Bureaucratic reforms worldwide seek to improve the quality of governance. In this article, we
argue that the major governance failures are political, not bureaucratic, and the first step to …

The study of the bureaucracy in Latin America, within the study of politics, has long been
little more than an afterthought. It is assumed to lie in the realm of public administration …

En las democracias, el poder se obtiene a través de la competencia. Sin embargo, a medida
que las mujeres acceden a los parlamentos en números record, la colaboración mundial …

Unlike realism–which posits survival and power as drivers and balance as mechanism–and
constructivism–which posits ideas and identities as drivers and human interaction as …

The development of public sector accounting was now propelled by stakeholder demands
on bureaucratic performance, accountability and transparency, to pay close attention to tax …

The literature on transnational regulatory networks identified interdependence as their main
rationale, downplaying domestic factors. Typically, relevant contributions use the word …

Given Brazil's regional prevalence, its low, late and soft investment in regional security
governance appears puzzling. We approach the puzzle through an analysis of contextual …

The article provides an outlook of the regional relations concerning nuclear technology in
Latin America. For that purpose, we initially discuss the historic relationship of the Latin …

Yet this blanket depiction of the Latin American bureaucracy obscures a great deal more
diversity—as well as the fact that Latin American bureaucrats and public agencies are more …

Now in its third edition, Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy remains the
definitive source for article-length presentations spanning the fields of public administration …