Contemporary Research on Public Administration and Bureaucracies in Latin America

Abstract

One of the Most Incompletely Developed Areas of the Social Sciences in the study of Latin America is the field of public administration. As the focus of external studies of Latin America, public administration suffers from a paucity of attention, and internally in Latin America, the subject has lagged behind other branches of political science in development.

Public Administration During the Indenture System

“…Thus, the recruitment and selection under the early public administrative practice were based mainly on nepotism, and there were no formal procedures in place to ensure that those who were employed in the public service were competent enough to take up appropriate positions (Lavigna and Hays 2004). Besides, some of the practices, such as nepotism, making the public sector more personal in nature and patronage, may seem bizarre in the contemporary period but were acceptable practices under the early public administration (Hopkins 1974;Hughes 2012). Furthermore, the administrative positions during the early period of administration were not usually full-time positions but were parttime positions in nature.…”

Public Administration During the Indenture System

“…Thus, the recruitment and selection under the early public administrative practice were based mainly on nepotism, and there were no formal procedures in place to ensure that those who were employed in the public service were competent enough to take up appropriate positions (Lavigna and Hays 2004). Besides, some of the practices, such as nepotism, making the public sector more personal in nature and patronage, may seem bizarre in the contemporary period but were acceptable practices under the early public administration (Hopkins 1974;Hughes 2012). Furthermore, the administrative positions during the early period of administration were not usually full-time positions but were parttime positions in nature.…”