens’ preferences and values and on the state’s ability to use technical expertise competently. Legitimacy has a three-fold ...

How can Latin American students learn more effectively how different governments address similar public problems? This region shares similarities in terms of culture and history. However, Latin American students study only ...

Assessments of public administration research in the Global South are relatively scarce, although they are relevant in moving beyond a North-South dichotomy in understanding the knowledge-building process of public ...

Cet article examine la création et l’évolution des modèles déférentiels de contrôle dans quatre systèmes juridiques (France, Italie, Etats-Unis et Canada). Cette perspective historique servira à démontrer (i) que la position ...

Administrative reforms implemented in the last two decades in Brazil have been influenced by the New Public Management (NPM) literature. This manuscript compares and critically analyzes the administrative, social, and ...

NPM-style public sector reform policies were implemented in the Chilean public administration in the 90s and in the first years of the new century. The outcome of those reforms shows that this type of interventions yield ...