Open government in Mexico: Implantation and contrast with an ideal model

Abstract

In this paper, the implementation of open government in Mexico is studied in its four pillars: transparency, citizen participation, collaboration and accountability. Its advances are contrasted against an ideal type of Weberian model. The hypothesis states that, given a contradictory environment and in the absence of institutional capacity, and lack of adequate conditions in its implementation, the open government will end up being a "window dresser" or rationalized myth that will leave intact the problems it intends to solve. To test this hypothesis, we pose a theoretical model on the subject and propose a method that allows comparable and replicable results in the future.