The traditional Spanish imperfect bipartisanship and the alternation in power that emerged
in the early 80s between the center-left PSOE and the conservative PP have shifted towards …

Western democracies live a populist impulse. In this context, the consolidation of digital
technologies plays a key role due to their possibilities of efficiently spreading messages …

In recent years, the restructuring of the party systems in several European countries was
accompanied or preceded by massive waves of anti-austerity protests. Although the causal …

This article explores how the MoVimento 5 Stelle (M5S) in Italy and Podemos in Spain
thematise the role of the State. We draw from a qualitative analysis of speeches of party …

International organisations assert that political corruption is a major global problem.
However, it is still unclear how to combat corruption. Previous research has studied …

Scholarly research on the emergence of a new politics agenda of democratic regeneration,
driven by the electoral growth of challenger parties, has focused the analysis primarily at the …

The Spanish legislative election of 2015 speaks of change. This is the end of the traditional
two-party system and the beginning of a new political era marked by institutional renewal …

The 2019 regional elections in Spain were held in a context of political instability and
polarization in the country and just 28 days after the national elections. Taking advantage of …

The populist phenomenon has gained a remarkable importance during the last decade. The
emergence of new populist political actors with the consolidation of social media, such as …

With the 2011 ceasefire declaration the Basque patriotic left (IA) has committed itself more
firmly to constitutional politics. Concurrently, Spain has experienced an upsurge in the …