Cuarenta años de polarización ideológica en España

  1. Jordi Rodriguez-Virgili
  2. Idoia Portilla-Manjón
  3. Aurken Sierra-Iso
Revista:
Revista empresa y humanismo

ISSN: 2254-6413

Año de publicación: 2022

Volumen: 25

Número: 2

Páginas: 75-105

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.15581/015.XXV.2.75-103 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Revista empresa y humanismo

Resumen

This article analyses the evolution of ideological polarisation in the Spanish party system since 1979. We offer a reformulation to improve the index’s accuracy when measuring polarization and apply it to the 14 general elections held in the country since the approval of the current Constitution. The results show the development consisting of two separated periods of seven elections each, together with a clear increase in ideological polarisation since 2015, reaching an alltime high at the present time. The measurement of ideological polarisation is complemented with the volatility and electoral competition generated by the arrival of new parties. The most notable increases happened after critical elections, this is, elections in which a substantial and long-lasting changes in electoral aligning took place.

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