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Political struggles and the forging of autonomous government agencies

[NT 42944] Record Type:	[NT 8598] Electronic resources : [NT 40817] monographic
[NT 47261] Author:	Ballinas ValdesCristopher, 1974-
[NT 47356] Secondary Intellectual Responsibility:	Palgrave Connect (Online service)
[NT 47351] Place of Publication:	Palgrave Macmillan New York
[NT 47263] Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK;
[NT 47352] Year of Publication:	2011
[NT 47264] Description:	1 online resource (272 p.)ill. :
[NT 47298] Series:	Public sector organizations
[NT 47266] Subject:	Administrative agencies - Management. - Mexico -
[NT 51458] Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230307957An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
[NT 47265] Notes:	Includes index.
[NT 51398] Summary:	The central argument of Political Struggles and the Forging of Autonomous Government Agencies is that the level of autonomy of government agencies is the outcome of struggles between opposing coalitions. Using an innovative tool kit of institutional economics and network bureaucracy analysis, Ballinas Valdes shows how political struggles between politicians and bureaucrats often generate a muddle of agencies that lack coherence and are subject to different and conflicting levels of political control. Behind the veil of the usually simple picture of Mexican political power is a model with universal applications which challenges the prevailing literature on the birth of autonomous agencies. The case studies in this book illustrate how politicians and bureaucrats use agency design as a weapon in the battle for political survival. The evidence shows that political struggles and the agency creation process are inseparable, and that failing to understand one risks misunderstanding the other. Only by taking into account these factors can we fully explain why autonomous agencies are not the result of simple systematic design, but are instead produced by pluralistic interactions of political and bureaucratic forces.
[NT 50961] ISBN:	9780230307957electronic bk.
[NT 50961] ISBN:	0230307957electronic bk.
[NT 50961] ISBN:	9780230296480Cloth
[NT 50961] ISBN:	0230296483Cloth
[NT 60779] Content Note:	Introduction 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 Conclusion Bibliography -- 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.

Political struggles and the forging of autonomous government agencies
Ballinas Valdes, Cristopher

Political struggles and the forging of autonomous government agencies / Cristopher Ballinas Valdes. - Palgrave Macmillan New York : Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK, 2011. - 1 online resource (272 p.) ; ill.. - (Public sector organizations).
Introduction.
Includes index.Description based on print version record..
ISBN 9780230307957ISBN 0230307957ISBN 9780230296480ISBN 0230296483
Administrative agencies -- Management. -- Mexico

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