César Colino

National Distance-Learning University (UNED) · Political Science and Public Administration

¿Qué aspectos principales deberíamos repensar en el modo de funcionar de las administraciones públicas para que puedan seguir manteniendo su necesaria e imprescindible labor de regulación, protección y prestación de bienes y servicios a la ciudadanía, en pleno momento de cambio de época? En este libro se combinan reflexiones más generales (Fernando...

En este capítulo, se revisan los factores que han estimulado los “intentos deliberados de cambiar las estructuras procesos y/o las culturas de las organizaciones del sector público con el propósito de hacerlas funcionar mejor” (Pollit y Bouckaert 2017:2) en Europa y el modo es que estos estímulos son recibidos por los sistemas políticos administrat...

Inspirándose en los recientes informes promovidos por la Fundación Friedrich Ebert (FES) en Alemania sobre las diferencias socioeconómicas territoriales en ese país (Fink et al., 2019), y tratando de reproducirlos para España, este informe parte de la premisa de que la desigualdad no solo tiene una dimensión personal, económica y social, sino que t...

This handbook examines Spanish politics and government since the transition to democracy. The volume studies the political history, institutional changes, bureaucratic decision-making, political behaviour, and foreign affairs of Spain. The introductory chapter provides an overview of the main themes of democratic Spain and discusses the end of Span...

Este libro reúne contribuciones de un conjunto de autores que han encontrado estimulo intelectual en la “imaginación sociológica”, inquisitiva y crítica de Luis Moreno. Un buen número de ellos y ellas han publicado junto a Moreno en las diferentes líneas de investigación que han marcado la fructífera y productiva carrera de uno de los científicos s...

This chapter examines Spain’s successful constitutional transition through the gradual accommodation of territories. It first explains the context that paved the way for Spain’s peaceful transition to democracy during the period 1975–79, from the Civil War of 1936–39 and the dictatorial rule of General Franco to the mobilization of opposition aroun...

This chapter contributes to the growing comparative literature on the effect of the 2008–9 financial crisis on federal systems, their stability and their fiscal sustainability – while simultaneously engaging with the ongoing debate on the workings, effectiveness, and future of the Spanish version of federalism, the so-called Estado Autonómico. Alth...

En todos los países del mundo ya sean federales, unitarios o tengan mayor o menor grado de descentralización, existen distintos niveles de gobierno que comparten el propósito de conseguir el máximo desarrollo social y económico del país de la manera más eficiente y legítima posible. La gradual tendencia descentralizadora que ha sido identificada en...

El libro consta de dos partes. En la primera se analizan las transformaciones de los cuatro regímenes de bienestar que agrupan a la mayoría de los países europeos y de América del Norte. Además, la nueva edición de este libro incluye también capítulos sobre el régimen de bienestar postcomunista, el denominado modelo social europeo y los sistemas de...

This chapter analyzes the background and content of the secessionist program in Catalonia and the process around it and its implementation by the Catalan government. It also examines the political and legal response of the central government to this challenge as well as the existing reform proposals and their prospects of success in the foreseeable...

Following the introduction, the chapter’s second section presents the various approaches utilized in comparative research to understand and map distinct national patterns, country groupings and the extent of convergence (or persistence) and adaptation of major administrative features around a European model. The third section deals with the main tr...

The article discusses the historical evolution of the federalized Spanish state and the intergovernmental institutions that have emerged in this process. Although vertical multilateral bodies dominate, they coexist with vertical bilateral cooperation bodies, deriving from the decentralization process and the original asymmetries in regional powers,...

This chapter seeks to contribute to the growing discussion on the effect of the current crisis on federal systems, their stability and fiscal sustainability. In particular, it looks at whether and how, after a period of sweeping decentralization in most of them, these systems are experiencing strong pressures to centralize in the wake of the curren...

This article analyses the evolution of the institutional setting that the Spanish multi-level system provides for regional European Union (EU) adaptation, and the effects that recent developments of the EU (the Eastern enlargement, the Treaty reform process and the Euro-zone crisis) have had on the more or less pro-European positions and adaptive s...

When taking stock of the Spanish version of federalism, the Estado autonómico, it seems of utmost importance to address not just the distribution of powers and resources or its diversity but also its complex machinery of government and its everyday workings, that is, its intergovernmental relations (hereafter IGR) and the way its strengths and weak...

Despite the appearance of convergence or similarity in trends on account of decentralizing reforms in several federations and despite increasing legal or fiscal decentralization indicated by aggregate data, federations actually change in many different ways, across various dimensions and at different paces. If we analyze different systems in detail...

After a first term (2004–2008) marked by significant controversy surrounding the territorial model of the Spanish state and the reform of six regional statutes of autonomy, the reelection of Zapatero’s Socialist Party (PSOE) at the central government level in 2008 ushered in a much calmer environment on territorial issues and partisan confrontation...

El Estado de Bienestar es uno de los logros más significativos de los Estados modernos por su capacidad de proteger a los ciudadanos contra la pobreza cuando se encuentran en situaciones de riesgo tales como la enfermedad, el desempleo, la vejez, la niñez o la ignorancia y por contribuir a la corrección de la desigualdad social. A pesar de todo, su...

Un análisis detallado del estilo de Gobierno y liderazgo en el segundo mandato de Rodríguez Zapatero (2008-2011). Se describen los recursos presidenciales, el estilo de liderazgo, su papel en la arena parlamentaria, como líder de partido, con los intereses organizados, y los medios de comunicación.

This article outlines a conceptual framework for analysing constitutional change in federal systems. It begins by explaining the dilemmas, tensions and dynamics inherent in federations that cause the need for adaptation and formal reform of constitutions. After reviewing some approaches and concepts from the literature, the article introduces a con...

Democracy in Spain is embedded in a typical configuration of institutional elements characteristic of the Spanish state organization and culture that have been determined by its particular political history, but are comparable to other European states. However, it is not easy to categorize Spain clearly into a single state tradition model. Recent t...

The so-called ‘Autonomic State’ (Estado Autonómico or Estado de las Autonomías) is a state made up of Comunidades Autónomas or Autonomous Communities (hereafter ACs). It was envisaged in the democratic 1978 Spanish Constitution, following a general cross-party political and social consensus reached after the demise of General Franco’s Dictatorship....

With the recent emergence of large-scale transnational migrant networks, diversity has become a central issue in domestic and international politics. Debates among academics, politicians, and the general public over the accommodation of diversity have revealed both challenges and opportunities for federal countries facing demands that minorities ha...

Democracy in Spain is embedded in a typical configuration of institutional elements characteristic of the Spanish state organization and culture that have been determined by its particular political history, but are comparable to other European states. However, it is not easy to categorize Spain clearly into a single state tradition model. Recent t...

This article analyzes the constitutional change in federations that is driven by the bottom-up reform of subnational units’ constitutional arrangements as an alternative to the reforms of the federal constitution. Looking at the case of Catalonia's recent reform of its statute of autonomy, it discusses and evaluates some of the benefits and pitfall...

The Spanish model of decentralisation was originally devised to achieve cultural-political recognition for some regions and democracy and economic development for all. This article examines how this approach has evolved since the 1970s and the effectiveness of Spain's regional governance institutions. It concludes that regionalisation has been mana...

The book includes several works on the relationship between social ans citizen's participation and public policies. The works inlcuded refer to cases of México, Argentina and Western Europe.

Escrutando en la abundante, fragmentaría y a menudo escasamente sistemática obra de Weber, así como en la de sus analistas y críticos en diversas lenguas, los autores siguen la pista de! tema de la burocracia, una de las piezas centrales de toda la argumentación weberiana, resultado y motor del proceso de racionalización de las sociedades occidenta...

En unos tiempos en los que todos los países europeos desean ingresar en la UE de 27 miembros, Suiza �situada política y geográficamente en el mismo corazón de Europa� se mantiene fuera de la UE. A pesar de haberse producido un intenso acercamiento mediante acuerdo bilaterales, persiste aparentemente en el futuro venidero una vía especial de relacio...

Una versión anterior y más reducida fue publicada en Colino, C. y Del Pino, E. 2006. “Un Fantasma Recorre Europa: Renovación democrática mediante política de promoción de la participación ciudadana en los gobiernos locales (Alemania, Francia, Reino Unido y España)”, en Sosa, J. (editor) Política pública y participación social. México: UNAM, p. 1 a...