Deconstructing and Reconstructing Career Civil Service Systems in Latin America Merilee S. Grindle Harvard University August 2010.

Presentación del tema: "Deconstructing and Reconstructing Career Civil Service Systems in Latin America Merilee S. Grindle Harvard University August 2010."— Transcripción de la presentación:

1 Deconstructing and Reconstructing Career Civil Service Systems in Latin America Merilee S. Grindle Harvard University August 2010

2 De Jure Civil Service Systems CountryCivil Service in Constitution Basic LawMost Recent Basic Law Argentina195719801999 Bolivia Brazil 1967 1988 1999 1936 1999 1988 Chile198019892003 Costa Rica19491953 Dom. Rep19661991 Guatemala198519681998 Honduras19571967 Nicaragua198719902003 Mexico191719632003 Panama19721994 Uruguay19671943

3 Officially Available Discretionary Appointments CountryPercent of Total Public Sector Positions Argentina0.26 Bolivia9.00 Brazil9.52 Chile1.34 Colombia1.08 Dominican Republic1.32 Guatemala 17.76 Honduras1.68 Mexico0.37 Panama0.71 Paraguay0.83 Peru0.46 Uruguay0.19 Venezuela1.60

4 De Facto Personnel Systems Level 0Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4-5 Panama El Salvador Honduras Nicaragua Guatemala Paraguay Peru Ecuador Dom.Rep. Bolivia Venezuela Mexico Argentina Uruguay Colombia Chile Costa Rica Brazil Great discretion to hire/promote/ fire Largely unsuccessful efforts to limit discretion to hire/promote/ fire Mix of discretion and merit to hire/promote/ fire Constrained discretion to hire/promote/ fire Extensive merit system

5 Mechanisms for Resisting Implementation of Civil Service Systems  Opt out of the system  Disestablish the organization  Starve the beast  Delay the process  Question the system’s credibility  Reclaim authority over recruitment  Recapture positions  Engineer the job to the candidate  Create new categories

6 Four Cases of Resistance to Reform Country Year of Reform Post-Reform Mechanisms of Resistance Brazil1938 Opting out Re-claiming Disestablishing Re-capturing Starvation Job engineering Delaying Creating categories Questioning Argentina1991 Opting out Questioning Starvation Job engineering Delaying Creating categories Mexico2003 Opting out Re-claiming Disestablishment Re-capturing Starvation Job engineering Questioning Creating categories Chile2003 Opting out Job engineering Questioning Creating categories Re-claiming