Presidential and bureaucratic policy-making: The case of Mexican oil policy

Thesis/Dissertation · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5482710

A close examination of the literature yielded two different, but vague models of Mexican policy-making: (1) closed presidential policy-making and (2) open presidential policy-making. These two models are tested by identifying the regime's policy-making structures and by explaining the manner in which they operated to produce oil policy in two presidential administrations. To attain these goals, the oil policy-making process was divided into several stages. The policy roles played by different actors in the various stages of policy-making were analyzed. The process they engaged in to produce oil policy was also examined. The findings lend strong support to the open presidential policy-making model. The most salient features of this model are: (1) the president and different members of the Mexican federal bureaucracy share policy-making functions, power, and influence; (2) policymakers engage in a political process of persuasion, coalition building, information functions, power, and influence; and (3) policymakers engage in these and other political techniques to produce government decisions and actions.

• Research Organization: Texas Univ., Austin, TX (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5482710
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
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