Federalism and territorial equality: a contradiction in terms?
The study explores the relationship between federalism and territorial inequality, taking Brazil as the object of analysis. The conclusion is that there is a trade-off between territorial inequality reduction and the full autonomy of local governments. The central government's redistributive ro...
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| description | The study explores the relationship between federalism and territorial inequality, taking Brazil as the object of analysis. The conclusion is that there is a trade-off between territorial inequality reduction and the full autonomy of local governments. The central government's redistributive role seems to be a condition for reducing revenue inequality between jurisdictions, and so reducing inequality in citizens' access to public services requires the central government to perform redistributive and regulatory role. On the other hand, local autonomy pushes toward inequality. Hence, federal regulation and local autonomy are combined in a given polity, the result tends to be bound inequality. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-009e84c3ced4454f9fa90ba735cf07da2022-12-21T22:41:36ZengUniversidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroDados: Revista de Ciências Sociais0011-52585seS0011-52582010000100002Federalism and territorial equality: a contradiction in terms?Marta ArretcheThe study explores the relationship between federalism and territorial inequality, taking Brazil as the object of analysis. The conclusion is that there is a trade-off between territorial inequality reduction and the full autonomy of local governments. The central government's redistributive role seems to be a condition for reducing revenue inequality between jurisdictions, and so reducing inequality in citizens' access to public services requires the central government to perform redistributive and regulatory role. On the other hand, local autonomy pushes toward inequality. Hence, federal regulation and local autonomy are combined in a given polity, the result tends to be bound inequality.http://socialsciences.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0011-52582010000100002&lng=en&tlng=enÉtat fédératifmunicipalitéspolitique publiqueinégalité territoriale |
| spellingShingle | Marta Arretche Federalism and territorial equality: a contradiction in terms? Dados: Revista de Ciências Sociais État fédératif municipalités politique publique inégalité territoriale |
| title | Federalism and territorial equality: a contradiction in terms? |
| title_full | Federalism and territorial equality: a contradiction in terms? |
| title_fullStr | Federalism and territorial equality: a contradiction in terms? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Federalism and territorial equality: a contradiction in terms? |
| title_short | Federalism and territorial equality: a contradiction in terms? |
| title_sort | federalism and territorial equality a contradiction in terms |
| topic | État fédératif municipalités politique publique inégalité territoriale |
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