Political struggles and the forging of autonomous government agencies

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Title:

Political struggles and the forging of autonomous government agencies

Author:

Ballinas Valdes, Cristopher, 1974-

ISBN:

9780230296480

Personal Author:

Ballinas Valdes, Cristopher, 1974-

Publication Information:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Physical Description:

xi, 255 p. ; 23 cm.

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

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.

Subject Term:

Administrative agencies -- Mexico -- Management.

Geographic Term:

Mexico -- Politics and government.

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Summary

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.