ERRITORIAL REFORMS IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL: NECESSITY OR IMPOSITION?

• Autor(a) principal: Pineda Nebot, Carmen
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Cadernos Gestão Pública e Cidadania (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fgv.br/cgpc/article/view/10735

AbstractSince the beginning of the democratic period, and even before, both in Portugal and in Spain has been a strong debate about the need for territorial reform; reforms that, in general, have had a very partial success. The difference is that now they are seen as a "necessary" to overcome the severe economic crisis living in European countries, appearing as compensation demanded by 'Europe' economic aid which are carried out Member States in difficulties (Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Italy and Spain) and which have had to be "rescued" or "guarded".This article discusses each of the measures taken by the Governments of Portugal and Spain to reform the world local, from a comparative methodology and with the advantage of its foundation on the twin-track approach politician and legal training of the author allows to provide.Key words: Territorial reforms, economic crisis, local governments, competency, democracy