Orden político y gestión pública municipal en Sinaloa. Entre la tradición y el cambio

Abstract

Entre los municipalistas hay consenso respecto del papel protagónico que deben desplegar los ayuntamientos para alcanzar los objetivos económicos (desarrollo regional y competitividad), políticos (democratización y participación ciudadana) y administrativos (planeación estratégica y racionalidad técnica) que impone la propuesta del “buen gobierno local” y, más aún, el “gobierno local de nueva generación” vinculado al acelerado ritmo de crecimiento de las tecnologías de información y comunicación (TIC). Esta idea se finca, principalmente, en la expectativa democrática del cambio político y en la modernización del aparato administrativo de los municipios urbanos. No obstante, en el orden institucional prevalecen rezagos propios del modelo tradicional: centralismo, estructura monolítica del cabildo y ausencia de canales de participación efectiva de la sociedad civil en el diseño e implementación de políticas públicas locales. Las reformas introducidas recientemente en el sistema de representación política municipal en Sinaloa fortalecen esa tendencia. ABSTRACT: Among municipal studies researchers, there is a consensus about the role that local government must do to achieve economic (regional development and competitiveness), political (democratization and citizen participation) and administrative (strategic planning and technical rationality) objectives, that imposes the “good local government” propose and, moreover, the “local government of new generation”, linked to fast growth of information and communication technologies (ICT). This idea is building, mainly on the democratic expectation of political change and on modernization of the cities management. However, in the institutional order prevail lags linked to the traditional model: centralism, monolithic structure of the municipal council and lack of channels for effective involvement of civil society in designing and implementing local public policies. Recent reforms to the political representation system in Sinaloa’s municipalities reinforce this trend. PALABRAS CLAVE: Gestión municipal, desempeño de “buen gobierno local”, cambio político, modernización, gobierno municipal, participación política. KEYWORDS: Municipal management, performance or “good local government”, political change, modernization, municipal government, political participation.

Among municipal studies researchers, there is a consensus about the role that local government must do to achieve economic (regional development and competitiveness), political (democratization and citizen participation) and administrative (strategic planning and technical rationality) objectives, that imposes the “good local government” propose and, moreover, the “local government of new generation”, linked to fast growth of information and communication technologies (ICT). This idea is building, mainly on the democratic expectation of political change and on modernization of the city’s management. However, in the institutional order prevail lags linked to the traditional model: centralism, monolithic structure of the municipal council and lack of channels for effective involvement of civil society in designing and implementing local public policies. Recent reforms to the political representation system in Sinaloa’s municipalities reinforce this trend.