Journal articles: 'Local government – Spain'

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Carozzi, Felipe, Davide Cipullo, and Luca Repetto. "Political Fragmentation and Government Stability: Evidence from Local Governments in Spain." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 14, no. 2 (April 1, 2022): 23–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/app.20200128.

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This paper studies how political fragmentation affects government stability. Using a regression discontinuity design, we show that each additional party with representation in the local parliament increases the probability that the incumbent government is unseated by 5 percentage points. The entry of an additional party affects stability by reducing the probability of a single-party majority and increasing the instability of governments when such a majority is not available. We interpret our results in light of a bargaining model of coalition formation featuring government instability. (JEL C78, D72, H70)

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Navarro, Carmen, and Jaume Magre. "MAYORS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN SPAIN (Introduction)." Revista Española de Ciencia Política, no. 45 (March 24, 2018): 13–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.21308/recp.46.01.

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Chikhladze, Levan T., and Evgeniy Y. Komlev. "LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN SPAIN: STATUS AND FEATURES OF LEGAL REGULATION." RUDN Journal of Law 23, no. 3 (December 15, 2019): 333–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.22363/2313-2337-2019-23-3-333-350.

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The article examines the local self-government legislation of Spain and legal positions of the Constitutional Court of Spain. The norms of the Constitution of Spain regulating the issues of the organization of local self-government are analyzed. The influence of various aspects on their content is studied. The authors also studied the problem of distribution of legal regulation of the local government powers between the state and the autonomous communities taking into consideration the features of the administrative-territorial structure of Spain. The study appears to be relevant due to the fact that the issues of legal regulation of local government in Spain within the Russian science of municipal law are practically not studied. The study of foreign experience in this field helps to expand the scope of scientific researches. Spanish experience in this area also seems relevant due to the relatively recent change in the political regime. The aim of the work is to identify the features of the legal regulation of local government in Spain. As a result of the study, it was established that in Spain the subsidiary procedure for the legal regulation of local self-government by the state and autonomous communities is applied. The content of the norms of the Spanish Constitution on local self-government is determined. The distinctive features of the Spanish legislation on local self-government are identified.

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Parszewski, Kazimierz. "CONTEMPORARY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN POLAND AND THE EUROPEAN UNION." sj-economics scientific journal 8 (June 30, 2011): 183–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.58246/sjeconomics.v8i.488.

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This work presents modern local governments in Poland and selected European countries. This paper shows the local power structure, organizations and their competences as well as tasks and Government control. There are also indicated values of local democracy of the European Charter of local self government and legal problems of territorial self – government in Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Austria and Belgium.

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Vela, José Manuel. "LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING IN SPAIN." Financial Accountability and Management 12, no. 3 (August 1996): 205–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0408.1996.tb00188.x.

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Alonso, Ángel Iglesias, and Roberto Barbeito Iglesias. "Challenges Related to Implementing the European Charter of Local Self-Government in Spanish Legislation." Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-Government 16, no. 4 (October 23, 2018): 907–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.4335/16.4.907-913(2018).

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Spain was one of the first countries to ratify the European Charter of Local Autonomy. Not without some setbacks, its principles have gradually been incorporated into the Spanish legal system as the regional and state laws on local government have been implemented. Its hermeneutics value has undoubtedly proven to be important and the legislator has considered the principles contained in the Charter when developing local laws. Therefore, it can be assured at present that the level of implementation of local autonomy in Spain is reasonably in line with the principles stipulated in the Charter. However, local autonomy in Spain is possibly in a stage of regression at present times, mainly due to the effects of the way to face the financial and economic crisis. Spain, along with other Mediterranean countries, has been required to introduce harsh austerity and adjustment policies which particularly affect the local public sector. In this context, the main challenges which Spain would have to handle in order to fully extend and reinforce local autonomy to completely comply with the principles stipulated in the Charter are outlined in this article.

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Toboso, Fernando. "Asymmetric decentralisation, economic cycle, regional and local government’s borrowing in Spain." Acta Oeconomica 64, no. 4 (December 1, 2014): 441–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/aoecon.64.2014.4.3.

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This paper investigates the evolution of sub-central government borrowing in Spain over the period 1996–2011. The arguments and figures provided show that the intense process of political and fiscal decentralisation that took place over the 1990s and 2000s did not lead to higher debt ratios in terms of GDP at these tiers of government until 2007. Although a kind of overspending bias was in effect until the late 2000s, the paper shows that the evolution of GDP and tax revenues provided regional and local governments with enough resources to vigorously pursue their devolved public policy responsibilities and still keep their debt ratios under control. However, since 2008, when the world financial crisis broke out, the situation has changed dramatically. Even though the crisis originated in the financial sector, the paper concludes by stressing the importance of creating incentives and setting controls through institutional arrangements characterising multilevel government for all tiers of government to save in periods of economic growth in order to confront the impact of recession once it comes.

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Evgeny Yu., Komlev. "CONSTITUTIONAL LAW REGULATION OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT IN SPAIN." State Power and Local Self-government, no. 5 (May 2018): 59–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.18572/1813-1247-2018-5-59-63.

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Rufín, Ramón, Cayetano Medina, and Juan Carlos Sánchez Figueroa. "Moderating Factors in Adopting Local e-Government in Spain." Local Government Studies 38, no. 3 (June 2012): 367–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2011.636035.

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Navarro-Galera, Andrés, Dionisio Buendía-Carrillo, Juan Lara-Rubio, and Salvador Rayo-Cantón. "Do Political Factors Affect the Risk of Local Government Default? Recent Evidence from Spain." Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-Government 15, no. 1 (January 31, 2017): 43–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.4335/15.1.43-66(2017).

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High levels of debt, provoked by a situation of economic and financial crisis, constitute a major threat to the financial sustainability of governments in the euro zone and in many other parts of the world. This delicate state of public finances also affects local governments and has led researchers to study the variables that influence the volume of bank debt. However, few have specifically analysed the causes of local government default, although it has provoked spending cutbacks and tax increases in many countries. The aim of this paper is to examine political factors that may increase the risk of local government default. Using a logit model for panel data and applying the Basel II rules, we studied the financial performance of large local Spanish governments for the period 2006-2011. Our empirical findings reveal four political factors that may increase the risk of default (the mayor’sknowledge of finance and economics, a low percentage of women councillors, a left-wing ideology and ideological alignment with the regional government).These findings are of great interest for stakeholders who may be affected by local government default, including voters, taxpayers, users of public services, managers, policymakers, financial institutions, creditors, fiscal authorities and central government.

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Copus, Colin, and Kristof Steyvers. "Local Leadership and Local-Self Government: Avoiding the Abyss." Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-Government 15, no. 1 (January 31, 2017): 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.4335/15.1.1-18(2017).

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A series of trends have emerged across Europe which have stimulated change in local government, local democracy and local leadership particularly where local government and local leaders have had to respond to crisis, economic downturn and the pressures of public engagement in times of restraint and public service decline. The special issue of Lex Localis (14:4, 2016) explored those factors in countries as diverse as Iceland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, the Czech and Slovak Republics and Poland, to provide valuable insights into the turbulent times within which local self-government is located. That issue of Lex Localis was drawn from two related sources: the ECPR joint sessions work shop in Warsaw on local political leadership in times of austerity and from papers produced for the LocRef Cost Action democratic renewal workgroup. The paper here presents a review of, and retrospective introduction to that special issue. But by also drawing on other sources it offers an exploration of the broad trends shaping the development of local government and also develops a commentary on the factors which stimulate or hinder the success of local leadership, local government and local democracy in challenging times.

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Medir, Lluís, Jaume Magre, and Mariona Tomàs. "Mayors' perceptions on local government reforms and decentralization in Spain." Revista Española de Ciencia Política, no. 45 (March 24, 2018): 129–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.21308/recp.46.06.

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Iglesias Alonso, Ángel H., and Roberto L. Barbeito Iglesias. "Participatory Democracy in Local Government." Hrvatska i komparativna javna uprava 20, no. 2 (June 30, 2020): 246–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.31297/hkju.20.2.3.

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In 2015, the local government of the city of Madrid (Spain) introduced an electronic participation system. This initiative stemmed mainly from the social movements that had occupied the squares of many Spanish cities since 2011. As a result of the local elections in 2015, many of those same activists gained institutional power, took citizens’ participation very seriously, and decided to use the possibilities offered by the internet for political and administrative participation. In this article, we seek to assess the impacts of the Madrid city government with the e-democracy experiment – based mainly on establishing an online platform to facilitate citizen participation in political and administrative decision processes. Drawing on qualitative and documental data, our research indicates that whereas the overall aim of the project was to give citizens a say in local policy and decision making, our case study shows that participation was very low since most of the population does not feel concerned by these processes. Indeed, one of our findings showed that citizens’ involvement offline surpassed in some cases their online participation. To identify who is politically active online and offline is a great challenge, to which the promoters of the project did not pay much attention. Although e-participation was meagre in relation to the electoral turnout, the case study also shows that many proposals from the public were incorporated into the local policies, indicating that from a qualitative point of view, e-participation influences decision-making processes. Perhaps local governments should use a more strategic and integrated approach towards the use of electronic technologies to foster and motivate citizens’ involvement in local politics and administration. This more integrated approach should be less dependent on ideological incentives, more institutionalized, and must incorporate citizens’ perceptions and inputs before the introduction of new technologies.

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Bolgherini, Silvia. "Crisis-driven reforms and local discretion: an assessment of Italy and Spain." Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica 46, no. 1 (October 16, 2015): 71–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ipo.2015.23.

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The recent and still enduring global economic and financial crisis deeply impacted the institutional framework in Italy and Spain by prompting a series of reforms, which ultimately re-shaped the local government features. Based on a qualitative comparative analysis of recent reforms, the author shows that (directly and indirectly) crisis-driven provisions have significantly impacted the local levels and changed the central/local relations in both countries. During the years of crisis, a decrease in local discretion in its three main facets (fiscal, administrative, and political/functional) has taken place. This outcome could both allow for a better understanding of how central and local governments have interacted during the crisis and to contribute to the formulation of more general considerations on local discretion and central/local relations in Italy and Spain.

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Rodríguez Bolívar, Manuel Pedro, Andrés Navarro Galera, Laura Alcaide Muñoz, and María Deseada López Subirés. "Factors influencing local government financial sustainability: an empirical study." Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-Government 12, no. 1 (October 2, 2013): 31–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.4335/12.1.31-54(2014).

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In the present context of international public finance crisis, the analysis of government sustainability is considered of vital importance, and a significant element in this is the accounting measurement of intergenerational equity. The aim of this paper is to identify factors that may influence the financial sustainability of local government, doing so through the analysis of 116 local administrations in Spain. Based on Pearson correlation analysis, our main findings show that the annual budget result is a key determinant of local government financial sustainability, and highlight the value of controlling the balance of budget expenditures in preventing future problems of viability for these local authority services.

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Mukti, Takdir Ali, Tulus Warsito, Idham Badruzaman, and Ulung Pribadi. "Paradiplomacy Management and Local Political Movement in Aceh, Indonesia, and Catalonia, Spain." European Journal of East Asian Studies 18, no. 1 (July 4, 2019): 66–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15700615-01801003.

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AbstractThis article focuses on paradiplomatic management in Aceh, Indonesia, and Catalonia, Spain, as a comparative study. The two different regions have at least two similar characteristics: both are recognised by central government as widely autonomous provinces compared to other provinces, and both obtained the wider autonomy in the same period, 2006; they also have same problems with revolutionary groups that attempt to withdraw from central government. This qualitative research aims to examine paradiplomatic management in both local governments. The main objective is to identify similarities and differences in paradiplomatic patterns and to scrutinise paradiplomatic activism pertaining to the instrument of political movements in both regions. The findings confirm that patterns of paradiplomacy management are typically similar, and influenced by the dynamic of local political movements, and that paradiplomatic activism is an instrument in political movements. It is argued that paradiplomatic management by secessionist regions performs the same pattern both in federal and unitary systems, and is reflected in the changes of regional laws on paradiplomatic affairs.

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LOIS-GONZÁLEZ, RUBÉN C., and CARLOS AYMERICH-CANO. "LOCAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL POWER IN SPAIN: RECENT REFORMS AND DEBATES. LESSONS FOR AND FROM CHINA." Singapore Economic Review 63, no. 04 (September 2018): 981–1001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0217590817420024.

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In Spain, as in China, local administration concentrates a number of problems. This is a level of financially weak government. In addition, this fragility is increased, because the municipalities manage numerous services to citizens. Since 2008, the outbreak of the economic crisis caused many difficulties to municipalities, which borrowed. The central government has responded in 2013 with a local reform, which seeks to control the spending of municipalities. Faced with this attempt, municipalities have responded by introducing more economic discipline. Undoubtedly, some of these Spanish lessons may be important for the experience of China, where economic problems of local power are similar.

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Solé-Ollé, Albert, and Pilar Sorribas-Navarro. "The dynamic adjustment of local government budgets: does Spain behave differently?" Applied Economics 44, no. 25 (September 2012): 3203–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2011.570723.

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Cuello, José. "The Economic Impact of the Bourbon Reforms and the Late Colonial Crisis of Empire at the Local Level: The Case of Saltillo, 1777-1817." Americas 44, no. 3 (January 1988): 301–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1006909.

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The massive efforts of the Bourbon monarchs of the late colonial period to give their Spanish-American empire a modern state apparatus, extract more revenues from it, and defend it effectively from foreign interlopers involved an unprecedented assertion of royal authority at all levels of government, including the local one. Municipal government throughout the Americas became both an object of reform and one of the chief instruments of Bourbon reorganization at ground level. All the major activities and changes that required direct contact with the general population, from the taking of censuses and the establishment of militia units to the imposition of new taxes and the reorganization of the colonial financial structure, depended on municipal governments for their effective implementation. When the world wars for empires among Britain, France, and Spain reached a crisis stage for the Bourbons with Napoleon's invasion of Spain in 1808, the municipal governments became even more vital to the maintenance of the viceroyalties and the survival of the Spanish monarchy.

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Ramos-Vielba, Irene, and Richard Woolley. "Local factors shaping public sector industrial relations in a context of crisis: A comparison of municipal administrations in Spain." Industrielle Beziehungen Zeitschrift für Arbeit Organisation und Management 25, no. 3-2018 (October 8, 2018): 343–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.3224/indbez.v25i3.04.

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The impact of the 2008 financial crisis led to the imposition of severe ‘crisis measures’ focused on alleviating budget deficits at all levels of Spanish government. In this context, the central government sought to restrict regional and local government spending. One of the key mechanisms at the Spanish government’s disposal was restricting public sector employment. This paper examines the responses to these centrally imposed measures in two local municipal governments, Bilbao (Basque Country) and Parla (Madrid) between 2010 and 2015. The paper applies a ‘varieties of capitalism’ conceptual approach to investigate what it refers to as subnational institutional systems and suggests that processes of economic and social adjustment in Spain are also influenced by distinctive regional and local political economic arrangements. Key factors contributing to the different industrial relations outcomes observed in the two case study locations are described and discussed. The results show that different types and degrees of coordination can co-exist within a decentralised national political economy.

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Torres, Lourdes, and Vicente Pina. "Local Government Financial Reporting in the USA and Spain. A Comparative Study." Spanish Journal of Finance and Accounting / Revista Española de Financiación y Contabilidad 32, no. 115 (January 2003): 153–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02102412.2003.10779478.

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Montesinos, Vicente, Isabel Brusca, Francesca Manes Rossi, and Natalia Aversano. "The usefulness of performance reporting in local government: comparing Italy and Spain." Public Money & Management 33, no. 3 (May 2013): 171–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2013.785701.

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Rios, Vicente, Pedro Pascual, and Fermín Cabases. "What drives local government spending in Spain? A dynamic spatial panel approach." Spatial Economic Analysis 12, no. 2-3 (March 13, 2017): 230–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17421772.2017.1282166.

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Araujo, Joaquim Filipe Ferraz Esteves de, and Francisca Tejedo-Romero. "Local government transparency index: determinants of municipalities’ rankings." International Journal of Public Sector Management 29, no. 4 (May 9, 2016): 327–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijpsm-11-2015-0199.

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Purpose – Cases of corruption, embezzlement, theft and fraud, abuse of discretion, favoritism, nepotism, clientelism, and abuse of power in governments have led to a growing demand from society to access public information. In response to this demand, governments have been forced to be more transparent in the conduct of their activities. The information transparency index (TI) may be conditioned by economic and political characteristics of local governments affecting the information provided. What factors influenced the index of municipal transparency? Literature about transparency is largely based on the explanations of the agency theory and the legitimacy theory. Based on the postulates of both theories, the purpose of this paper is twofold. First, study the index transparency in Spanish municipalities, and, second, determine the main features that are affecting the index of transparency. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from Transparency International Spain ranking and from official sources. Univariate and multivariate analysis are performed for the treatment of data. Findings – The results shows that political factors like electoral turnout, political ideology, and political competition have a significant effect on the index of transparency. Gender has no significant effect on the index of transparency. Originality/value – This study is a contribution to the growing body literature of transparency in order to understand what explains the variations of the TI among municipalities.

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Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, Sylvia A. R. Tijmstra, and Adala Bwire. "Fiscal Decentralisation, Efficiency, and Growth." Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 41, no. 9 (January 1, 2009): 2041–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a4087.

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Much of the recent worldwide trend towards devolution has been driven by the belief that fiscal decentralisation is likely to have a positive effect on government efficiency and economic growth. It is generally assumed that the transfer of powers and resources to lower tiers of government allows for a better matching of public policies to local needs and thus for a better allocation of resources. These factors, in turn, are expected to lead to an improvement in regional economic performance, if subnational authorities shift resources from current to capital expenditures in search of a better response to local needs. In this paper we test these assumptions empirically by analysing the evolution of subnational expenditure categories and regional growth in Germany, India, Mexico, Spain, and the USA. We find that, contrary to expectations, decentralisation has coincided in the sample countries with a relative increase in current expenditures at the expense of capital expenditures, which has been associated with lower levels of economic growth in countries where devolution has been driven from above (India and Mexico), but not in Spain, where it has been driven from below. We hypothesise that the differences in legitimacy between the central or federal government and subnational governments in top-down and bottom-up processes of devolution may be at the origin of the diverse capacity to deliver greater allocative and productive efficiency and, eventually, greater economic growth by devolved governments.

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Fotiou, Despoina. "The Complexity of the Law in Local Government Comparison of Greece and Spain." Journal of Public Policy and Administration 5, no. 1 (2021): 8. http://dx.doi.org/10.11648/j.jppa.20210501.12.

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Gras, Ester, Joaquin Hernandez, and Mercedes Palacios. "An Explanation of Local Government Debt in Spain Based on Internal Control System." Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-Government 12, no. 4 (October 6, 2014): 775–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.4335/12.4.775-792(2014).

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The literature reflects a growing interest in the research of Public Sector debt. However, this is the first time that a variable of internal control is used to analyse interaction with the level of debt. This paper analyses the influence of the level of internal control in Spanish Local Government on indebtedness. We have obtained a sample of 1,806 Spanish municipalities. The main finding is that the level of internal control system influences the municipal debt per capita, so the higher the level of internal control, the lower the level of debt. Furthermore, we confirm previously reported results.

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Montesinos, Vicente, and Isabel Brusca. "Towards Performance, Quality and Environmental Management in Local Government: the Case of Spain." Local Government Studies 35, no. 2 (April 2009): 197–212. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03003930902742971.

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Sanjuán, Jordi, Pau Rausell, Vicente Coll, and Raül Abeledo. "Mayors, Using Cultural Expenditure in An Opportunistic Way Improves the Chances of Re-Election, but Do Not Do It: Revisiting Political Budget Cycles." Sustainability 12, no. 21 (October 31, 2020): 9095. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12219095.

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This article analyzes whether expenditure on the provision of merit goods, culture, health, education, and sports, by local governments, in medium-sized cities (between 20,000 and 100,000 inhabitants) is tied to the electoral cycle; that is, whether expenditure increases in the run up to an electoral process. Further, we analyze whether the increase in spending on Culture by local governments has any significant effect on the probability of local governments being re-elected. To answer these questions, a database of 350 medium-sized municipalities is used comprising the period 2011 to 2019, when two municipal elections were held in Spain; in 2015 and in 2019. The results confirm that both total spending and spending on culture and sports, are tied to the electoral cycle, while expenditure on other merit goods is not. Moreover, using a logit model, it is confirmed that an increase in culture expenditure has a significant effect on the probability of the government being re-elected. Specifically, a one-third increase in cultural expenditure, as a proportion of total expenditure (e.g., passing from 6% to 8%) at local government level, improves re-election chances by almost 10%.

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Zafra-Gómez, José Luis, Antonio Manuel López-Hernández, and Agustín Hernández-Bastida. "Evaluating financial performance in local government: maximizing the benchmarking value." International Review of Administrative Sciences 75, no. 1 (March 2009): 151–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020852308099510.

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One of the main problems in evaluating financial performance arises in carrying out comparisons between municipalities, as no account is taken of the impact of certain factors of the social and economic environment on the indicators in question. In this study, the concept of financial condition is applied, revealing the influence of such factors, and a methodology is proposed to minimize their effects on the results of the evaluation. The results of applying these to a sample of municipalities in Spain reveal that the model is useful for reinforcing the value of benchmarking between municipalities with similar characteristics. Points for practitioners The use of indicators for evaluating financial performance has advanced considerably in recent years. However, many criticisms have been made by public sector managers concerning the application of such indicators. One of these is that, in many cases, the values measured by different authorities are not comparable, as the services they provide differ significantly. If local authorities were grouped according to the social and economic factors influencing their provision of public services, the evaluations made would be much more effective, facilitating decision-making by supervisory bodies and by municipal managers.

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Alonso, Ángel Iglesias, and Manuel Villoria Mandeta. "Local Political Leadership in Urban Governance and Public Administration Modernisation: The Role of the Mayor and Councillors in a Spanish Municipality (1979-2007)." Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-Government 8, no. 2 (April 26, 2010): 185–201. http://dx.doi.org/10.4335/8.2.185-201(2010).

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Implementing urban governance strategies to improve local democracy and to regulate local economic growth is an important determinant of effective local administrative change and performance. The underlying hypothesis adopted here is the assumption that the adoption of urban governance processes requires political leadership. It inevitably results in the introduction of innovations within the administrative apparatus in order to improve its performance. Indeed, understanding the interaction between these three aspects (political leadership, urban governance, and administrative modernisation) is of fundamental importance for the effectiveness of most, if not all, policy interventions directed at the introduction of democratic innovations and public administration modernisation initiatives in local governments. To bring out the importance of those interactions, case study1 research is used. KEYWORDS: • local government • urban governance • administrative modernisation • public policy • political leadership • Spain

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Komlev, Evgeny. "Defense of local autonomy in the Constitutional Court of Spain." Sravnitel noe konstitucionnoe obozrenie 29, no. 5 (2020): 89–111. http://dx.doi.org/10.21128/1812-7126-2020-5-89-111.

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The article examines the procedure for considering complaints about violation of local autonomy in the Constitutional Court of Spain. The study is based on the analysis of legal regulation of such a category of cases as conflicts in defense of local autonomy and the relevant practice of the Constitutional Court of Spain. The aim of the study is to identify the features of Spanish procedure for protecting the local autonomy by means of constitutional justice, to determine the main advantages and disadvantages of the legal regulation of this procedure. As a result of the analysis, the author comes to the conclusion that the mechanism for defense of the local autonomy in the Constitutional Court of Spain is not free from significant drawbacks. Some of such drawbacks are mainly procedural, based on the relevant legal regulation (among them – excessive requirements for the municipalities or provinces in terms of the number of territorial entities authorized to lodge the complaint; the existence of some formal requirements that can be abolished without reduction in effectiveness of justice). Positions rooted in Spanish legislation and practice of the Constitutional Court of Spain regarding the place and role of local self-government bodies in the system of public authorities in some cases also have a negative impact on the limits of defense of the local autonomy. Such positions are often taken from German legal doctrine, but they are not always successfully adapted within the framework of the Spanish legal system. It seems that the drawbacks noted in the article do not allow to completely attain the aims for which local bodies were empowered to apply to the Constitutional Court of Spain. Among the advantages of the procedure for considering complaints about violation of local autonomy are the flexible approach of the legislator and the Constitutional Court of Spain to a number of issues; taking into account the historical and national (including linguistic) characteristics of Autonomous Communities; the interpretation of the disputed issues by the Constitutional Court of Spain mainly in favor of the applicants. The article formulates ideas regarding the possible improvement of the procedure for defense of the local autonomy in the Constitutional Court of Spain.

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Bunting, Amanda Marie. "A Sociological Study of Graffiti in Seville, Spain." Journal of Student Research 1, no. 2 (July 14, 2012): 51–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.47611/jsr.v1i2.64.

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In Seville, Spain graffiti is so prevalent that it creates the background of the city. The artists are rarely seen due to the heavy fines imposed by local government. The illegality of graffiti leaves the artists to live within a deviant subculture of their own. This study analyzes graffiti found in Seville, as well as data from nine qualitative interviews with artists from Spain. Commonalties of this subculture as well as differences from American artists were found and discussed.

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Komlev, Evgeny Y. "Coordination of local authorities in Russia and Spain: comparative legal research." RUDN Journal of Law 26, no. 3 (September 7, 2022): 634–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.22363/2313-2337-2022-26-3-634-654.

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One of the consequences of the 2020 constitutional reform in Russia is introduction into Russian legislation of the «coordination» concept in relation to the public authority’s activity. So far this legal institution has not received detailed regulation. The institution of coordination of the local authorities’ activities has long been known to foreign legal orders, including Spanish legislation. Taking into account the current reform of the Russian legislation on local self-government, the author substantiates the relevance and timeliness of the study of Spanish experience in this sphere. The purpose of the article is to analyze the legal basis and nature, procedure and conditions for applying the institution of coordination of the local authorities’ activity in Russia and Spain, to determine the possibility of implementing the Spanish experience into the Russian legal order. The methodological basis of the study involves general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis, as well as comparative legal and historical methods. Russian and Spanish legislations, law enforcement practice, doctrinal approaches to the research topic have been investigated. Based on the study, the author comes to the conclusion that Spanish experience in this field is relevant for Russia. The institution of coordination in relation to the activities of local self-government bodies in Russia requires more detailed regulation. The author proposes approaches for the complex use of the institution of coordination in order to achieve an optimal balance between the elements of centralization and decentralization of public power.

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Pla-Julián, Isabel, and Sandra Guevara. "Mainstreaming gender and sustainability jointly: a case study from a local government in Spain." Local Environment 25, no. 3 (March 1, 2020): 258–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2020.1732314.

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Otero-Hermida, Paula, and Ramón Bouzas Lorenzo. "Gender mainstreaming in Spain: policy instruments, influencing factors, and the role of local government." Local Government Studies 46, no. 6 (November 4, 2019): 865–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2019.1682556.

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Vela-Bargues, Jose Manuel, Rosa María Dasí-González, and Amparo Gimeno-Ruíz. "The Recent Reform of Spanish Local Governmental Accounting: A Critical Perspective from Local Governmental Accountants As Internal Users Of Budgeting And Financial Accounting Information." Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-Government 16, no. 3 (July 30, 2018): 453–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.4335/16.3.453-476(2018).

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Local Government Accounting and Financial Reporting in Spain has been recently reformed by the new Accounting Instructions published in 2103 and in force since the 1st of January 2015. Once the financial reports corresponding to 2016 fiscal year have been published, the main purpose of this paper is to empirically evaluate, the perceptions and opinions that local governmental accountants have about the recent reform. Our analysis has found a clear gap between the aims of the reform and the opinion of local governmental accountants, who consider the system too complex and clearly biased towards financial accounting information.

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Mendieta, Manuel Villoria, and Ángel Iglesias Alonso. "Developments In Transparency In The Spanish Municipalities: An Analytical Revision Of The Last Research." Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-Government 15, no. 3 (June 28, 2017): 411–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.4335/15.3.411-432(2017).

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The Spanish local system rests on two pillars, municipalities and provinces. Lately, as a result of the economic crisis and the fiscal stress that afflicts most Spanish local governments they are forced to rely on inter-municipal cooperation and collaboration. This new local landscape challenges and raises concerns about accountability. Different theories confirm that working with greater transparency helps the effectiveness, efficiency and the control of corruption in the public sector and, in this context, municipalities in Spain have decided that transparency is a fertile ground that is essential to improve performance. This article, based on an analytical revision of the last research, attempts to prove that there has been substantial progress in this regard, although there is still a long road to achieving full open government.

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Brusca, Isabel, Francesca Manes Rossi, and Natalia Aversano. "Drivers for the financial condition of Local Government: a comparative study between Italy and Spain." Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-Government 13, no. 2 (April 4, 2015): 161–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.4335/13.2.161-184(2015).

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This paper aims to analyse the influence of socio-economic, political and financial factors on the financial condition of Italian and Spanish local governments in a comparative approach. The research is also aimed at understanding to what extent a model for the analysis of the financial condition can be generalized to different contexts. We assume that the financial condition is a multidimensional concept, with the results highlighting that while in Spain there is a high correlation between the long term financial and short term economic situations and an indicator can combine both dimensions, in Italy both dimensions are differentiated. There are also differences in the drivers of financial sustainability in both countries.

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Boldyreva, E. P., N. V. Gorbunova, T. Yu Grigoreva, and E. V. Ovchinnikova. "E-government Implementation in Spain, France and Russia: Efficiency and Trust Level." SHS Web of Conferences 62 (2019): 11005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20196211005.

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The article considers peculiarities of modern information technologies introduction including e-state management (e-government) in government bodies, local authorities and governmental structure. Certain factors, influencing citizen’s intention to use the system of interaction with e-government, taking into account trust, perceived risk and political efficiency on the example of several European countries are described in the article. Attempt to compare different approaches to e-government introduction into countries, having basic differences, influencing e-government introduction, i.e. cultural and historic problem of the country, infrastructure, e-competence and development of citizens, civil servants and technical staff was made by the authors. Advantages of e-government, such as improvement of access to information and services; dropping-out of access limits to authority, improvement the quality of service and reputation; integration of institutions are revealed in the paper. The authors attempt to examine modern conditions of new information technologies introduction; determine anticipated utility of their use; obtain new data of new government services; generalize problems of anticipated risks and threats for citizens, using e-government services and contemplate ways of their prevention.

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Criado, J. Ignacio, and Edgar Alejandro Ruvalcaba-Gomez. "Perceptions of City Managers About Open Government Policies." International Journal of Electronic Government Research 14, no. 1 (January 2018): 1–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijegr.2018010101.

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At this point, the role of the concept Open Government (OG) has been key promoting transparency, participation and collaboration in public administration worldwide. This article presents research about the open government (OG) phenomena in Spanish municipalities over 50,000 inhabitants (146 municipalities), using a questionnaire. Particularly, the research objective of this article is looking at the perceptions of city managers responsible for OG policies in order to understand more about this emergent public policy in the local layer of government. The results are consistent with a notion of OG associated to terms like transparency or access to information, and less to collaboration, co-production, of technologies or electronic government. In addition, the results confirm the intention of city managers to promote transparency or access to information with OG policies, while other possible outcomes (collaboration, managerial improvements or reduction of management costs) are less popular. Finally, the implementation of OG policies remains in its initial stages, whereas they are much expanded in strategic plans or units/departments at the local level of government in Spain.

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Prokhorenko, I. "Regional Development Policy in Spain: Instruments and Mechanisms." World Economy and International Relations, no. 5 (2015): 41–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.20542/0131-2227-2015-5-41-51.

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The article explores practices of the regional development policy in Spain (in other words, regional policy) as the central government’s regulation of economic and territorial development, with a view to their possible efficiency for the Russian Federation. The author singles out Spanish regions (17 autonomous communities and 2 autonomous cities) and local communities (provinces, municipalities and islands) as objects of the regional development policy, reviews goals and objectives of this policy. The paper focuses on analyzing, particularizing and comparing of instruments and mechanisms relevant to this policy line of the Spanish state, its institutional and political aspects in time of Franco's rule and during the post-Francoist period. The variation of economic development in the regions of Spain, different parameters of this variation and some factors of the autonomous communities' economic development are estimated. The specific character of interrelationship between central, regional and local authorities in the context of the Spanish State of Autonomies and of the territorial development dynamics, the peculiarities of the operational inter-budgetary relations model, problems of the local government and self-government as well as of decentralization of metro- and megapolises’ governance are examined. The questions of public discussions in Spanish society about the outcome and efficiency of the central government’s regional development policy are touched upon. The regional development policy in Spain is considered as extremely politicized, semi-structured, contentious and ambiguous in consequence of the legal and socio-economic asymmetry of the autonomous communities and also of the ongoing process of federalization in Spain. As in recent years Spain is steadily losing its previous status of the subsidized territory and is turning into a donor of the European Union regional policy, it is necessary for Spanish authorities to make the regional development policy more active and to take a different view of its objectives and opportunities. Acknowledgements. The work is executed according to the fundamental studies programme of the Presidium of RAS no. 31, project 6.6 “Foreign Experience of Regional Policy, and Possibilities of Its Usage in Russia”.

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Meltzoff, Sarah Keene. "Marisquadoras of the Shellfish Revolution: The Rise of Women in Co-management on Illa de Arousa, Galicia." Journal of Political Ecology 2, no. 1 (December 1, 1995): 20. http://dx.doi.org/10.2458/v2i1.20129.

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This paper explores connections between macro-structural changes and local fisheriesmanagement on Illa de Arousa, Ria de Arousa, Galicia, Spain to understand politicalecology. It examines the political rises of marisquadoras (women shellfishers) in the“shellfishing revolution.” This revolution was not in technology, but in management and marketing resulting from infrastructural development. The community responded by resurrecting the cofradía (local fisheries association), to create a bureaucartized form of co-management with the Galician government. The historical convergence of marcostructural changes and local culture facilitated marisquadoras’ inclusion in comanagement and creation of a local ethnic of conservation.

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Brusca, Isabel, Francesca Manes Rossi, and Natalia Aversano. "Online sustainability information in local governments in an austerity context." Online Information Review 40, no. 4 (August 8, 2016): 497–514. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/oir-05-2015-0161.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse and compare how austerity has influenced online sustainability information in Italy and Spain. Design/methodology/approach – The authors relate austerity policies to online information in order to ascertain whether austerity plays a role in the financial, organizational, social and environmental information disclosed on local government (LG) websites. The research has been conducted by analysing the websites of all Italian and Spanish LGs with more than 100,000 inhabitants. Findings – The results show that institutional and legislative pressures, as well as austerity measures, have played a relevant role in the increased production of information by LGs, although not all information is fully provided. Originality/value – The results may be of interest to managers and politicians as a stimulus to increase the flow of information. They may also be useful to policy makers, regulators and other stakeholders in order to foment environmental information.

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Rodríguez-Teruel, Juan. "Ministerial and Parliamentary Elites in Multilevel Spain 1977–2009." Comparative Sociology 10, no. 6 (2011): 887–907. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156913311x607610.

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Abstract In decentralized European parliamentary democracies future governing elites often acquire political experience and attain top positions by passing through sub-national political institutions. In doing so, elites circumvent and reduce the importance of national parliaments. Previous research has advanced several explanations for this pattern: Europe's tradition of bureaucratic government; parties with open methods for selecting parliamentary candidates; the “presidentialization” and Europeanization of national political systems. Since its transition to democracy in 1977, Spain has had an exceptionally small proportion of former MPs in its national cabinets. I employ data for Spanish ministers between 1977–2009 demonstrating the passage of a large proportion of cabinet ministers through local and regional government levels rather than the national parliament, the Cortes Generales. I show that multilevel rather than parliamentary political careers characterize ministerial elite recruitment, and I discuss the consequences for Spain's parliamentary democracy.

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Garrido-Rodríguez, Juan-Carlos, Marta Garrido-Montañés, Germán López-Pérez, and Elisabeth Zafra-Gómez. "The Importance of Measuring Local Governments’ Information Disclosure: Comparing Transparency Indices in Spain." Sustainability 14, no. 20 (October 12, 2022): 13081. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su142013081.

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Transparency is considered a key element for developing a reliable government; it is the ability that all public entities have to provide access to all their information. The main objective of this work is to test the differences in the transparency of municipalities between the main indices and a new index made following the regulatory advances in this area at the national level. Called BTI, this new index aims to measure in the best possible way the degree of compliance of Spanish municipalities, through two dimensions (depth and breadth), which measure the quality and the quantity of the information. This work makes a comparison of the BTI with three of the main existing transparency indexes in Spain, to a sample of Spanish provincial capitals. The results obtained reveal clear differences between the indices, where three of the four indices analyzed show that most municipalities only fulfil the Transparency Act at the minimum level, with only a few municipalities reaching the maximum rating range. This work concludes that the BTI index is more demanding than the rest of the indexes. However, ITA stands out with a higher average score than the rest, which indicates that transparency portals are designed to obtain a good score in this index, being less objective. Finally, this paper remembers the importance of having an objective tool to measure transparency, as it can show notable differences with respect to reality.

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Díaz-Parra, Ibán. "A back to the city movement by local government action: gentrification in Spain and Latin America." International Journal of Urban Sciences 19, no. 3 (May 22, 2015): 343–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/12265934.2015.1045306.

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Garrido-Cumbrera, Marco, Jorge Chacón-García, and Johannes Schädler. "THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES UN: ANALYSIS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION IN ANDALUCÍA (SPAIN) OF ARTICLE 33." Revista Chilena de Terapia Ocupacional 16, no. 2 (December 31, 2016): 119. http://dx.doi.org/10.5354/0719-5346.2016.44756.

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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a major human rights instrument of the United Nations with the goal of ensuring protection of rights of persons with disabilities. In Article 33, ‘National implementation and monitoring’ establishes, among other things, that States Parties shall implement the Convention and establish or designate a coordination mechanism at government level. This article aims to show the results of implementing Article 33 in Andalucía (Spain) in the context of the European project ‘Planning Inclusive Communities’ led by the University of Siegen (Germany). The methodology used in this study was based on a comparative analysis of data obtained through a series of surveys addressed to local governments in different European regions. This article shows the results obtained in Andalucía region where the Convention is disseminated in various formats, at local levels it shows a low presence, because rati cation have neither led to a legal obligation at lower state levels. Local managers showed disregard for the principles of the Convention and its practical application. This lack of information at local level in uences the methods that Spanish occupational therapists (OT) use with persons with disabilities in occupational centers (OC).

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Flinchpaugh, Steven G. "Economic Aspects of the Viceregal Entrance in Mexico City." Americas 52, no. 3 (January 1996): 345–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1008005.

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On November 4, 1640, a ship two months out of Cádiz entered the harbor of Veracruz and dropped anchor opposite the fortress of San Juan de Ulúa. On board was the new Viceroy of the Kingdom of New Spain, the Duque de Escalona, Diego López Pacheco. The viceroy’s arrival in Veracruz was but the first act in the elaborate drama of colonial government. Escalona and his party tarried in the port, passing the time inspecting the king’s troops and fortifications while they recuperated from the crossing and prepared for the journey to Mexico City. Accompanied by a mounted escort, gentlemen from the towns and cities of New Spain, a retinue of priests, servants and relatives, a herd of sheep, cattle, and other livestock, and by a baggage train carrying the stores of food and wines he brought with him from Spain, the viceroy would climb from sea level to the central meseta of New Spain, an ascent of nearly 8000 feet. The trip to Mexico City was a time for introductions, feasts, toasts, and pageants; but, it was also a time for politics, as the local notables, merchants, and government officials who accompanied the viceroy’s party vied for a favorable processional position and attempted to arrange a place at court for themselves, their relatives, and clients. Each village or town through which the viceroy passed would welcome him according to local custom and means. In larger towns like Puebla, this meant sumptuous entertainment, a procession to the cathedral followed by a reception and banquet. The viceroy could expect a more humble, but no less colorful reception when he passed through one of the dozens of smaller Indian communities along the route.

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Reid, Colin T., and Gerardo Ruiz-Rico Ruiz. "Scotland and Spain: The Division of Environmental Competences." International and Comparative Law Quarterly 52, no. 1 (January 2003): 209–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/iclq/52.1.209.

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Two conflicting forces beset any attempts to fit responsibility for environmental matters into modern constitutional structures. On the one hand the political desire for less centralised government calls for devolution of power to regional or local authorities, so that responsibilities are divided and distributed between different levels of government. On the other, the fact that no aspect of the environment can be treated as if it were a separate compartment suggests that responsibilities should be integrated in one place, an approach supported by the increasing awareness that there is a need for environmental considerations to influence all areas of policy if the goal of sustainable development is to be achieved. Fitting responses to the conditions1 of a particular locality is an important element in successful environmental policy, but so is ensuring that a coherent and holistic approach is taken, unhindered by institutional divisions.2 The purpose of this paper is to examine how two structures of devolved administration, for the Autonomous Communities in Spain and for Scotland, meet the challenge of reconciling these opposite forces, and how the constitutional structures influence the way in which potential problems are resolved.

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