Politics in Spain

A Case of Monitory Democracy

Bibliographic Data

ID12249366
AuthorsRamón A Feenstra (0000-0002-4775-8762, corresponding author), John Keane (0000-0002-6553-3313), John F Keane (0009-0005-4524-3457)
Year2014
Volume25
Issue5
Pages1262-1280
Publication date2014-07-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueVoluntas Revista Internacional de Filosofia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2179-3786 • E-ISSN: 1573-7888
PublisherSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s11266-014-9461-2
OpenAlexW1980762897
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited24

Analysing the current political context in Spain is a major challenge to political theory. Spain is experiencing the accumulation of trends that in recent years have focused the attention of most theorists and political scientists: discrediting of the major parties, falling numbers of party members, disaffection, etc. In parallel, this trend has been accompanied by citizen mobilisations that, since 15 May 2011, are manifest in numerous channels and strategies. The aim of this paper was to analyse the complex Spanish context from the monitory democracy proposal. The results show how in recent years processes of public scrutiny have been consolidated through a range of citizen initiatives. The study offers an in-depth analysis of the main characteristics of the most notable cases and monitoring initiatives, and also reflects on their democratising potential

Context (archaeology · Democracy · Geography · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Scrutiny · Social policy · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Public Administration · Social Media and Politics

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