ABSTRACT

Applying the documental historical and hermeneutical methods as well as the policy process perspective, this article analyzes why and how the government machinery change. The analysis focuses on the modernization of public management and State reform, which occurred in Chile in the 1920s. It concludes that when dealing with changes in government organization and/or structure, management and organizational studies converge with analysis of policy change, particularly with the policy formulation process. Information on the issue comes from presidential addresses, bills sent to Congress, parliamentary discussions, press clippings, publications of interest groups and academic literature.

摘要

本文运用文献的历史和解释学方法以及政策过程的观点，分析了政府机制为何以及如何发生变化。分析的重点是1920年代智利发生的公共管理现代化和国家改革。结论是，在应对政府组织和/或结构的变化时，管理和组织研究与对政策变化的分析，特别是与政策制定过程的分析相融合。有关此问题的信息来自总统致辞，发送给国会的法案，议会讨论，新闻剪报，利益集团的出版物和学术文献。