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This chapter discusses the reason for the outstanding decline political trust and satisfaction with democracy (SWD) in Spain since 2008. It analyses the evolution of political attitudes between 1985 and 2018, and contrasts these with political and economic performances in Spain.
These differences in language, culture, and political tradition are the long-term product of the way the Spanish state was created. A proper understanding of this important characteristic of politics in Spain today therefore requires a brief overview of that state-building process.
Jun 8, 2010 · The dialectic between differentiation and standardization, a mark of cultural policies modernity in the context of centre–periphery relationships, is a result of the pressure from the main players on the different Spanish cultural and territorial markets.
- Lluís Bonet, Emmanuel Négrier
- 2010
Jun 15, 2017 · Today’s democratic Spain has managed to resolve, channel or dilute some of the great systemic problems of its own earlier history. The fact of the matter is, we have evolved from a poor, backward...
Nov 28, 2023 · The ongoing culture war will form a crucial part of Spain’s political landscape. First on social media, then in the press and on the streets, polarisation has taken root in Spanish society, as...
- Juan Luis Manfredi
Feb 10, 2010 · This “second transition” could change the shape of the Spanish political landscape almost as dramatically as the first one did. The question is whether this upheaval will permit the creation of new and improved democratic institutions, or simply put the old ones under severe strain.’
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With the death of President Franco in 1975, Spain faced multiple challenges, including how best to manage the transition from fascist dictatorship to democracy while also addressing the rise of nationalism in Catalonia and the Basque Country seeking autonomy. Several countries have faced the twin challenges of democratization and devolution.
