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September 6, 2019: Francisco Velasco Lecture
Public Lecture
Closer Than You Think? Local Governments in Spain and Canada
Friday, September 6, 2019
Local governments in Spain and Canada are rarely (if ever) compared directly in the scholarly literature. Yet, as visiting professor Francisco Velasco suggested in his lecture, a comparative approach reveals some striking similarities in the structure and operation of these two ostensibly very different local government systems.
Francisco Velasco is Professor of Administrative Law and Director of the Institute of Local Government Law at the Autonomous University of Madrid. While in residence at the Centre for Urban Policy and Local Governance, he conducted research on urban-rural relations in Canada and Spain as part of a major collaborative research initiative sponsored by the European Union.