La evaluación de los servicios públicos como proxy al análisis de las políticas públicas subnacionales: su calidad y sus tipos en los municipios mexicanos

Aldo Adrián Martínez-Hernández

doi:10.24965/gapp.11385

Authors

Aldo Adrián Martínez-Hernández Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas A. C. (CIDE) Región Centro (México – México) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2130-6901

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24965/gapp.11385

Keywords:

quality, evaluation, public services, subnational policy

Abstract

Objectives: The specialized literature has shown little about subnational public services, much less about their quality. The objective of the research is to determine the level of quality of municipal public services in Mexico and thus define their types at this level of analysis. Methodology: This, under a methodological framework that points out comparative observation in dissimilar municipal realities. The research is based on an empirical and quantitative perspective that observes public services as a proxy for public policy analysis with a sample of 225 municipalities of the 32 Mexican states, for this, a new measure is proposed that tries to evaluate the quality of services from a two-dimensional perspective. Results: The results allow us to identify that in most Mexican municipalities the levels of quality of services are average, and that according to their nature some services are framed in convergent and coherent policies which improves their quality, evidencing the usefulness and replicability of the indicator created. Conclusions: The text concludes with a proposal for a typology of public policies developed from the analytical dimensions, providing a more precise look at public policies and services at the municipal level.

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Author Biography

Aldo Adrián Martínez-Hernández, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas A. C. (CIDE) Región Centro (México – México)

Posdoctoral Research Fellow en el Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas A. C. (CIDE) Región Centro, México. Doctor y maestro en Ciencia Política por la Universidad de Salamanca, España. Maestro en Asuntos Políticos y Políticas Públicas por El Colegio de San Luis A. C, México. Licenciado en Ciencias Políticas y Administración Pública por la Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, México.

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