Building Political Agreements in Democracy

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ID3758879
AuthorsXavier Coller (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, Spain), Xavier Coller Porta (0000-0002-7166-7158, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, corresponding author), Leonardo Sánchez-Ferrer (0000-0002-4727-0804, Universidad de Burgos, Burgos, Spain)
Year2024
Publication date2024-10-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/00027642241285854
OpenAlexW4403615549
LanguageEN
References cited16

This special issue analyzes the factors that influence political conflict and consensus in the parliaments of advanced democracies, with a focus on Spain. The articles in this issue utilize original data on legislation passed since 1977, both at the national level and in regional parliaments, along with surveys of parliamentary elites and citizens, and they present revealing findings. For example, it is shown that parliamentary agreement is more frequent than is generally acknowledged in the media and that, paradoxically, the most divided and fragmented parliaments show a greater tendency to cooperate. However, factors such as increasing affective polarization and populist attitudes among parliamentarians pose significant challenges for the future of legislative agreement

Democracy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Systems and Governance · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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