Abstract

MORALES ARREOLA, Andrés. Interest Groups and Public Policy Dynamics in Jalisco: the Case of the 2013 Educational Reform. Intersticios sociales [online]. 2021, n.22, pp.263-295.  Epub Nov 03, 2021. ISSN 2007-4964.

Interest groups are exercising ever greater influence at the subnational level even, in some cases, successfully displacing political parties to orient in their favor certain public policies implemented through federal government programs. The analysis developed in this article postulates that the new political configuration in Mexico has shifted the exercise of power towards local governments that are more responsive to the initiatives of the power groups operating within their jurisdiction, leading to the use of clientelist and corporativist structures to dispute the hegemony of specific policy sectors.

Keywords : public policy; interest groups; local government; institutional capacities; educative reform.