From partisan to pluralist ideology
The changing practices of democracy through Spain’s 20th-century constitutional moments
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6293274 |
|---|---|
| Authors | José María Rosales (0000-0002-9409-7098, Universidad de Málaga, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 225-241 |
| Publication date | 2016-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Political Ideologies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1356-9317 • E-ISSN: 1469-9613 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13569317.2016.1204763 |
| OpenAlex | W2464831466 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This article explores the practices of democracy in Spain through the lens of its 20th-century constitutional moments, namely, those around the 1931 and the 1978 constitutions, with the aim of elucidating its changing ideological significance. Whereas in 1931, supporting democracy had a strongly partisan meaning, as every endorsement of the democratic ideal entailed a conflicting understanding of the Republic's democratic character, in 1978 it gave rise to an integrative form of pluralism. Even if the former has left a deep imprint on Spanish politics, anticipating a kind of seemingly irreconcilable opposition between left and right, the latter has proved instrumental in the consolidation of the new democratic regime. After the institutional distortion of democracy during the four-decade dictatorship's 'organic democracy', since 1977 the ideal of democracy was thoroughly recast into a pluralist ideology. Unlike views describing it as a consensual regime, the article argues that the politics of consensus tested since the 1977 constitutional debates paved the way for the accommodation of democratic pluralism; furthermore, the culture of pacts it contributed to set up has continued to inspire a new form of adversarial, parliamentary politics well beyond the transition years
Authoritarianism · Autocracy · Constitution · Democracy · Democratic consolidation · Democratization · Dictatorship · Direct democracy · Epistemology · Ideology · Law and economics · Liberal democracy · Opposition (politics · Pluralism (philosophy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Representative democracy · Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Spanish History and Politics
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |