A Conceptual Framework and Methodological Guide for Research on Public Management Policy Change in the Latin America Region

International Public Management Review, Volume 4, issue 1, 2004

26 Pages Posted: 10 Aug 2014

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Michael Barzelay

London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Management

Francisco Gaetani

Independent

Juan Cortazar Velarde

Independent

Guillermo M. Cejudo

CIDE Public Administration Division

Date Written: 2003

Abstract

This article presents a conceptual framework and methodological guide for researching the process of public management policy change in the Latin America region. It provides an explicit the methodological approach for case study research on this topic.

The focus on the Latin America region is due to the sponsorship of the Inter-American Development Bank, which desired an explicit methodological guide for conducting research on public sector management reform. While the article is specifically geared to this purpose, it also exhibits a distinctive general approach to a large class of case study research designs. This class includes instrumental case study research about processes, incorporating variants that are rich in narrative, explicit in their explanatory framework, and comparative. Publishing the article in IMPR is appropriate since a) this class of case study research has not benefited from specialized methodological exposition and b) much public management research fits within this class. Accordingly, the article is addressed to both public management researchers interested in the specific research topic and those engaged in instrumental case-oriented research on processes, more generally.

Suggested Citation

Barzelay, Michael and Gaetani, Francisco and Cortazar Velarde, Juan and Cejudo, Guillermo M., A Conceptual Framework and Methodological Guide for Research on Public Management Policy Change in the Latin America Region (2003). International Public Management Review, Volume 4, issue 1, 2004, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1870426

Michael Barzelay (Contact Author)

London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Management ( email )

United Kingdom

Francisco Gaetani

Independent

Juan Cortazar Velarde

Independent

Guillermo M. Cejudo

CIDE Public Administration Division ( email )

Mexico

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