JURIDICOPOLITICAL ASPECTS OF METROPOLITAN ADMINISTRATION IN BRAZIL

This paper aims to undertake a critical analysis of the recent experience of metropolitan administration in Brazil After a brief discussion of the main social and political factors involved in the issue of metropolitanisation, the focus will be placed on a critical evaluation of the juridico-institutional treatment which has been given to the existing Brazilian Metropolitan Regions. As a conclusion, it will be argued that, despite the importance and serious implications of the phenomenon, the legal and institutional conditions of its administration are totally inadequate