A NEW WAY OF GOVERNING? A HEURISTIC MODEL FOR ANALYZING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN ADMINISTRATION OF THE STATE

Abstract

Based on the analysis of three spaces of consultation, which operated as part of federal state administration in Mexico between 2011 and 2015 and were considered government innovations, the paper presents a theoretical discussion of two approaches to governance: open government and democratic innovations. Based on these approaches, it discusses a new form of government and constructs a heuristic model describing its analytical components and variables. In the discussion and construction of the model, the paper seeks to include the political dimension, which is not taken into account sufficiently in the approaches indicated, which includes power relations (and their two dimensions: control and influence) as well as conflict in the public arena.