Editors:
- Provides a thorough analysis of the values, opinions and attitudes of the parliamentary Spanish elite
- Uses a new approach by comparing and contrasting MPs and voters attitudes
- Makes a significant contribution to the literature looking at the mechanisms of party recruitment
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book explores why some people become politicians, how they represent citizens in parliaments, and what they think about democracy and its institutions. It analyses the results of the first survey of a representative sample of Spanish MPs (580 cases) and citizens. The study covers areas such as: social profiles; recruitment and selection; women in parliaments; motivation for politics; perception of the representative function and how this is affected by corruption, disaffection and mistrust; national and regional identities; ideology; the functioning of parliamentary groups, and perceptions about the EU. The case of Spain is used to demonstrate how MPs' values, opinions and attitudes conflict and complement with those of the citizens they are supposed to represent. Through a systematic comparison between MPs and citizens, the contributions deal with topics that are key to understanding how democracies work and the role played by MPs.
Keywords
- political power in spain
- relationship between MPs and citizens
- democracy in Spain
- institutional politics in Spain
- political sociology in Spain
- autonomy in Spanish politics
- social profiles of Spanish politicians
- women in Spanish politics
- recruitment of Spanish politicians
- Spanish election process
- corruption in Spanish politics
- political relationships in Spain
- representative democracy in Spain
- parliamentary groups in Spain
- Members of parliament in Spain
- political opinions and attitudes in Spain
- democracy
Reviews
“This extraordinary volume provides a treasure chest of fascinating findings on the attitudes, experiences and characteristics of political representatives in Spain and on their contrasts with ordinary citizens. The excellent team of volume contributors offers insightful analysis of the rich empirical results of extensive survey research. Political Power in Spain will be required reading for students of political elites, analysts of the nexus between representatives and ordinary citizens and scholars of contemporary Spain.” (Robert M. Fishman, Professor of Sociology, Carlos III University, Madrid)
“This book is a splendid example of how a classic field in between political sociology and political science, such as parliamentary studies, can be largely renewed through a solid new empirical research and a deep revision the topics that are analyzed. In addition to being exhaustive in providing a full knowledge of the field, attitudes and opinions of citizens complement the parliamentarian elite survey in building a complete picture of Spanish democracy in this domain. This book is a compulsory reading for students, scholars, and practitioners.” (Leonardo Morlino, Professor of Political Science, Luiss, Rome, Italy, and former President of the International Political Science Association)
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Sociology, Pablo de Olavide University, Seville, Spain
Xavier Coller
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Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Malaga, Málaga, Spain
Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo
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Department of Political Science and IR, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Fabiola Mota
About the editors
Xavier Coller is Professor of Sociology at the Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain, and director of the research group Democracy and Autonomies: Society and Politics. He has authored over ninety works on social theories, research methods, collective identities, political elites, and complex organizations.
Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Universidad de Málaga, Spain. His research interests include welfare attitudes, inequality, political sociology and quantitative methods of comparative research, and his work has been published in journals such as American Behavioral Scientist, European Sociological Review and Journal of European Social Policy.
Fabiola Mota is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain. Previously she has taught and researched in several academic and scientific institutions in Spain where she has conducted studies and published on socialcapital, political participation and civil society, territorial politics and devolution.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Political Power in Spain
Book Subtitle: The Multiple Divides between MPs and Citizens
Editors: Xavier Coller, Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo, Fabiola Mota
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63826-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-63825-6Published: 13 December 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87647-4Published: 23 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-63826-3Published: 24 November 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 327
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Democracy, European Politics, Political Sociology