The Emerald handbook of public administration in Latin America / edited by B. Guy Peters, Carlos Alba Tercedor, Conrado Ramos.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : focus and book outline / Conrado Ramos and B. Guy Peters -- A brief story of Latin American public administration : a particular model / Conrado Ramos and Alejandro Milanesi -- Public administration in Argentina : characterization and analysis of the political-institutional dynamic / Mercedes Iacoviello, Diego Pando and Mercedes Llano -- Public administration in Brazil : the elusive state : eighty years attempting to build a professional and responsive public service / Francisco Gaetani, Pedro Palotti and Robert Pires -- Modernizing the state to strengthen democracy : public sector reforms in Chile / Susan Alberts, Mireya Davila and Arturo Valenzuela -- Columbia : public administration in the midst of uncertainty / Maria Victoria Whittingham -- Costa Rican public administration : neo-Weberian state, fragmentation, and dilemmas / Violeta Pallavicini -- Mexico's public administration : huge problems, partial solutions / Maria del Carmen Pardo -- Paraguay : the supremacy of informality in public administration / Christian Schuster -- Public administration in Uruguay : modernization in slow motion / Conrado Ramos, Alejandro Milanesi and Diego Gonnet Ibarra -- The management of public personnel in Latin America : scope and limits of a modern civil service / Jose-Luis Mendez -- Bureaucracy and politics / Juan Javier Negri -- The center of government in Latin America / Martin Alessandro and Mariano Lafuente -- Digital public administration in Latin America : digitalization, public innovation, and the future of technologies in the public sector / J. Ignacio Criado -- The dilemmas of governance in Latin America / Christina Zurbriggen -- Good governance and corruption in Latin America / Manuel Villoria -- Enhancing accountability through results-oriented monitoring and evaluation systems / Sonia M. Ospina, Nuria Cunill-Grau and Claudia Maldonado -- Conclusion : the present and future of public administration in Latin America / Conrado Ramos and B. Guy Peters.

While most scholarship on public administration in Latin America has taken an overtly legal approach, this handbook examines the subject from a political and public management perspective. In so doing, this handbook brings the study of public administration in Latin America more in line with studies conducted in other parts of the world, providing a basis for much more fruitful comparison. The handbook is divided into two parts. The first section contains chapters that explore a range of administrative systems in existence across Latin America, including the major representative types of public administration. The second portion of the book presents comparative examinations of important issues relating to public administration across the region, including accountability, public personnel management, policy coordination and the politics of bureaucracy. In providing an in-depth examination of public administration in contemporary Latin America, this handbook is a vital resource for scholars interested in the fields of public administration in both a Latin American and comparative context, as well as practitioners in government.