Abstract

SORIA ROMO, Rigoberto. Open government in Mexico: implantation and contrast with an ideal model. Perf. latinoam. [online]. 2021, vol.29, n.57, pp.309-336.  Epub Sep 06, 2021. ISSN 0188-7653.  https://doi.org/10.18504/pl2957-012-2021.

In this paper, the implementation of open government in Mexico is studied in its four pillars: transparency, citizen participation, collaboration and accountability. Its advances are contrasted against an ideal type of Weberian model. The hypothesis states that, given a contradictory environment and in the absence of institutional capacity, and lack of adequate conditions in its implementation, the open government will end up being a “window dresser” or rationalized myth that will leave intact the problems it intends to solve. To test this hypothesis, we pose a theoretical model on the subject and propose a method that allows comparable and replicable results in the future.

Keywords : open government; transparency; citizen engagement; collaboration; accountability; ideal type; rationalized myth.

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