Resumen

MONTECINOS, Egon. Antecedents in the Historical Relation Between Centralism and Decentralization in Chile. Revista Venezolana de Gerencia [online]. 2005, vol.10, n.31, pp.433-462. ISSN 1315-9984.

The purpose of this paper is to review the principal attempts at de-centralizing the Chilean government that occurred from 1810 up until the present. Based on this review we hope to explain the present more administrative and less political character of the same. Documentary and bibliographical review of specialized literature was employed. The principal result of this review is that before 1925, the demands for de-centralization of the country had a more political character based on the federalist movements that demanded on the part of central government greater distribution of political power. After 1925, the process of de-centralization and de-concentration of governmental functions began, motivated by the government itself, which adopted a more administrative character and utilized it as a strategy for strengthen the modernization process and the economic development of the country

Palabras clave : Decentralization; centralism; the Chilean state; constitution; historical antecedents.