LIST OF WORKSHOPS

This workshop aims to gather interests in critical studies from epistemic communities that seek to move away from all market models, but without going back to the past, that is, demystifying the model of a centralized planning State and the traditional representation system with elitist and technocratic political interests.

Nowadays, guaranteeing constitutional public rights and assets to the entire population, in respect of their diversity, implies a transformation of public institutions so that, in turn, their legitimacy and democracy are strengthened. These transformations force us to rethink the role of the State, of citizens, of market, of the community, and of public institutions in relation to the society they intend to govern. In recent years, concepts such as transparency, respect for diversity, empowerment, participation and deliberation of citizens, among others, question both the traditional administrative model based on the modern bureaucratic paradigm (in the Weberian sense) and the New Public Management focused on market (e.g. The New Public Service). The above, coupled with the ongoing digital revolution (4th industrial revolution), generates unprecedented transformations, not only in economy (and business) and in production (technological and organizational innovations), but also in the conditions, forms and means of administrative and public intervention. This requires public innovations that take into account citizen knowledge.

In Latin America, there is great relevance in participatory approaches for the formation of public policies, and even for public management issues as they have been developed with participatory budget mechanisms. In fact, this is the continent where the largest number of experiments of participatory democracy have been developed. Although, in many countries and local experiences, citizen participation has often been used by elites and political leaders as an instrumental way to reinforce their own power, situation that puts at risk the future of legitimacy and credibility of democracy for the people and facilitates the emergence of a “new authoritarianism” driven by neo-liberal economy, it is precise and urgent for critical social sciences to rescue the many innovative experiences of participatory public management. The introduction of new actors, with the assessment of their specific knowledge, implies a more contextualized and situated perspective for the formation of policies and public action, particularly to find solutions to new problems (environment, migration, socio-cultural or ethnic diversity, etc.) in a context of low legitimacy of traditional representative forms.

We invite to analyse, from social sciences, the processes and consequences of the formation and participation in public policies and management from a critical perspective. We seek to identify the mechanisms and experiences that facilitate empowerment and processes of emancipation of citizens, as well as those that strengthen democratic and collaborative governance that imply changes in the role and responsibilities of the State, private sector, citizenship and community. Social sciences have a particularly important role in promoting, thanks to its expertise and knowledge in participatory research and methodology, and in strengthening the legitimacy of processes, methods and devices for consultation, participation and democratic deliberation, for example: hybrid forums (Latour, 2004), citizen conferences, open councils, mingas. We invite researchers working on theories and methodologies that give greater importance to subjective, interpretative and critical aspects, such as discourse, ideas and argumentation (Roth, 2014); those developing deliberative mechanisms for the democratization of the processes of formation, implementation and evaluation of public policies (Hajer, Wagenaar, 2003; Dryzek, 2012); and those with transdisciplinary approaches (sociology, economy, anthropology, politics) aiming to capture the complexity of reality (Espinosa, 2010; 2017).

This workshop aims to gather interests in critical studies from epistemic communities that seek to move away from all market models, but without going back to the past, that is, demystifying the model of a centralized planning State and the traditional representation system with elitist and technocratic political interests.

Nowadays, guaranteeing constitutional public rights and assets to the entire population, in respect of their diversity, implies a transformation of public institutions so that, in turn, their legitimacy and democracy are strengthened. These transformations force us to rethink the role of the State, of citizens, of market, of the community, and of public institutions in relation to the society they intend to govern. In recent years, concepts such as transparency, respect for diversity, empowerment, participation and deliberation of citizens, among others, question both the traditional administrative model based on the modern bureaucratic paradigm (in the Weberian sense) and the New Public Management focused on market (e.g. The New Public Service). The above, coupled with the ongoing digital revolution (4th industrial revolution), generates unprecedented transformations, not only in economy (and business) and in production (technological and organizational innovations), but also in the conditions, forms and means of administrative and public intervention. This requires public innovations that take into account citizen knowledge.

In Latin America, there is great relevance in participatory approaches for the formation of public policies, and even for public management issues as they have been developed with participatory budget mechanisms. In fact, this is the continent where the largest number of experiments of participatory democracy have been developed. Although, in many countries and local experiences, citizen participation has often been used by elites and political leaders as an instrumental way to reinforce their own power, situation that puts at risk the future of legitimacy and credibility of democracy for the people and facilitates the emergence of a “new authoritarianism” driven by neo-liberal economy, it is precise and urgent for critical social sciences to rescue the many innovative experiences of participatory public management. The introduction of new actors, with the assessment of their specific knowledge, implies a more contextualized and situated perspective for the formation of policies and public action, particularly to find solutions to new problems (environment, migration, socio-cultural or ethnic diversity, etc.) in a context of low legitimacy of traditional representative forms.

We invite to analyse, from social sciences, the processes and consequences of the formation and participation in public policies and management from a critical perspective. We seek to identify the mechanisms and experiences that facilitate empowerment and processes of emancipation of citizens, as well as those that strengthen democratic and collaborative governance that imply changes in the role and responsibilities of the State, private sector, citizenship and community. Social sciences have a particularly important role in promoting, thanks to its expertise and knowledge in participatory research and methodology, and in strengthening the legitimacy of processes, methods and devices for consultation, participation and democratic deliberation, for example: hybrid forums (Latour, 2004), citizen conferences, open councils, mingas. We invite researchers working on theories and methodologies that give greater importance to subjective, interpretative and critical aspects, such as discourse, ideas and argumentation (Roth, 2014); those developing deliberative mechanisms for the democratization of the processes of formation, implementation and evaluation of public policies (Hajer, Wagenaar, 2003; Dryzek, 2012); and those with transdisciplinary approaches (sociology, economy, anthropology, politics) aiming to capture the complexity of reality (Espinosa, 2010; 2017).

Plural public policies aim to develop a critical perspective in the analysis of public policies. We take in action elements of Habermas and Foucault, but also of Bolívar Echeverría, Latour, Boltanski, Rosanvallon, to legitimize the introduction of local knowledge and the voice of "common and ordinary" citizens in the theory and methodologies of public policies. It constitutes a “bottom-up” proposal for the formation of public policies, which questions the monopoly of expertise in the definition of public problems and promotes a democratization of the public policy process. The processes of invention and / or strengthening of devices and participatory, deliberative and inclusive political institutions led us to rethink the conception of public policies. We intend to research and support processes related not only to inter or multidisciplinary procedures, but also those related to transdisciplinary approaches, that include the voice and knowledge of citizens in public policy and management processes. We aim to reach innovative processes of co-construction or co-creation among actors involved in a context of governance. Through this working group, we propose to disseminate and develop “in” and “from” the Latin American context, these cognitive, interpretive and critical perspectives of analysis of public policies and public management from case studies.

Andre-Noël Roth, Professor Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Bogotá), since 2006. PHD "es Sciences Economiques et Sociales, mention Sciences Politiques", Université de Genève (Switzerland). Research Vice-Dean of Faculty Law and Political Science (2018-2019),  Academic Program Coordinator "Doctorado Estudios Políticos y Relaciones Internacionales" (2006-2010). Coordinator Director Workgroup CLACSO "Innovación y Políticas públicas" (2016-2019), ALACIP Co-coordinator Researchgroup "Politicas Públicas Comparadas", member of Swiss Political Science Association". Researcher on Policy Theory, Public innovation, Public management. Co-Editor of “Mundos Plurales. Revista Latinoamericana de políticas y acción pública”. 

 Recent Publications:      

-          Políticas Públicas. Formulación, implementación y evaluación, Ediciones Aurora, Bogotá, 2019 [2002], 14a ed. 

-         (Ed.), Análisis de políticas públicas: perspectivas pragmáticas, interpretativas, de redes y de innovación pública, Facultad de Derecho, Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, 2017, 264p. -           

-         (Ed.), El Análisis y la evaluación de las políticas públicas en la era de la participación, Facultad de Derecho, Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, 2013, 430 p

-         (Ed.), Enfoques para el análisis de políticas públicas, Doctorado EPRI-APPGP, Facultad de Derecho, Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, 2010, 

 -          (Comp. y Eds), Las políticas públicas de las diversidades: identidades y emancipación, APPGP - M&D, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Derecho, Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, Bogotá, 2009, ISBN:978-958-719-370-1

-          “Políticas públicas y gestión pública: convergencias hacia una perspectiva crítica, colaborativa e innovadora de la acción pública” en Mariñez F. (ed.), Políticas Públicas y Participación Colaborativa, El Colegio de Jalisco, México, 2017

 -          El campo del análisis de las políticas públicas: situación y retos para América Latina, Revista de Administración Pública del GLAP. Vol. 2 N°2, 2018, pp. 67-83,  

-          El análisis de las políticas públicas: De pilar gótico a arte retórico, Questiones de ruptura, 2, 2017, pp.225-240, Cúcuta, 

-          “La enseñanza del análisis de políticas públicas en los programas universitarios de Ciencia Política en Colombia. Estudios Políticos, 49, 2016, pp. 260-283.  DOI: 10.17533/udea.espo.n49a14

 -          “Del juego de tronos a la gobernanza colaborativa”, Apuntes de la Escuela Superior de Gobierno, Buenos Aires, N°1, mayo 2016, pp.23-32, 

  Betty Espinosa, Professor Latin-American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO Ecuador) since 2002. PhD. Applied economics (2010), and Social Sciences (2007), University of Louvain (Belgium). Academic Vice-rector of FLACSO Ecuador (2012-2014). Academic program coordinator, Public Affairs and Public Policy, FLACSO Ecuador (2018-2020, 2015-2017, 2010-2012, 2002-2004). Researcher on social-economics and public policy, social policy, organizational analysis, development. Editor of “Mundos Plurales. Revista Latinoamericana de políticas y acción pública”. Main and recent publications:

-          Vallejo, María Cristina, Betty Espinosa et al (2020). “Evading sustainable development standards”, in Ray, Gallagher, Sanborn, Development Banks and Sustainability in the Andean Amazon, Routledge.

-          Vallejo, María Cristina, Betty Espinosa et al (2020). "Esquivando estándares de desarrollo sustentable: estudios de casos en proyectos hidroeléctricos del Ecuador",  Boston University & Universidad del Pacífico.

-          Espinosa, Betty, Ana María Goetschel y Fernando Carrasco (2020), “Sueños de universidad globalizada en Ecuador: reformas a partir del gobierno de Rafael Correa en 2007, Latin American Perspectives.

-          Cobbaut, Robert y Betty Espinosa (2019), "Gobernanza de la acción colectiva: un enfoque transdisciplinario", in Mundos Plurales, Vol. 5 # 1, Quito: FLACSO Ecuador.

-          Espinosa, Betty (2019), “¿Buen vivir en Ecuador? Avances y controversias sociales y ambientales, 2007-2017”, in Revue Crisol, Le “bien vivre” en Equateur: alternative au développement ou développement alternatif ?, # 9, Paris.

-          Espinosa Betty. (2017), Las redes de comercio justo: interacciones entre el don y el intercambio mercantil. Quito: FLACSO Ecuador;

-          Espinosa Betty, María Victoria Cisneros, Manuel Mera (2017). "Multiplicidad de modos de coordinación y relaciones público-privadas", in Oleas, Daniela, Alianzas público-privadas y desarrollo territorial. Quito: CONCOPE/Abya Yala.