Routines in cross -border cooperation: the experience of the intermunicipal summits between the south -west of Guatemala and Tapachula, Chiapas
Keywords:
Cross -border cooperation, Institutional design, Routines, Intermunicipal summitsAbstract
This article identifies and values the routines present in a cross-border cooperation experience starring the municipal governments of southwestern Guatemala and Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. This experience, known as “Intermunicipal Cumbres by building development bridges between Guatemala and Tapachula” took place between 2016 and 2019. The first section outlines the protocols established by the participants in the intermunicipal summits to guide their development and achieve their objectives. This information is useful for identifying routines related to the general organizational process and the construction of specific cooperation initiatives. The second section shows the analytical perspective of Pentland and Feldman (2005) that guides the evaluation of routines, especially their internal structure and the interaction between their components. The last section presents preliminary findings regarding how the constituent aspects of the routines interact within the context of the Intermunicipal experience. It also raises methodological challenges presented by the study of routines from the perspective adopted.
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