After a stunning breakthrough in the 2014 European election, Podemos became third largest parliamentary party Spain 2016 general election and achieved representation all regions. This article examines how has adapted to opportunities dilemmas posed by Spain's multi-level setting several ways: its formation early evolution since; ideological principles policy menu; organisation; political strategies electoral alliances. The hypotheses test effects of adaptation competition on electorate....

An increasing number of comparative case studies explore the drivers and impacts digital technologies on political parties (Bennet et al., 2018. The democratic interface: Technology, organization, diverging patterns electoral representation. Information Communication & Society, 21(11), 1655–1680; Gerbaudo, 2019. party: Political organisation online democracy. Pluto Press), but a large account how are changing due to digitalisation is still lacking. Based new Digitalisation in Parties...

Abstract This special issue examines how digital tools influence the characteristics and functions of political parties by looking at three specific dimensions: intra‐party communication, attitudes towards digitalization, use in different institutional arenas. It advances our understanding party digitalization significant ways. First, collection articles aims to shift focus everyday politics, complementing traditional emphasis on impact technologies competition election campaigns. Second, it...

In multilevel democracies, responding to environmental challenges requires ambitious policy action across all governmental levels. While substantial research has focused on ambition at the national level, subnational efforts remain less explored, particularly in comparative case studies. Understanding capacity and initiative are essential assessing relevance of different factors enabling or hindering effective implementation multi-level political systems. On one hand, constituent units,...

This article is a review about the effectiveness of practicáis in science education at secondary and tertiary levels. Through more than one hundred references, authors conclude solid arguments have not been provided to justify great deal material human resources needed for implementation this educational tool. In spite these disappointing findings, do deny central role education, they negative results by invoking complexity subject, ambiguity that surrounds term «practicáis», an unsuitable...

The aim of this article is to assess the linkages between Spanish new parties with groups and civil society. After outlining a short framework on external in times social political unrest discussing case selection, it briefly introduces classic patterns interaction Spain's mainstream parties, PP PSOE main interest since late 1970s. Then, paper analyses emerging links two Ciudadanos Podemos, order provide general assessment differences their ones traditional discuss its possible implications...

Party regulation in new democracies general, and the Spanish political system particular, has not been a matter of concern until very recently. In order to fill this gap, article explores way parties have regulated only Constitution, but also main laws regulating party foundation, organisation, dissolution and, least, funding: namely, 1978 2002 Political Laws as well 1985 2007 Funding Laws. The empirical part impact such had on life its organisations.

The impact of party primaries on turnout at the meso level has been particularly under-researched. Thus, aim this paper is to explore determinants by employing an original dataset comprising over 300 selection processes candidates and leaders in Spain from 1991 2021 both national regional level. One our main findings suggests, line with what affirmed previous literature, a positive competitiveness turnout. We also find some contradictory effects ideology turnout: as expected most left-wing...

El objetivo de este trabajo es conocer los efectos la descentralizaciónpolítica en élite política regional. Nos preguntamos si se estáproduciendo una bifurcación respecto a nacional, tal modoque manifi un predominio carreras locales o regionales frentea nacionales. Para ello, realizamos descripción las carreraspolíticas jefes gobiernos España, Franciay Reino Unido y establecemos comparación entre tres países yentre períodos tiempo. Los datos apuntan existencia modelosde carrera diversos, que...

En este trabajo, los autores verifican si, entre 1977 y 2008, ha habido un aumento de la democracia interna en principales partidos políticos españoles. Para ello, analizan el proceso selección del líder, al tiempo que cuestionan si incremento igualdad participación para elegirlo, favoreciendo sistemas representativos o elección directa. El artículo plantea también hipótesis grado las reglas influye competencia lucha por liderazgo partido. comprobar tal supuesto, examinan condiciones...

Abstract This article explores how multi-dimensional competition party systems shape the intraparty opinion structure in political parties. The aim is to extend and test May’s law of ideological curvilinear disparity settings. data are based on case Catalonia, a system characterized by relevant presence non-state wide parties, where two main dimensions: left right axis subjective national identity one. paper shows that while Catalan parties do fit with left-right axis, this not In addition,...

During COVID-19 politics was radically transformed. Even though parliaments, parties, and parliamentary groups continued working, they did so mainly through digital means. Our aim is to investigate how political parties their élites reacted those changes. For this aim, we launched a pilot survey among party in Spain Italy. We use descriptive statistics multivariate OLS regressions answer our research questions. results point out that quickly adapted executive online meetings, but meetings of...