Practice question · Put in order
Arrange the levels of the Spanish state's territorial presence from the centre outward.
- A ministry's central services
- The state's delegate at community level
- A Government Sub-delegate in a province
- A local state office serving the public directly
- The Council of Ministers
Hints
- Start at the political centre.
- The Sub-delegate sits below the Delegate.
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- The Council of Ministers
- A ministry's central services
- The state's delegate at community level
- A Government Sub-delegate in a province
- A local state office serving the public directly
Why
The chain is what deconcentration looks like in practice: the same authority, exercised progressively closer to the citizen, accountable upward at every step. Nothing in the chain is decentralisation, which is the distinction the whole lesson turns on.
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