Abstract
By the end of the 20th century, policy making in the Mexican federal government was aligned to the authoritarian, closed and hierarchical logic of the political regime and its bureaucratic apparatus. Over the span of a few years, pluralism and competition have transformed the political regime and its bureaucracy. This chapter analyzes how policy analysis in the Mexican federal government has been shaped by recent political and administrative developments derived from democratization. After a brief analysis of policymaking under authoritarianism, it is discussed how policy analysis has changed according to the new nature of the political regime, with a relatively more open policymaking process and more legislative oversight. The author examines the development of a monitoring and evaluation system and shows how it has introduced a results-oriented, evidence-based, problem-solving approach to policy analysis. This new approach is contrasted with the normative and administrative framework guided by the logic of planning with which it has to compete.
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