Karina Arias

• University of Santiago Chile

The complexity of metropolitan polycentric governance is still challenging scholars and practitioners, who have mostly been engaged in a normative debate in which scant attention has been paid to the coexistence and interdependence of institutional solutions. The ecology of games framework (EGF) can be used to remedy this gap. By incorporating the...

The governance of polycentric systems has emerged as a critical challenge for research and practice since the institutional complexity embedded to this kind of system implies the operation of multiple and autonomous units that become interdependent to deal with collective action problems (Ostrom 1961; 1991; Berardo & Lubell, 2019, Lubell et al., 20...

Desde a década de 1990 e no quadro da globalização, as transformações econômicas e políticas promoveram mudanças no papel e nas formas de funcionamento do Estado. Em todo o mundo, observa-se a difusão de um novo modelo de gestão pública que implica o estabelecimento de redes de governança baseadas na colaboração público-privada como forma de enfren...

Resumen Este artículo examina las características de la red de gobernanza intermunicipal y la percepción de su efectividad frente a la actual crisis sanitaria en el contexto de la Región Metropolitana de Santiago de Chile. El levantamiento de datos se basó en una encuesta online aplicada a los directivos municipales de la región, cuyo tratamiento c...

Este artículo examina las características de la red de gobernanza intermunicipal y la percepción de su efectividad frente a la actual crisis sanitaria en el contexto de la Región Metropolitana de Santiago de Chile. El levantamiento de datos se basó en una encuesta online aplicada a los directivos municipales de la región, cuyo tratamiento consistió...

The idea of governance has permeated the debates on the state’s transformation at the regional level since the 1990s. However, operationalization difficulties have limited our knowledge of the phenomenon. This article contributes to filling this gap by examining the inter-jurisdictional dimension of regional governance. From a network perspective,...

Desde los noventa, la idea de gobernanza ha permeado los debates acerca de la transformación del Estado a escala regional, sin embargo, las dificultades de su operacionalización han limitado nuestro conocimiento. Este articulo busca contribuir con esta brecha, examinando la dimensión interjurisdiccional de la gobernanza regional. Aplicando la persp...

This panel is especially devoted to discussing the complexities associated with the functioning of polycentric systems in the Global South (Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Oceania). These regions have their own unique contextual attributes: they are mostly (though not all) low-income, often politically or culturally marginalized (Dados & Cornnell,...

COVID-19, with its spatial particularities, has challenged the governance of institutionally fragmented regions, obliging local governments to respond collaboratively. While intermunicipal collaboration is expected, little is known about partnering strategies. Based on the institutional collective action framework, this article explains which partn...

In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, public officials are called on to implement different strategies in order to respond effectively. One of the lessons of emergency management research is that effective response is unlikely without collaboration. Research on collaborative emergency management has focused on measuring the effectiveness of inte...

Este artículo ofrece una discusión sobre los principales factores que influyen en las actitudes de los gestores públicos hacia la colaboración interorganizacional y presenta una propuesta teórica para una aproximación empírica al fenómeno. La principal contribución de este artículo es la introducción de un concepto de dos dimensiones de la colabora...

Resumen Este artículo ofrece un panorama del estado de la investigación latinoamericana sobre cooperación intermunicipal, un fenómeno que ha adquirido relevancia empírica en la región desde la década de los años noventa. A partir de una revisión sistemática de la literatura y del análisis de contenido de 47 artículos publicados entre 2005 y 2016 en...

This article offers an overview of Latin American research on inter-municipal cooperation, a phenomenon that has gained empirical relevance in the region since the 1990s. Based on a systematic literature review and content analysis of 47 articles published between 2005 and 2016 selected from indexed journals (WOS, Scopus, and LatinIndex), this arti...

The study of collaborative networks in the public sector has been mostly approached from structural and managerial perspectives. Cultural dimensions, however, have not been sufficiently studied. Drawing in a cognitive approach of culture, this article studies how emerging cultural constructs shape the operation of a municipal association in Chile....

Although it is widely accepted that inter-local agreements can enhance municipal governments’ capacity to provide complex services, there is little evidence in the Latin American case to explain why municipalities decide to collaborate with each other. What propels municipal governments to collaborate? Using data from Chilean government this paper...

Resumen Este artículo ofrece luces sobre la operación y funcionamiento de la cooperación intermunicipal en Chile adentrándose en la caja negra de las asociaciones municipales. En base al análisis de contenido de entrevistas semi estructuradas con actores claves y documentos institucionales se entrega información relevante de dos casos de asociacion...

In the aftermath of the First World War, from 1925 onwards, the Chilean state was subject of important changes in its structures and functions. Coronel Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, who governs the nation between 1926 and 1931 directly or indirectly, led that process. Ibáñez embodied the demands and ideas of the middle sectors, which aspired to more par...

This article analyses the process of administrative and territorial organization in Chile from 1818 to 1887. Through the analysis of official documents, such as presidential statements, ministerial reports and budgets as well as legislative debates it explores the design and evolution of regional administrative structures. It concludes that politic...