"Spanish cultural policy has undergone profound and rapid changes since 1977. The cultural model of the democratic period has combined the determination of the state to foster culture, with a massive decentralisation of administrative tools, in accordance with the rules for the territorial government laid down in the Constitution of 1978... However, the model has experienced profound changes in the last year as a result of the economic crisis but also of the re-centralising tendencies in the new Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport." (Quoted from paper)