Devolution and involution: De-federalization politics through educational policies in Spain (1996–2004)

Losada, Antón; Máiz, Ramón

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“…First, and in this sense devolution has not made a major difference, the share of non-publicly-funded (fully private) schools is higher in some regions than in others. It is as low as 21 per cent in the Canary Islands and as high as 51 per cent in the Basque Country (Losada and Máiz 2005). Such differences reflect particular historic traditions that may vary from one region to another and were already applied when education was not yet devolved.…”

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“…Schools were granted greater autonomy and financial diversification. At the same time, the centre always kept a close eye on the overall quality of the education curriculum by strengthening its evaluation and inspection mechanisms (Losada and Máiz 2005). However, as soon as the PP managed to capture an absolute majority in the central parliament , it sought to reclaim its substantive authority in education policy.…”

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“…Second, although education is now a competence of all the regions, the historic communities acquired control of education policy at an earlier stage and have used it as a tool of nation and identity building. They have done so by stimulating education in the national minority language, but also by attaching more relevance to regional history, culture and symbolism (Losada and Máiz 2005).…”

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Federalism and Regionalism in Western Europe

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2006

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Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication 4 The Centre and the Regions: the Political Economy Approach 1. Introduction 2. Competence assignment in a federal state: an overview of three theories 3. Competence assignment in Western Europe: testing the three theories 4. The scope of federalism: expenditure and tax (de-)centralization 5. Vertical fiscal imbalances and why they arise 6. Vertical and horizontal fiscal imbalances and how they can be reduced 7. Regional spending, tax autonomy and equalization: an overview 8. ConclusionTables 1.1 Standard characteristics of a federation applied to six West European States 2.1 Overview of German regions (Länder) 2.2 Overview of the Spanish regions (Autonomous Communities) and their constitutional route to regional autonomy 2.3 The regions of the United Kingdom and their constitutional status 2.4 Contemporary Austria and its regions 2.5 The Belgian Regions and Communities 2.6 Switzerland and its regions 3.1 The Spanish regions and differences in constitutional status 3.2 Summary of distribution of legislative and administrative competencies and methods for changing that distribution 4.1 Distribution of competencies in Western Europe's multilayered setting 4.2 Public expenditure distribution in a multilayered setting 109 4.3 Typology of tax regimes (on the basis of four indicators) 110 4.4 Public revenue distribution in a multilayered setting 112 4.5 Regional tax revenues and vertical fiscal imbalances 113 4.6 Different tax sources and their corresponding tax type 121 5.1 General election results for state-wide parties and their regional breakdown 5.2 Ethno-regionalist parties and their electoral performance in the most recent general (and regional) elections 149 6.1 Patterns of IGR and their effects on policy change in six West European states 6.2 Composition and powers (with regard to ordinary legislation) of six federal/central second chambers 194 7.1 Citizens of the Spanish historic communities and their knowledge of the regional language 7.2 National identification in the Basque Country and Catalonia, 1979-2002 7.3 National identification in Belgium and the UK 277

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“…En este contexto la política cultural de distintos países federales −particularmente plurinacionales− se transformó en un ámbito de conflicto internivel, tanto a nivel doméstico como a nivel exterior (Rius-Ulldemolins y Zamorano, 2014; Rius Ulldemolins y Zamorano, 2014). En algunos casos estos problemas se han puesto en evidencia o se han profundizado a raíz de la actual crisis económica internacional, lo cual ha derivado en distintas reformas de corte recentralizador en los sistemas federales o federalizantes (Losada y Máiz, 2005;Máiz y Losada, 2009).…”

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Autonomía y cooperación en los modelos federalizantes de política cultural. Análisis comparativo de los casos de Alemania, EEUU, Canadá, Suiza, Reino Unido y España

2018

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Since the eighties several researches have advanced into the comparison between national models of cultural policy. Moreover, interest in cultural decentralization and the recognition of cultural and national plurality has grown parallel to the importance of regional and local public cultural action. However, not enough studies have been carried on comparing systematically the relationship between federalism models and models of cultural policy of a State. This work aims to fill this gap by performing a comparison of six federal or quasi federal countries that have excelled in their development of cultural policies, comparing their different levels of autonomy, shared government and recognition of different cultural and national identities States.

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“…In Italy, it is difficult to empirically demonstrate this trend by both research data and literature, as no political actor has openly embraced or declared a policy strategy in this direction and most of their statements still remain in line with the decentralization project (Gardini, 2011: 457; Bolgherini, 2014). In Spain, by contrast, the (re)centralization processes have long been under way since the early 2000s (Losada and Maiz, 2005), at least partly due to the fact that ‘within the structure defined by the Spanish Constitution of 1978, two opposing processes have always co-existed (…). Specifically, the process of federalization (…) has always been accompanied by a hidden process of reactive de-federalization that has continually eroded self-government’ (Maiz et al ., 2010: 65).…”

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Crisis-driven reforms and local discretion: an assessment of Italy and Spain

Bolgherini

2015

Riv. Ital. Sci. Polit.

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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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Devolution and involution: De-federalization politics through educational policies in Spain (1996–2004)

Cited by 15 publications

References 5 publications

Federalism and Regionalism in Western Europe

Federalism and Regionalism in Western Europe

Autonomía y cooperación en los modelos federalizantes de política cultural. Análisis comparativo de los casos de Alemania, EEUU, Canadá, Suiza, Reino Unido y España

Crisis-driven reforms and local discretion: an assessment of Italy and Spain

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