Régimen político, gestión estatal e implementación de políticas a nivel subnacional. El caso de Santiago del Estero, Argentina

This paper attempts to analyze the implementation of public policies linked to political regimes. The matter will be studied in relation to the political-institutional context of a sub-national unit of government, in the understanding that this influences the very performance of policies. The subject is analyzed through a case study, the implementation of a public health policy, the Maternal and Child Health Program “Plan Nacer”, in an Argentinean province -Santiago del Estero –between 2005 and 2008. The hypothesis stated is that the exercise of state power in Santiago del Estero limited both bureaucratic changes as well as the results to be achieved in terms of their impact on the administration of public policies.