Abstract

PATRIAU, Enrique. The Peruvian Congress: Public Policies and Informal Influence over the Bureaucracy. Perf. latinoam. [online]. 2014, vol.22, n.43, pp.103-126. ISSN 0188-7653.

The Peruvian Constitution grants presidents the power to participate in the policy making process. At the same time, the Peruvian Congress is considered to lack the technical and professional ability to fully participate in such a process. However, such analysis neglects the influence that the Congress can exert through informal politics. Based on 31 interviews with legislators, political authorities, officials and experts in public administration this paper shows that the Peruvian legislature participates in the policy making process albeit through informal channels of influence over the bureaucracy.

Keywords : public policy; informal institutions; bureaucracy; Executive; Legislative.