01437pab a2200205 454500 180718b2007 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Rocha, J.A. Olivenia Administrative reform in Portugal: problems and prospects 2007 p.583-96. Dec Administrative 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. Public administration - Portugal Administrative reform - Portugal Administrative reform Araujo, Joaquim Filipe Ferraz Esteves de International Review of Administrative Sciences N 77435 77435 77435 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 73, Issue no: 4 AR77895 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR