Local governance processes: An analysis of the Regional Governance and Social Coordination Observatory Regarding COVID-19 in Yucatan, Mexico

Authors

  • Eliana Arancibia Gutiérrez Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM
  • María Elena Giraldo Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM

Keywords:

local governance, social observatory, pandemic, COVID-19, Yucatan

Abstract

Public and social actions amid COVID-19 involve complex governance challenges –processes through which political and social participants seek to coordinate alternatives and make decisions in a critical or uncertain scenario–. This essay analyzes the Regional Governance and Social Coordination Observatory to contest COVID-19 in Yucatan, Mexico. The Observatory established a local governance model to analyze the experiences in which heterogeneous actors organize and cooperate to address the problems from the pandemic. We aim to demonstrate that this model is capable of examining and characterizing these initiatives, and discuss its potential as a tool to improve local governance processes. Keywords: local governance, social observatory, pandemic, COVID-19, Yucatan

Author Biographies

Eliana Arancibia Gutiérrez , Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM

PhD in Scientific and Technological Policy from Campinas University, Brazil and a masters in Political and Social Studies from UNAM. She is part of Conacyt’s National Researchers’ System. 

María Elena Giraldo, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM

PhD in political and social sciences and a masters in government and public affairs by UNAM. She is part of Conacyt’s National Researchers’ System. 

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Published

2020-12-01

How to Cite

Arancibia Gutiérrez , E. ., & Giraldo, M. E. . (2020). Local governance processes: An analysis of the Regional Governance and Social Coordination Observatory Regarding COVID-19 in Yucatan, Mexico . Journal of Public Governance and Policy: Latin American Review, (6), 133-151. Retrieved from https://journalofpublicgovernance.cucea.udg.mx/index.php/jpgp/article/view/7879

Issue

No. 6 (2020): Journal of Public Governance and Policy: Latin American Review

Section

Case Studies

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