LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND THEIR INTERGOVERNMENTAL NETWORKS IN FEDERALIZING SPAIN

Spain has been changing its institutional framework in important ways over the past thirty years. Robert Agranoff shows that local g overnments, although they occupy a strong position in legal and constitutional terms, are in practice subordinate to both central an d regional governments and therefore lack adequate power and resources to deal with both the responsibilities assigned to them and t hose they'd like to assume. The Spanish situation provides important insights into intergovernmental relations in all decentralized countries...[Read more]