What is Autonomy?

The autonomy It is the ability of a person or organization to conduct and govern itself.
TO personal level, the autonomy It consists in that a person has ceased to be under the guardianship and parental authority of his parents or guardians, that is, that he has reached the age of majority, and also that he has the economic capacity to satisfy his own needs; at the legal level, in addition, that it is fully responsible for the lawful or illegal acts that it does.
TO Level of educational institutions, the autonomy refers to the capacity of an educational institution at the university level to determine its own way of governing, organizing and planning their teaching, as well as freely distributing their resources economic. The Autonomy it does not mean a kind of "University State" within a country; the autonomy It is a state of organization in which the university institution itself is allowed to determine the ways to achieve their educational and research purposes, without contravening national laws or the good common.

TO institutional levelare some institutions (such as the National Human Rights Commission or the Federal Electoral Institute), the which do not depend directly on any of the three powers (Executive, Legislative or Judicial), but are subject to the laws; They have organizational and oversight functions, and they can freely determine their organization and resource distribution schemes.
Regarding the regional autonomies, is a figure that is used in some countries, such as Spain or China, in which some regions, traditionally with their own cultural traits, are It allows to have a more decentralized government regime, with its own administration and resources, taxes that can also be determined and that do not pass to the treasury national; however, they are subject to the Constitution and National laws.