Bureaucracy in Mexico: a brief approximation from Max Weber's theory of domination

Abstract

The general objective in this paper is to make a brief characterization of mexican bureaucracy based on the theoretical approaches of Max Weber. At first, I point out the forms of weberian domination by stopping at the character and functions of the bureaucratic structure, as well as the powers to be taken by a public official. In addition, I address the central thesis of Michel Crozier, Joan Subirats and Oscar Oszlak, who have problematized and rethinked Weber's work around bureaucracy. After, I expose, the changes in the Mexican political system and the modernization process experienced by Mexico throughout the 20th century that influenced the configuration of patrimonialism bureaucratic. Finally, I describe some features of Mexican bureaucracy identifying differences and, where appropriate, similarities to the regulatory-institutional model proposed by Weber.