نبذة مختصرة : The use of causal mechanisms as a qualitative approach to explain social phenomena is booming. The last decade has seen an increase in production from disciplines such as the Social Sciences and particularly Political Science, which have promoted a mechanistic movement as an alternative to the mainstream based on quantitative and economic analysis. Recently, Public Policy theorists have incorporated this mechanistic perspective into their analysis to explain the process that produces results and to give explanations on what could affect such results. This is with the intention of opening the black box of public policies; however, academic production is still incipient. This article proposes a literature review on causal mechanisms and their approach in the study of public policies in Latin America. Using the Web of Science (WOS) database, we first identify the seminal production on causal mechanisms in different disciplines, mainly in Europe, the United States and Canada. Second, the approach from the Social Sciences is explored. Finally, the discussion focuses on exploring the disciplinary production in the region, to account for the need to incorporate this approach in the study of public policies. ; Los mecanismos causales como enfoque cualitativo para explicar los fenómenos sociales están en auge. La última década presentó un aumento en la producción desde disciplinas como las ciencias sociales y la ciencia política, las cuales han impulsado un movimiento mecanicista como alternativa al meanstream fundamentado en análisis cuantitativo y econométrico. Recientemente, las políticas públicas han incorporado esta perspectiva mecanicista para explicar el proceso que produce resultados y dar explicaciones sobre qué podría afectar dichos resultados; es decir, con la intención de abrir la caja negra de las políticas públicas. No obstante, la producción académica sigue siendo incipiente. Este artículo propone una revisión bibliográfica de los mecanismos causales y su abordaje en el estudio de las políticas públicas en ...
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