Hierarchical governance and the failure of citizen security policies in Metropolitan District of Quito: an analysis from policy design

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Published: Oct 11, 2023
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17163/uni.n39.2023.03
Keywords:
Public policies, policy design, governance, hierarchy, citizen security, public space, Quito

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Katia Barros-Esquivel
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1576-9360
Daniel Castañeda-Fraga
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2388-3742
Pamela Chávez-Calapaqui
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2051-6349
Mayra Chicaiza-Flores
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2224-5020

Abstract

Latin America is one of the most violent regions in the world, and since this phenomenon occurs more frequently in urban and consolidated areas, cities are the space where urban violence is evident as one of its main urban problems. Indeed, violence and the city establish the bases to define public action regarding citizen security policies. However, despite the actions undertaken by the relevant entities in terms of citizen security, there is no evidence of variation or improvement in the results obtained from public policies. The objective of this research is to identify the factors that influence the failure of citizen security policies from the design of policies, their objectives, and instruments. It is proposed as a hypothesis that the hierarchical governance mode, in which there is little articulation between state and non-state actors, influences the design of public policies and their achievement. Methodologically, the analysis of the Metropolitan District of Quito is proposed as a case study, based on a nested model for analysis of the design of policies. The failure of security policies is determined through the causal determination of the hierarchical governance mode.

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No. 39 (2023): (September 2023-February 2024). Trends in contemporary public administration: new methodological and conceptual approaches to the modernization of the democratic state
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Author Biography

Katia Barros-Esquivel

Arquitecta con especialización en Ordenamiento Territorial por la Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador. Magister de investigación en Estudios Urbanos con mención en Políticas y Planificación del Territorio en FLACSO, Ecuador, e investigadora del grupo Contested Territories de FLACSO, Ecuador. Áreas de investigación en ordenamiento territorial y sistemas de opresión y violencia.

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