¿A quién le importa Europa? La UE en las elecciones generales españolas de 2011
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Este artículo versa sobre el papel de la Unión Europea (UE) en las elecciones generales en España. Emplea los siguientes materiales: la base de datos del Manifesto Project, los programas de los partidos que obtuvieron representación en los comicios de 2011, así como, también para 2011, la transcripción del único debate televisado y las cuentas en la red social twitter de los candidatos a la Presidencia del Gobierno del Partido Popular y del Partido Socialista. La metodología empleada es el análisis de contenido. Los datos confirman las expectativas derivadas de la teoría de la importancia (saliency theory). Los partidos españoles han desenfatizado los asuntos de la UE, incluso en 2011, cuando medidas impulsadas por el gobierno anterior, incluida una reforma constitucional, fruto de decisiones adoptadas a escala europea, motivaron la convocatoria anticipada de elecciones. La evolución del énfasis y posición sobre la UE de los partidos españoles contrasta con los cambios observados en estas variables en otros Estados miembros como Francia o Italia. Los hallazgos de esta investigación tienen implicaciones desde el punto de vista de la legitimidad democrática de la UE en España
This article deals with the role of the EU as an issue in Spanish electoral competition from the accession of this country to the European Community in 1986, as well as the role of the different EU issues in the 2011 Spanish general election. For the analysis of the entire period 1986-2011, MARPOR´s dataset is employed. Regarding the 2011 election, the raw programs of the parties that obtained representation in the Congreso de los Diputados, the only televised debate, and the twitter accounts of the two main parties´ candidates for the Presidency of the Government were used. The methodology is content analysis. Empirical evidence confi rms saliency theory´s expectations. Spanish parties don´t put emphasis on EU affairs, indeed in 2011, that was an early election called as a result of certain unpopular measures, including a constitutional reform, promoted by the former national government on the basis of EU decisions. The evolution of Spanish parties´ EU salience and position differs from changes in these variables in other Member States such as France or Italy. These fi ndings have implications concerning the EU’s democratic legitimacy in Spain
This article deals with the role of the EU as an issue in Spanish electoral competition from the accession of this country to the European Community in 1986, as well as the role of the different EU issues in the 2011 Spanish general election. For the analysis of the entire period 1986-2011, MARPOR´s dataset is employed. Regarding the 2011 election, the raw programs of the parties that obtained representation in the Congreso de los Diputados, the only televised debate, and the twitter accounts of the two main parties´ candidates for the Presidency of the Government were used. The methodology is content analysis. Empirical evidence confi rms saliency theory´s expectations. Spanish parties don´t put emphasis on EU affairs, indeed in 2011, that was an early election called as a result of certain unpopular measures, including a constitutional reform, promoted by the former national government on the basis of EU decisions. The evolution of Spanish parties´ EU salience and position differs from changes in these variables in other Member States such as France or Italy. These fi ndings have implications concerning the EU’s democratic legitimacy in Spain
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Ares Castro-Conde, C. (2016). ¿A quién le importa Europa? La UE en las elecciones generales españolas de 2011. Política Y Sociedad, 53(1), 217-258. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_POSO.2016.v53.n1.47750
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© 2016 Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ediciones Complutense. Esta obra ha sido publicada por Política y Sociedad bajo una licencia de Creative Commons Reconocimiento 4.0







