Two-bloc Logic, Polarisation and Coalition Government: The November 2019 General Election in Spain

IF 3.7 1区 社会学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE South European Society and Politics Pub Date : 2020-10-01 DOI:10.1080/13608746.2020.1857085
Pablo Simon
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ABSTRACT This article focuses on the role played by polarisation in the Spanish party system. It first analyses the failure in the attempts to form a government after the 28 April 2019 general election in Spain. It shows how polarisation and short-term calculations made government formation impossible and led to a new general election in November that year. The article also describes how prior to the electoral campaign, the exhumation of Francisco Franco’s body and the riots in Catalonia, which added to the saliency of territorial conflict, fostered votes for the radical right-wing party Vox. It will also be shown how the election results led to a fragmented and more polarised Congress. Finally, the article discusses the formation of the first minority coalition government in the recent democratic history of Spain – one made up of the PSOE and UP – its structure and its potential implications for the Spanish party system.
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两集团逻辑、两极分化和联合政府:2019年11月西班牙大选
本文主要探讨西班牙政党制度中两极分化所扮演的角色。文章首先分析了2019年4月28日西班牙大选后组建政府的失败。它显示了两极分化和短期算计如何使政府组建成为不可能,并导致了当年11月的新大选。这篇文章还描述了在大选之前,弗朗西斯科·佛朗哥(Francisco Franco)遗体的挖掘和加泰罗尼亚的骚乱如何助长了激进右翼政党Vox的选票,这些骚乱加剧了领土冲突的突出性。它还将展示选举结果是如何导致一个分裂和更加两极化的国会。最后,本文讨论了西班牙近代民主历史上第一个少数派联合政府的组成——由社会主义工人党(PSOE)和联盟党(up)组成——其结构及其对西班牙政党制度的潜在影响。
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期刊介绍: A leading point of reference for scholars of Southern Europe, South European Society and Politics promotes both comparative and inter-disciplinary analyses, as well as offering innovative single county and sub-national studies. The journal acts as a forum for social, economic, cultural, contemporary historical and political approaches to research on the region, and is particularly keen to sponsor policy–focused studies in all these disciplines. The journal publishes research articles; South European Atlas with election reports and articles on other subjects of topical interest, and an extensive book reviews section, including both review articles and individual book reviews.
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