Decentralization , self-management, local management. A case study of a town hall of La Pampa, Argentina

Abstract

In the last twenty-five years, Town Halls have changed their role. At present, local governors undertake managing policies that tend to assist the increasing social demands of the citizens by redefining the municipal public policies. Part of the managing tasks is the territorial arrangement as a strategy to organize the spatial developmental distribution with the available resources as well as their better use considering the social, economic and environmental aspects. To make this true implies important qualitative changes and adjustments of the political/administrative policies. In Victorica, La Pampa, self-management is turning to be one of the most outstanding policy. The dynamic management of the territory is an example for other Town Halls willing to imitate this management approach. The social actors are the key to the change.