01756pab a2200193 454500 180718b2014 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Morales, Fernando Nieto et al Building enforcement capacity: Evidence from the Mexican civil service reform 2014 p.389-405. Dec Building enforcement capacity, that is, attaining and sustaining control in order to implement changes, is crucial for the success of public management reforms. However, this aspect of public management reform does not receive much theoretical or empirical attention. This paper analyzes the process of building enforcement capacity for the case of the Mexican Professional Civil Service reform. Although this reform experienced several complications (e.g., limited support, resources, and credibility), important goals were attained and some control was achieved. We study how officials attained control over implementation through the adaptive management of combinations of different types of control strategies (regulatory, normative, and procedural). The case study, focused on the analysis of in-depth interviews with the highest officials involved in the implementation of this reform, finds evidence for three combinations of strategies next to a general pattern characterized by a trade-off between compliance and coordination. This trade-off shows that the process of building enforcement capacity may affect the goals of the reform, deviating from lawmakers' original intentions. - Reproduced. Civil service - Mexico Administrative reform - Mexico Administrative reform Public Administration and Development N 106966 106961 106961 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 34, Issue no: 5 AR107426 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR