Modernization and Innovation: What are Public Administrations Talking About? Exploring Bureaucracies and Officials in the City of Córdoba, Argentina (2015-2023)

Modernización e innovación: ¿De qué hablan las administraciones públicas? Explorando las burocracias y funcionarios en la ciudad de Córdoba, Argentina (2015-2023)

Modernização e inovação: Sobre o que falam as administrações públicas? Explorando as burocracias e funcionários na cidade de Córdoba, Argentina (2015-2023)

Parano, Matías - Echeverry-Mejía, Jorge-Andrés
Detalles Bibliográficos
2024
public administration
bureaucracies
local government
innovation
modernization
administración pública
burocracias
gobierno local
innovación
modernización
administração pública
burocracias
governo local
inovação
modernização
Español
Universidad Católica del Uruguay
LIBERI
https://revistas.ucu.edu.uy/index.php/revistadixit/article/view/4073
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Resumen:
Sumario:The study aims to conduct a comparative analysis of the meanings and notions associated with public modernization and innovation as understood by government officials in the city of Córdoba during the administrations of Ramón B. Mestre (2015-2019) and Martín Llaryora (2019-2023). To achieve this, a qualitative methodological approach was employed, with semi-structured interviews with key informants (bureaucrats, officials, and advisors) serving as the main input for a diachronic comparison between both periods. The main findings point to a positive connotation of innovation, the persistence of a linear perspective on the matter (strongly linked to a productive and technology-driven vision), the polysemy in the use of the concepts of innovation and modernization, and the presence of strong hybridity and the overlapping of public administration models.