TY - JOUR
T1 - Resolving the socialdemocratic dilemma? Andalusia under pressure (2011-15)
AU - Harguindéguy, Jean-Baptiste
AU - Cole, Alistair
PY - 2017/3/1
Y1 - 2017/3/1
N2 - This article focuses on the concept of the ‘social-democratic’ dliemma through the study of the Spanish region of Andalusia. Led by social democrats since the democratic Transition, the Andalusian government has developed a specific territorial model that has been challenged by the austerity measures adopted by the conservative cabinet ruling the central state (2011–15). Through a grass-roots interview-based analysis of Andalusian politics, this study elucidates the political and discursive strategy followed by the Andalusian government for preserving its power, protecting its regional model and resolving the social-democratic dilemma. From a systemic perspective, the article demonstrates that exogenous constraints, though heightened in a period of economic crisis, are to an extent counteracted by domestic pressures.
AB - This article focuses on the concept of the ‘social-democratic’ dliemma through the study of the Spanish region of Andalusia. Led by social democrats since the democratic Transition, the Andalusian government has developed a specific territorial model that has been challenged by the austerity measures adopted by the conservative cabinet ruling the central state (2011–15). Through a grass-roots interview-based analysis of Andalusian politics, this study elucidates the political and discursive strategy followed by the Andalusian government for preserving its power, protecting its regional model and resolving the social-democratic dilemma. From a systemic perspective, the article demonstrates that exogenous constraints, though heightened in a period of economic crisis, are to an extent counteracted by domestic pressures.
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U2 - 10.1386/ijis.30.1.21_1
DO - 10.1386/ijis.30.1.21_1
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1364-971X
VL - 30
SP - 21
EP - 40
JO - International Journal of Iberian Studies
JF - International Journal of Iberian Studies
IS - 1
ER -