Governance and responsiveness: Implications for the context of public policies

Abstract

This essay analyses the dialogical governance in the public sector and advantages of adopting responsive regulation practices. The analysis is developed as an essay that employs specialized literature intentionally selected following criteria of: i) Relevance in the field of policy analysis and institutional analysis; ii) Time-honored concepts and (iii) Recent references in these fields of knowledge in the Brazilian case. Arguments developed in conclusion are that macroinstitucional dimension of dialogical Governance mode is favored with the adoption of responsive regulation in routines of regulators, agencies and federal public administration departments involved in public policies. The main argument is that greater formalization of responsive regulatory strategies favors dialogical and participatory aspects in public administration, government capacity, and state institutions legitimacy.