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Implementing Meritocracy in Senior Public Administration: the Dilemma for Chilean Politicians

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  • Mauricio Olavarría-Gambi
  • Andrés Dockendorff

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This article addresses the question of whether politicians are willing to overcome patronage by creating a merit-based recruitment and selection system of the senior civil servants with the purpose of making public administration more effective. To answer the question the paper analyses the Chilean administrative reform of 2003. It concludes that the reform created a hybrid system of appointment of top civil servants: one with elements of meritocracy but restricted to the members of the political coalition in power. Information came from 67 interviews to key actors, official documents, academic literature and the press.

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  • Mauricio Olavarría-Gambi & Andrés Dockendorff, 2016. "Implementing Meritocracy in Senior Public Administration: the Dilemma for Chilean Politicians," Public Organization Review, Springer, vol. 16(4), pages 561-582, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:porgrv:v:16:y:2016:i:4:d:10.1007_s11115-016-0360-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s11115-016-0360-4
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    1. Mauricio Olavarría-Gambi, 2019. "Recent and Past Governance Reforms in Latin America: What Can We Learn?," Public Organization Review, Springer, vol. 19(1), pages 85-96, March.
    2. González-Bustamante, Bastián, 2018. "Civil Service Models in Latin America," SocArXiv mp4qd, Center for Open Science.
    3. Guastavino, Carlos & Miranda, Alvaro & Montero, Rodrigo, 2021. "Rank effect in bureaucrat recruitment," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 68(C).
    4. Vicente Espinoza & Violeta Rabi & Valentina Ulloa & Emmanuelle Barozet, 2019. "Decision-Making and Informal Political Institutions in Chilean Sub-National Public Investment," Public Organization Review, Springer, vol. 19(1), pages 21-43, March.

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