Larrouqué, Damien

Beyond the distinction between state policies and government policies, a reflection on policy-making in Latin America and its evolutions - 2019.


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In Latin America, public policies are often understood based on the distinction between state policies and government policies. There is a relative heuristic usefulness to such a distinction, but efforts to conceptualize these two notions lead us to a broader reflection on the characteristics of policy-making in Latin America and its evolutions. This article can be appreciated as a literature review, highlighting Latin American works on the sociology of public action. JEL codes: O10, O20, N96