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The Spanish-American war was the dominant subject of the Portuguese press between April and July of I898. This article analyses the Portuguese reactions to the I898 war. On one hand, it will focus the manner in which the commentaries about the military operations developed into an exercise in cultural critique. And, on the other hand, the way in which the war was used to open a debate on the relations between Portugal and Spain, through which the old Iberian federalism of the liberal left was finally put to rest. Adapted from the source document.

Federal aspirations underlie the integration of the European Communities/European Union since its inception. With the current crisis that started in 2007-2008, we have seen a new wave of ideas related with economic federalism. However, it is unclear what could be a concrete solution, particularly in terms of division of competences and powers between the EU and the member-states. The purpose of this paper is to identify and analyse the major proposals and/or federalist-oriented measures to solve the Eurozone crisis. It is also an aim to assess what could be the design of a more economically integrated European Union, based on any forms of economic federalism, and discuss their implications and risks for the Portugal. Adapted from the source document.

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the important task to build up a theoretical framework to properly grasp the meaning of the federalism issue in Brazil. The authors make a survey of the main theories approaching the subject in order to analyze whether they fit or not in Brazilian federalism. They propose a line of research adjusted to the Brazilian conditions, which must take into account not only the specific political environment existing in this country, but also the rationality of the institutions and social organized groups involved in that federative settling. (Rev Econ Polit/DÜI)

O artigo refuta o argumento de que o federalismo no Brasil enfraquece a União e favorece minorias sobrerrepresentadas no Congresso, mostrando que a regra de desproporção adotada no Brasil impede o veto da minoria sem que a maioria, por sua vez, tenha recursos para tiranizar a minoria. Além disto, a União tem amplos poderes legislativos, e os partidos inibem tendências inerentemente limitadoras do federalismo. Por fim, não é fato que a aprovação de matérias de interesse federativo exija aprovação em uma multiplicidade de arenas decisórias em que supermaiorias são necessárias. Em conjunto, as instituições do federalismo brasileiro aproximam o Brasil das fórmulas que favorecem a autoridade do governo central.

This article seeks to associate the theoretical devices related to the center-periphery theme, multi-level governance, federalism & positive/negative integration to the very reality of subnational unities within Mercosur. Some field inquiries with economical agents & political actors are subsequently considered in order to favor primary sources of information. finally this text proposes to scrutinize the impact of the Southern Common Market on the political economy of Pernambuco, Bahia, Sao Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul & their respective capitals. Graphs, References. Adapted from the source document.