Politics without Politicians. Competitive Selection in the Sistema de Alta Dirección Pública

Abstract

In 2003 Chile created a corps of professional public managers to fill first- and second-tier positions in the public administration. Well intentioned though it was, the issue has not been free of controversy, since it creates an ambiguous space for the public management function, one of the most important in modern societies but which is, at the same time, a contested space and heavily laden with ideology. Continue reading...