Capacidades estatales y cambio en las políticas públicas: El caso de Uruguay bajo los gobiernos del Frente Amplio (2005-2015)

Abstract

The article aims to investigate the change in public policies in Uruguay during the leftist governments of the FrenteAmplio (2005-2015). In order to do so, it analyzes how public policies have changed, how they did it and the associations that can be established between the different state capacities developed and the type of change implemented in public policies of the progressive Uruguayan decade (2005-2015). After an inquiry that rests on previous studies, a consultation to experts and the application of the QCA methodology concludes that in Uruguay, the arrival in the executive branch of a leftist party has led to significant changes in the form and substance of policies, although with unequal intensity in different points of the public tissue. The state capacities were relevant variables to help understand these transformations, resulting in particular significance the finding that in sectors where these capacities were strong, it was possible to promote transformations of size and where they were not, there were minor changes.