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This paper addresses the important changes that the party system of the Spanish State has undergone from the general elections of 2015 to those of November 2019 and the present. Thus, it analyzes its transition from limited pluripartidism to multipartidism and, while pointing out its most relevant changes, argues the possibility of characterizing it as a system of parliamentary multipartidism and governmental pluripartidism

Two weeks before a union election, the employer announced a raffle to encourage employees "to learn all the REAL FACTS about the union and what it actually can and cannot do." To enter the raffle, an employee had to complete a voluntary, multiple choice quiz about the union. First prize was "$900 (one year's union dues)," and second prize was "$450 (six months' union dues)."

Parliamentary elections in July 2018 brought the right-wing Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf, headed by former cricketer Imran Khan, to power. The PTI finished short of the 137 seats needed to form a government. But it emerged as the single largest party in parliament. Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison for owning assets disproportionate to his income.

The current general election may be about Brexit. However, it is probably one of the most important since the second world war. It will undoubtedly have a profound influence on the way in which British society develops over not just the period until the next national vote, whenever that may be (depending on whether there is a majority for any party), but future generations.

The adoption of a single-payer health care system, a recurring dream of progressive American reformers, now enjoys sustained attention in the run-up to the 2020 national elections. Some compelling arguments support the case for single payer, and its political prospects may indeed be on the rise, but myriad obstacles beset it, and a full-throated Democratic endorsement of it carries disquieting risks.

Television has become one of the most significant means of communication during last 50 years. During political campains politicians use a wide range of techniques in order to gain their voters' support. Debates before elections, polls, announcements on Tv are the most common means used by parties. Developement of technology caused the increase of politicians presence not only in the news but also in the shows.

Partisanship continues to divide Americans. Using data from the American National Election Study, as well as implicit attitude tests, we argue that Americans' partisan identity has become highly salient. Partisans have become more negative towards the opposing party on both explicit and implicit measures, and these biases spill over into their everyday decisions. Partisanship has become one of Americans' most salient social identities.

Argentina has long been plagued by cycles of economic mismanagement, including multiple failed neoliberal experiments. Before his election as president, Mauricio Macri promised resumed growth, an export boom, lower inflation, a smaller budget deficit, and less poverty. Since then, has the new neoliberalism outperformed the old?Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.

Japanese domestic politics, foreign policy, economics and society continued along well-established paths in the year 2016. And long-term demographic trends remained a major unresolved challenge. Yet three exceptions to continuity stood out: first, controversial legislation that expanded the legality of collective self-defense; second, the likely collapse of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP); and third, the election of Donald Trump.

Although voter turnout in the 2013 general election to the German Bundestag differed considerably across income brackets, the income distribution of voters did not differ, in a statistically significant way, from that of the entire population. The non-uniform turnout, thus, is unlikely to affect the political support for, or the feasibility of, policies that are sensitive with respect to the income distribution.

Professor Ed Dover (Political Science) discusses coming to WOU when it was known as the Oregon College of Education and its transformation into a liberal arts institution with the new name Western Oregon State College. In addition to discussing teaching at WOU, he describes his research on US Presidential elections and his run for the U.S. Senate as a candidate for the Pacific Green Party.

What a difference a month makes. Like Brexit before it, the shock victory of Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election has not only upended the political order in the short term, but it has also re-routed the types of technological futures that America might now get. Long-form journalism exploring how ideas and political strategies concerning futurity around technologies shift under populist regimes.

Well into the fifth decade of the Third Wave of global democratization, we know that getting to democracy is, relatively speaking, the easy part. Sustaining it is more difficult. From Russia to Thailand and from Mali to Turkey, initial breakthroughs to open politics have been aborted as security services or high-handed executives have scrapped civil liberties and returned to rigged elections.

This performance review examines the Washington, D.C. premiere of Lisa Loomer's Roe, which is a coproduction by Arena Stage, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and Berkeley Repertory. The review explores the way in which the Loomer's play with its exploration of history, and this particular production's rendering of that exploration, has taken on new urgency in the shifting political climate caused by the election of Donald Trump.

Douglas Alexander, former British Labour politician and U.K. Cabinet Minister, chats with David Axelrod about how the closure of a car plant ignited his interest in politics, Britain's decision to leave the European Union, Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election, and more.
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