FEDERALIST INSTITUTIONS, VOTING BEHAVIOR, AND SYSTEMS IN SPAIN
In: Publius: the journal of federalism, Band 29, Heft 1, S. 111-138
ISSN: 0048-5950
WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE 17 AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES IN SPAIN IN THE EARLY 1980S, REPRESENTATION HAS BEEN COMPOUNDED. THIS ARTICLE ASSESSES THE EMPIRICAL IMPLICATIONS OF COMPOUNDED REPRESENTATION IN SPAIN BY ANALYZING REGIONAL, NATIONAL, AND EUROPEAN ELECTORAL DATA OVER TIME. COMPARISIONS ARE ALSO DRAWN ACROSS SPANISH REGIONS. IN ADDITION, THE ARICLE DISCUSSES THE EFFECTS OF COMPOUNDED REPRESENTATION ON PARTY SYSTEMS AND GOVERNMENT FORMATION IN THE REGIONS. VOTING PATTERNS VARY DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF ELECTION AND ALSO ACROSS REGIONS. PARTY SYSTEMS, SUBJECTIVE REGIONAL IDENTITY, AND TYPES OF GOVERNMENT IN THE REGIONS ARE LINKED AS WELL. THE EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT THE FEDERALIZATION OF SPAIN HAS COMPOUNDED REPRESENTATION BY ADDING NEW LAYERS OF ELECTIONS AND REPRESENTATIVE INSTITUTIONS.