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What explains the exponential growth of the number of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in China during the recent decades? Moving beyond the extant literature that focuses on the strategic relationship between NGOs and the local state, this article argues that the growth can be also attributed to the central state which has focused on the promotion of different types of NGOs throughout time. The proactive role of the central state has become more conspicuous under the Xi Jinping administration where the party‐state plays a more active role in maneuvering the growth of a service‐oriented third sector. This adaptive strategy has led to the counterintuitive phenomenon of an increase in institutional space for NGOs in authoritarian China, especially the social service‐oriented NGOs in recent years. This article draws from theories of institutional change to explain the process through which the central state has expanded institutional space for NGOs throughout time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...

El artículo analiza la búsqueda de un marco cognitivo propio del proceso de la integración centroamericana desde la perspectiva del cambio institucional, en tal sentido, se realiza una revisión de: (i) los antecedentes analíticos, (ii) las tensiones internas y externas en la conceptualización del Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (SICA), (iii) la coexistencia entre el intergubernamentalismo y la supranacionalidad en el SICA, (iv) los equilibrios institucionales inducidos, (v) la integración regional como la construcción de una comunidad moral basada en la confianza; y a modo de conclusión: (vi) la peregrinación del cambio institucional en el proyecto de integración centroamericana. more...

El objetivo del artículo es incorporar a los actores más poderosos de sus respectivas regiones en el mecanismo causal entre crisis económica y cambio institucional en acuerdos regionales, a partir de un estudio comparativo de cambios institucionales de la Asociación de Estados del Sudeste Asiático (ASEAN) y el Mercado Común del Sur (Mercosur) como respuesta a las crisis económicas 1997 y 1999-2001 y la crisis financiera global 2008-09. Los estudios de caso se basan en dos criterios: 1. sus diseños institucionales son intergubernamentales pero distintos, la llamada “vía asiática” informal y paso a paso de ASEAN (integración por el mercado) y el más formal y amplio de Mercosur, que desde 1995 incorporó etapas y agencias del modelo europeo, sin carácter supranacional ni capacidad decisoria. Se adopta el enfoque del institucionalismo centrado en actores, donde las instituciones no determinan necesariamente identidades, percepciones u objetivos de los actores porque estos conservan capacidad de decisión (agencia) y se guían por sus propios intereses. Como metodología se emplea el análisis comparativo y el seguimiento de proceso (process tracing) para reunir información e inferir que lo observado forma parte del mecanismo causal entre crisis económica y cambio institucional. Se argumenta que la literatura incorpora la agencia de los integrantes de un acuerdo regional en sus cambios institucionales, pero descuida la influencia de actores regionales más poderosos, mientras el análisis comparativo de las respuestas de ASEAN y Mercosur permite distinguir diferencias atribuibles a la influencia de China y Brasil y ampliar los actores que participan del mecanismo causal crisis económica-cambio institucional. Además de ampliar los actores del mecanismo causal, el artículo corrobora conclusiones de la literatura. Se plantea que actualmente, cuando que los acuerdos regionales atraviesan una etapa de crisis en que se cuestiona su supervivencia, especialmente en América Latina, es necesario identificar que actores tienen poder para corregir esa situación y cuáles son sus intereses. El articulo incluye: Introducción; revisión de interpretaciones sobre relación crisis-cambio institucional; cambios institucionales de ASEAN y Mercosur en crisis 1997, 1999-2001 y crisis financiera global; comparación sincrónica y diacrónica de cambios institucionales e influencia de China y Brasil en ellos y conclusión. more...

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Dado el interés actual por lograr la igualdad de oportunidades de la mujer en todos los niveles decisorios, adquiere interés conocer las circunstancias que limitan su participación plena y efectiva en el mercado laboral, pues sólo a partir del conocimiento de la realidad pueden adoptarse medidas efectivas que permitan avanzar en el cambio pretendido. Con el propósito de realizar una contribución en este ámbito, el presente trabajo tiene como objetivos conocer y comprender los principales retos laborales que afronta la mujer en España y su comparativa con Europa, así como ofrecer una reflexión sobre el cambio institucional requerido para superar la desigualdad. Para ello, se recurre a una muestra de 43.850 mujeres y hombres trabajadores, recabada por Eurofound en 2015. Los análisis efectuados mediante test de diferencias de medias y estimaciones Chi-cuadrado muestran la existencia de retos en las áreas de brecha salarial, techo y pared de cristal, así como la presencia de convencionalismos que condicionan la participación plena de la mujer en el trabajo. A partir de estos hallazgos, se aporta una reflexión sobre el cambio institucional requerido para avanzar en la igualdad de género en el mercado laboral, el cual debe abarcar las esferas regulativa, normativa y cognitiva. more...

La categorización de Cali como distrito especial ha generado debates intrincados en diferentes campos, entre ellos el jurídico, el político-administrativo y el social. Sin embargo, mayormente, las problemáticas están centradas sobre las garantías de gobernabilidad. Se señala que este concepto angular aporta al entendimiento de la gestión pública eficiente y eficaz. Este artículo tiene por objetivo analizar los efectos de la división político-administrativa del Distrito Especial de Santiago de Cali sobre la gobernabilidad en los territorios. La metodología empleada es la hermenéutica de las ciencias sociales y el análisis normativo propio de la hermenéutica jurídica. Este artículo plantea dos grandes retos para la gobernabilidad: la heterogeneidad social, política, ambiental y económica de los territorios; y la habilidad para la adaptación al cambio institucional. Las nuevas localidades distritales deben considerar las características socio-económicas y ambientales, y la capacidad de coordinar y organizar, en términos de gestión pública, a la ciudad. more...

In the last two decades, Latin American high courts engaged in institutional innovations promoting social participation in their judicial decision-making through mechanisms as public hearings, amicus curiae, or the use of social media. This article first theorizes this engagement with the public. Building on insights about judicial legitimacy as well as strategic and ideational accounts it discusses possible motivations of courts to open to the public and the effects of this behavior. Second, it provides a conceptualization of such court engagement and a typology of this engagement according to different levels of intensity. Third, with a comparative assessment of sixteen high courts from all democratic Latin American countries, it shows that this court behavior is observable for all countries, excepting Uruguay, but differs regarding the intensity of opening. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...

Using a feminist institutional approach, we examine the dominant institutional views and frameworks explaining company positions regarding the implementation of gender policies. A multiple case study was performed on four Spanish companies involved in sectors related to the circular bioeconomy. The analysis relied on secondary sources and semi-structured interviews with women in positions of responsibility in these companies. The results provide evidence on the gender issues encountered and their limitations in terms of organizational change, as well as the dominant institutional frameworks of the companies. The findings suggest that the main drivers for change are intense state regulation, company commitment to formalizing measures and the presence of critical actors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...

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The aim of this paper is to analyse institutional change in the Spanish labour market in from a historical perspective, particularly regarding two main areas: labour regulation and collective bargaining. The main thesis is that it is possible to identify four main stages. Firstly, there was an institutional structure unfavourable to workers, which was overcome by the agency of the labour movement in the period of the so-called desarrollismo (1960-1975). Secondly, the years of transition from dictatorship to democracy (1976-1983) were a period of labour market regulation. Thirdly, there was a period of labour market dualism (1984-1996) based on the application of flexibility at the margin in the face of veto power. This was followed by deregulation (1997-2019), which was a consequence of the weakening of power resources resulting from the previous labour market segmentation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...

While digital policies provide significant value within contemporary governance, not many governments' digital policies are adapted to rapidly changing technologies and associated expectations. The limited adaptability can be explained by governments' focus on institutional shifts as an instrument to generate policy changes. Therefore, this article examines the impact of institutional shifts on digital policy by leveraging the Punctuated Equilibrium Theory (PET) as a lens to explore the Belgian federal government between 2000 and 2020. This is done through performing a distributional application of the PET and an explaining‐outcome congruence case study. The results highlight the role of institutional shifts in directing digital policy, but also underscore the importance of other factors (i.e., policy image, attention allocation and/or structure of the political system) and the presence of policy entrepreneurs to explain the (in)stability of digital policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...

This article develops an explanatory framework of institutional change in intergovernmental relations. Using new institutionalism, we focus on a main explanatory factor—the players' perceptions of their own accountability and that of others. Integrating the concepts of multiple accountability and felt accountability, we develop the concept of an accountability gap, meaning differences between the perceptions of players in the central government about their responsibility to provide local services and the perceptions of players at the local level about their responsibilities. Our claim is that perceptual gaps concerning accountability in a two‐tiered or multi‐tiered system may influence their interests, strategies, and behavior and hence determine the timing and pace of specific institutional changes. We illustrate the theoretical framework by examining how Spain managed the COVID‐19 pandemic. Related Articles: Aguado, N. Alexander. 2018. "Mayor‐Council Form of Government and Policy Responses in Times of Economic Travail." Politics & Policy 46(5): 714–30. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12273. French, Edward P., and Doug Goodman. 2011. "Local Government Human Resource Management Past, Present, and Future: Revisiting Hays and Kearney's Anticipated Changes a Decade Later." Politics & Policy 39(5): 761–85. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747‐1346.2011.00312.x. Kwon, Sung‐Wook, and Sylvia Gonzalez‐Gorman. 2019. "Influence of Local Political Institutions on Policy Punctuation in Three Policy Areas." Politics & Policy 47(2): 300–25. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12295. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...

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This article reflects on the relevance of Historical Institutionalism (HI) in International Relations (IR), focusing on the study of International Regimes and Institutions. It highlights how HI explains persistence and gradual institutional change through its analytical tools and boundary conceptualizations based on endogenous change. The article concludes by identifying the challenges and opportunities of HI in IR, emphasizing the need to expand its application to the study of endogenous international institutional dynamics, where States generate effects on the social reality sought by International Institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...

This study focuses on issues surrounding tobacco production in Brazil, seeking to understand the changes occurred in tobacco farming out of criticisms and changes in the environment. Based on the theoretical and methodological conceptions from Sociology of Critique and institutionalist theories, semi-structured interviews were conducted with relevant actors in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul, adding to documentary analysis, with a view to analyze the institutional changes that have been occurring in tobacco production. First, devices of local and global criticism were identified, as well as the transformations that engender uncertainty in the tobacco farming environment. In this set of disputes, as responses to criticism, it was possible to map the institutions that have been supporting tobacco growing. Based on this, the transformations in the actions of tobacco companies were analyzed, which appeared to be mainly semantic, aimed at requalifying the Integrated Tobacco Production System and, thus, reaffirming the institutions that support tobacco growing. Findings showed that, in the environment of tobacco-growing family farmers, institutional changes are heterogeneous, affecting both the connections with and interpretations about tobacco. As a result, some farmers are being excluded from the system, and they need government support to change their realities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...

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Este artículo analiza el impulso brindado a la desconcentración durante el Gobierno de la Revolución Ciudadana en Ecuador en el período 2007-2017 y en el marco del cambio institucional que era uno de los principales elementos de la reforma del Estado. Ese gobierno desarrolló una estrategia de desconcentración de la Administración pública que planteó la posibilidad de acercar el Poder Ejecutivo a los territorios a nivel de servicios, recursos públicos, planificación y toma de decisiones. Esta investigación contiene un análisis cualitativo basado en entrevistas a exautoridades y exfuncionarios de la Secretaría Nacional de Planificación y Desarrollo (Senplades), entidad nacional encargada de llevar adelante las reformas y cambios, así como, documentos y herramientas técnicas elaboradas por la Senplades. Pese a los esfuerzos, las políticas públicas aplicadas no desconcentraron la toma de decisiones en el Gobierno central. more...

Con la correspondencia mantenida entre 1768 y 1798 entre Francisco de Prieto y Pulido (Buenos Aires) y Juan Antonio Ruiz Tagle (La Plata) como eje se aborda la observación de la incidencia de los cambios institucionales en la relación que a su vez muestra de modo indirecto la elevación de Buenos Aires a centro de poder con la creación del Virreinato del Río de la Plata. En el camino, a través del contenido del intercambio, se observa el papel de las relaciones interpersonales en la administración de justicia y diversos aspectos del mundo de valores que transpiran de sus acciones y de sus dichos, que muestran sujetos férreamente anclados en la cultura jurisdiccional y aparentemente sin advertir que ese mundo se está desmoronando. more...

Most efforts at explaining major policy transformation apply a single lens to study specific cases. Recent contributions have called for a more plural use of theories to facilitate the production of valuable new perspectives and research agendas. The German energy transition is a good example of such a transformative change. This article takes up the call for cross‐fertilization of theories, using two complementary lenses to explain the German energy transition: (i) applying the multiple streams framework (MSF) demonstrates how political factors and public opinion have opened a "policy window" for reform from a political dimension. (ii) The multilevel perspective on sustainability transitions (MLP) sheds more light on the importance technological innovation for transformation processes. Exemplified through the German energy transition, we highlight limitations of both lenses, as well as the value of using multiple lenses to analyze specific cases of major policy change. The MSF highlights the role of agency and power relations. The MLP demonstrates how niche‐technologies uproot the incumbent regime. Employing both lenses together offers insights as to how major policy change goes beyond single instances of decision‐making but is the product of a larger trajectory of path‐dependence that emerges from the interplay of socio‐technical and political dynamics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...

The proposal developed in this paper suggests an inclination towards addressing institutional change, since special emphasis is placed on how institutions have impacted the development of Mexican fiscal federalism, in particular of three states that, due to their fiscal situation, make it possible, comparatively, establish a timely diagnosis of its inherent factors, in order to explain its processes and future horizons. For this reason, the general objective of the work is to identify the increase or decrease of federal transfers to the entities of the State of Mexico, Guanajuato and Tabasco, the comparative method is proposed for the search of empirical references. The results obtained reflect that there is an influence of partisan alignment regarding the distribution of resources, particularly from Branch 33. Among the most important findings derived from the study is that in relation to the resources transferred, in Branch 33, there is constantly in the last eight years an overexercise. However, the state that overexerts these resources with the greatest presence in the period between 2012 and 2018 is the state of Tabasco, with data that averages 7 percent per year. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...

This study focuses on the long‐term development of crisis management on the central level in China. Drawing on archival and interview data, it describes and analyzes how governance capacity and the formal structure of crisis management have changed, but also how culturally based legitimacy has altered over the past seventy years. These processes of change are divided into three phases, punctuated by institutional shifts in the history of crisis management institutions, whereby both vertical and horizontal coordination have become stronger over time. Crisis management in China is a legacy of traditional disaster management. In this respect it is different from the West, where crisis management has its origins in civil defense. We argue that each reform element is blended with traditional practices in an ever more complex combination, producing hybrid reform patterns. We conclude that centralization and a government‐centered approach in the institutional history can explain the high short‐term mobilization capacity and the challenges of communication in Chinese crisis management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...

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La calidad de los programas de estudios que se imparten en la enseñanza superior es uno de los temas que se debate por diferentes disciplinas, investigadores y profesionales de la ciencia de la educación. Su impronta en la dirección de la actividad del aprendizaje en los estudiantes, meritan su atención para las políticas de desarrollo a partir de modelos educacionales con una comunicación vertical, asimétrica y autoritaria que para nada se corresponden con la misión de la institución social en el siglo XXI. A partir de esta problemática social, el presente trabajo persigue como objetivo general, analizar los factores que inciden en la comunicación y el aprendizaje universitario como necesidad para el cambio institucional. Transformación que se genera por los pedagogos y educandos en la institución docente como responsabilidad y compromiso con su tiempo. En este sentido, el estudio coloca la mirada a las múltiples estrategias que pueden como beneficio social, asumir la nueva universidad dentro del perfeccionamiento educacional que se desarrolla en la sociedad en este contexto. Asimismo, se exponen un conjunto de dinámicas sobre estas categorías centradas en iniciativas y creatividad, las cuales pueden constituir un punto de reflexión para compartir y enriquecer otras concepciones teóricas metodológicas, que contribuyan a la formación de un pensamiento crítico para la transformación de la realidad. Del mismo modo, se suscita tener en cuenta algunos matices a adjudicarse por la comunicación cada vez más significativa, y lograr el aprendizaje auténtico que permita construir espacios de intercambio de saberes en la actualidad. more...

El artículo examina la trayectoria de la reforma del bienestar en Alemania y en los cuatro países del Sur de Europa: España, Italia, Grecia y Portugal. El análisis del cambio institucional comprende las transformaciones producidas en las dos últimas décadas, incluyendo los periodos anterior y posterior a la crisis económica y financiera de 2008. La pregunta de investigación es si la reforma ha tenido como resultado una mayor diferenciación entre los modelos de protección social. La metodología es de estudio de caso comparado. Se revisan teóricamente el proceso y resultados del cambio institucional del bienestar y la evolución del gasto para cinco áreas de la política social: pensiones; protección por desempleo; atención sanitaria; conciliación y cuidados, y exclusión social. Se concluye que las reformas de la austeridad y postausteridad han producido una mayor divergencia entre el modelo alemán y el régimen de bienestar mediterráneo, así como una fragmentación interna de este último. more...

Recensión del libro «La implementación y los efectos de la normativa de transparencia en los Gobiernos locales de mayor población», Jaume Magre, Lluís Medir, Esther Pano, Joan Josep Vallbé y José Luís Martínez-Alonso, publicado en 2021 por el Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública. more...

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Los gobiernos locales de España han implementado normativas diversas, nacionales y autonómicas, de transparencia en los últimos años. Todo el acervo normativo aprobado establecía principios e imponía obligaciones de índole muy diversa al conjunto de entes públicos, entre ellos los más de 8.000 ayuntamientos. Este trabajo se interesa por el proceso de implementación de la(s) normativa(s) de transparencia en los gobiernos locales españoles de mayor población. Concretamente, se plantea hasta qué punto esta normativa ha impulsado el cambio organizacional e institucional en los entes locales y el nivel de desempeño en términos de publicidad activa. Mediante un cuestionario específico dirigido a los municipios de mayor población y el análisis de las páginas web de los ayuntamientos, obtenemos información sobre el proceso y el nivel de implementación efectiva. En este artículo discutimos sobre dos factores determinantes para comprender el proceso de implementación: la existencia de path dependency interna o el establecimiento de normativa y obligaciones legales. Los resultados apuntan hacia una explicación y efectos combinados de la existencia de normativa específica y la aplicación anticipada de la transparencia, tanto para el nivel de cumplimiento de ésta como para el cambio institucional provocado. more...

Since 2002, some Brazilian public universities have started adopting affirmative action for admission in graduate programs. This article explains how affirmative action changed admission processes in graduate processes based on (a) an analysis of the selection notices of graduate programs offered in public universities published until January 2018, (b) documents from the programs, and (c) semi-structured interviews with coordinators of graduate programs. The results show that, in most programs, admission processes did not change based on affirmative action. Some programs recognized the obstacles faced by vulnerable groups in accessing graduate programs and altered their procedures. Based on the institutional change typology of Mahoney and Thelen (2010), the analysis points out that more profound change is due to endogenous and incremental processes. The main factor contributing to the modification of the admission criteria is the program's field of knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...

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From an action research it is sought to identify the necessary elements to incorporate the psychoeducational approach to the educational management of a Family Residence in the south of Chile. The qualitative techniques of interviews and participatory diagnostic workshop were used to produce data. The results refer to components of the psychoeducational approach such as, their understanding of the relationship helps, the strategies to use the shared experience and the tools of diagnosis, planning and evaluation, positively influence the educational management of the center. Its incorporation requires a systematic and permanent process over time, as well as the confluence of the presence of criteria and conditions for its appropriation as an approach and intervention methodology by the center’s staff. more...

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Historical institutionalism gives special importance to power asymmetries for understanding institutions, but by adopting the concept of path dependence to explain institutional dynamics also falls into a theoretical dilemma. On the one hand path dependence becomes attractive insofar as it gives autonomy to institutional dimension, but on the other hand it isolates institutions from the influence of power asymmetries. Later theories of gradual endogenous change attempt to solve this problem by reintroducing power, but leave a fragmented panorama, full of underlying theoretical tensions for historical institutionalism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...

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Global efforts for gender equality regained momentum at the end of the 1970s from new social movements led by women of all ages in defense of their rights. The movements, in turn, revealed stagnation in the progress achieved in previous decades. Like the experiences of women in other professions, the lives of female university professors in most parts of the world have not been free of challenges, particularly in institutions that historically prioritized the interests of their male counterparts. This ongoing research suggests that, despite the progress made by women professors, centers of learning in Latin America continue to be dominated both administratively and politically by a patriarchal order. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...

Este trabajo se enfoca en la entrada en vigor de un acuerdo comercial entre un país latinoamericano y Estados Unidos. Para ello, el objetivo propuesto es estudiar las trayectorias hacia la ocurrencia de una vinculación de este tipo con la principal potencia del mundo en el periodo 1990-2015 a partir de tres grupos de variables: reformas de mercado, geopolítica de los acuerdos y vinculación comercial, siendo las primeras las más relevantes en dar cuenta de este proceso. El enfoque que se empleó es un Análisis de Eventos Históricos, por medio de regresión de Cox, a fin de identificar determinantes que expliquen dicho proceso. more...

En este trabajo se analizan el desarrollo reciente y la situación actual del campo de la investigación en ciencias sociales en instituciones de educación superior (IES) del noreste de México y, particularmente, la configuración institucional de este campo regional y las implicaciones de dicha configuración en su crecimiento y consolidación. Nuestro abordaje recupera, desde una perspectiva regional, los enfoques sobre la transformación de la profesión académica y los cambios organizacionales en las IES ante nuevas políticas de ciencia y educación. Se realizó el análisis de tres tipos de fuentes: a) entrevistas semiestructuradas (a 25 académicos y 2 funcionarios); b) los padrones del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores y del Padrón Nacional de Posgrados de Calidad; c) fuentes secundarias sobre las ciencias sociales y las IES en la región. Los resultados muestran que la configuración del campo es dominada por siete instituciones con intensa concentración en Nuevo León y con fuerte presencia del sector privado; que ha ocurrido un crecimiento importante de las ciencias sociales en los últimos 20 años, pero que su consolidación es relativamente baja. Los resultados también sugieren que estas características están condicionadas por el desarrollo de las disciplinas sociales al interior de las dos instituciones cuantitativamente más relevantes. more...