Artículo



Dados vol. 53 n. 3 Rio de Janeiro 2010

Federalismo e igualdade territorial: uma contradição em termos?

Arretche, Marta

Resumen

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.

Palabras-clave: federative state; municipalities; public policies; territorial inequality.

DOI: 10.1590/S0011-52582010000300003

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Federalismo e igualdade territorial: uma contradição em termos?