Mexico City´s boroughs: not yet local governments

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/rdc.2019.46980

Keywords:

decentralization, local government, Mexico City, recentralization

Abstract

The present article analyzes recent decentralization and recentralization processes in some countries and the trends observed in Mexico, where Mexico City, the national capital, was recently recognized as a federal state, and after 90 years without municipal governments, the city's territorial divisions were established as boroughs. In this context, the powers of the Mexican municipalities are compared with those of the boroughs (formerly called delegations) to determine the requisites that they still lack to be a true local government with full political, fiscal, and administrative powers.  The new government shall demonstrate  its decentralizing vocation.

Author Biography

Benjamin Méndez Bahena, National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), México

Profesor- investigador del Centro de Investigaciones Económicas Administrativas y Sociales (CIECAS) del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) (http://www.ciecas.ipn.mx/). Doctor en Planificación Territorial y Desarrollo Regional (Universidad de Barcelona, España). Miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI) nivel I. Profesor en el Doctorado en Innovación en Ambientes Locales y en la Maestría en Economía y Gestión Municipal.  bmendezb@hotmail.com y bmendez@ipn.mx. Línea de investigación: gestión pública en temas relacionados con el desarrollo urbano, regional y local.

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Méndez Bahena, B., & Cruz Hernández, P. (2018). Institutionalization and organizational failure in Territorial Administrative Units in Ecatepec, Mexico / Institucionalização e insucesso organizacional em Unidades Administrativas Territoriais em Ecatepec, México. Revista de Direito da Cidade, 10(2), 944-970. DOI: https://doi.org/10.12957/rdc.2018.32808

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Published

2020-02-28

How to Cite

Bahena, B. M., & Salguero, A. L. (2020). Mexico City´s boroughs: not yet local governments. Revista De Direito Da Cidade, 11(4), 57–83. https://doi.org/10.12957/rdc.2019.46980