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The Quality of Democracy Research Group (www.Q-Dem.com) is aimed to analyze policy dynamics in Spain from transition to democracy to present in a comparative perspective. This means to explore the interrelation between the governmental, parliamentarian and media agendas across time, issues, countries and levels of government. The project establishes a link between policy dynamics research and other areas of concern within political science, mainly media studies, political representation and the quality of democracy in a multilevel system of government. It also provides a new tool for the development of quantitative measurement of policy dynamics. For the last years, we have created comprehensive and far-reaching datasets, about the Spanish political and media agenda following the methodology of the comparative agendas project.
For more information about our research projects please go to www.q-dem.com.
Principal Investigator: Laura Chaqués-Bonafont
Location: University of Barcelona
Email: laurachaques@ub.edu
Downloadable Data Series: 8
Time Span: 1977-2018
Total Observations: 185,405
Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR)
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
European Science Foundation
Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia
Spanish politics has evolved from a consensual democracy with a focus on consolidating democratic rule to one where political parties increasingly polarize around ideologically rigid positions of Left and Right. No government seems able to resolve fundamental social conflicts relating to economic growth, relations with the regions, the EU, and the Church. Members of Parliament are regularly sidelined compared to the Prime Minister, even as the regional governments and...
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