León, SandraFerrín, Mónica2024-11-192024-11-192011León, S., & Ferrín Pereira, M. (2011). Intergovernmental Cooperation in a Decentralised System: the Sectoral Conferences in Spain. South European Society and Politics, (16) 4, 513-532 https://doi.org/10.1080/13608746.2011.6028491743-9612http://hdl.handle.net/2183/40178[Abstract] One of the challenges of decentralised systems is ensuring intergovernmental cooperation. This paper attempts to shed some light on the conditions that bring about cooperation between central and sub-national governments. Drawing on extensive data based on the Spanish case, empirical findings show that factors that have a bearing on cooperation are associated with non-tangible assets of intergovernmental relations (such as informal contacts among representatives) or more general and long-term political dynamics. Public practitioners have little room to modify these conditions, which highlight the limitations of administrative reforms to promote intergovernmental relations.engAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Españahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/Multilateral cooperationIntergovernmental relationsSpainDecentralizationSectoral conferencesjournal articleopen access