This book introduces a new approach to public management in Argentina.
This Spanish-language handbook is edited by Juan Manuel Abal Medina and Horacio Cao and is marked for didactic use by students at the Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. The extracted pages cover Chapter 1, "El Estado," by Juan Manuel Abal Medina, which asks what the State is, what its specific nature is, what its defining traits are, and what changes it has undergone over time.
The chapter discusses the modern State, its origin in the 15th and 16th centuries, and different theoretical perspectives on the State. It also addresses state autonomy and the concepts of despotic power and infrastructural power. This manual is written in Spanish.
The text states that it is didactic material for students at the Universidad Nacional de Quilmes.
Juan Manuel Abal Medina and Horacio Cao are listed as the compilers.
It says the modern State's origin goes back to the 15th and 16th centuries.
It asks what the State is, what its specific nature is, what its defining traits are, and what changes it underwent over time.