01368pab a2200169 454500008004000000100002500040245006200065260000900127300001400136362000800150520084300158650003701001650003701038650002601075700004501101773005201146180718b2007   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aRocha, J.A. Olivenia  aAdministrative reform in Portugal: problems and prospects  c2007  ap.583-96.  aDec  aAdministrative reform has been an important issue for several decades in Western countries. Like other Western countries, Portugal developed an increasing interest in administrative reform. This article is a contemporary analysis of Portuguese administrative reform. It introduces the Portugese system and outlines its major features. Briefly stated, the decrease in State expenditure is represented by the proletarization of the middle class that lives off the state; there is an increase in party clientelism, since the old systems based on legal statutes are subject to flexibilization; and, finally, privatizations increase economic monopolies because the regulatory agencies do not work. This means that if this th erapy was to be applied to small countries like Portugal, it could have serious consequences for Europe. - Reproduced.  aPublic administration - Portugal  aAdministrative reform - Portugal  aAdministrative reform  aAraujo, Joaquim Filipe Ferraz Esteves de  aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences