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Abstract

The original model and organic growth of Spanish political parties through their spread nationwide during the early stages of the country's transition to democracy (1973-83) conditioned these parties to move towards centralized organizational models in which political and staff decisions were left to the parties' core leadership, a situation driven by a political climate dominated by the fear of instability. The phase which saw the institutionalization of political parties, as of 1983, coincided with the construction of the so-called States of the Autonomous Regions and reforms to the civil service, system of Justice and savings banks which yielded vast numbers of selective incentives (paid public appointments) in politics, reinforcing the trend for centralization. These reforms were developed in the form of changes to inside regulations on the functioning of parties which reduced internal controls, leading to the extension of the intervals between party conferences, the proliferation of underused national executive committees, the supreme control of leaders over the composition of candidate lists, and so on. Over the long term, this has resulted in low quality politics marred by cases of corruption that does not attract or connect with society and faces difficulties in renewing its programmes and leaders. The political sphere's response is currently characterized by the absolute centralization of decisions - within the PP - and pilot primary elections to choose candidates to head-lists, which in reality reinforce the power of inside party circles and further increase the bureaucratization of party politics.

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Title
RAICES ORGANIZATIVAS DE LA POLÍTICA ESPAÑOLA. LOS CATCH ALL/CARTEL PARTIES ESPAÑOLES POR DENTRO
Author
Yáñez, José AntonioGómez
Pages
511-540
Publication year
2015
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (UNED)
ISSN
11395583
e-ISSN
21748950
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish
ProQuest document ID
1700281487
Copyright
Copyright Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (UNED) 2015