Abstract

PENA, Víctor S.. Ready for a Nocturnal Virus: Coronavirus, Public Policy Decisions, and Violation of Rights in Five Municipalities in Sonora, Mexico. Región y sociedad [online]. 2020, vol.32, e1324.  Epub Jan 27, 2021. ISSN 2448-4849.  https://doi.org/10.22198/rys2020/32/1324.

The objective is to analyze the municipal decisions made under the argument that they are taken because of an exceptional situation: Phase 1 of the COVID-19 contagion in Mexico. The methodological approach was inductive and focused on the first five municipalities that decreed a curfew in Sonora (Nacozari de García, Caborca, Naco, Santa Ana, and Moctezuma). Semi-structured interviews and requests for public information were used. The result describes rationality when deciding in exceptional contexts. The limitations of the study are the short time in which the interviews were carried out and the lack of public information. The originality of the research is the context in which it was conducted, as well as the exploration of public decisions in an exceptional situation. The findings are presented in four categories: political rationality, illegality, and acceptance; use of known resources; decoupling, argument of emergency and symbolic communication; and lack of evidence, and the use of legitimate support.

Keywords : implementation; public policy; municipality; coronavirus; Sonora.

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