Breve historia de Esquerra

Seguramente, la principal pregunta que hay que responder cuándo hablamos de ERC es cómo un partido casi centenario —pero minoritario hace tan solo una década está hoy en condiciones, según las encuestas, de alcanzar la Presidencia de la Generalitat. Pero hay otros interrogantes. ¿Cuáles son ...

Bigger than Bernie

how we go from the Sanders campaign to democratic socialism

The political ambitions of the movement behind Bernie Sanders have never been limited to winning the White House. Since Bernie first entered the presidential primaries in 2016, his supporters have worked to organize a revolution intended to encourage the active participation of millions of ordinary ...

Political entrepreneurs

the rise of challenger parties in Europe

Challenger parties are on the rise in Europe, exemplified by the likes of Podemos in Spain, the National Rally in France, the Alternative for Germany, or the Brexit Party in Great Britain. Like disruptive entrepreneurs, these parties offer new policies and defy the dominance of ...

Del partido de notables al partido de masas: Argentina (1850-1950)

(Revista Ayer, Nº 118, año 2020)

Desde hace ya varios lustros se desarrolla un significativo debate sobre los partidos políticos tanto en la historiografía europea como latinoamericana. Este dosier efectúa un recorrido por las formas que aquellos adoptaron en Argentina desde su organización en el mundo de los notables hasta las ...

The new progressivism

a grassroots alternative to the populism of out times

Political parties that once dominated Western democracies have been shaken to the core. Many have suffered electoral debacles, as in France, Italy and Greece, while mainstream political parties in the UK and the US have found themselves struggling to cope with outcomes - in the form ...

Responsible parties

saving democracy from itself

Democracies across the world are adopting reforms to bring politics closer to the people. Parties have turned to primaries and local caucuses to select candidates. Ballot initiatives and referenda allow citizens to enact laws directly. Many democracies now use proportional representation, encouraging smaller, more specific ...

Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot

The Great Mistake of Scottish Independence

The Scottish nationalists seek to end the United Kingdom after 300 years of a successful union. Their drive for an independent Scotland is now nearer to success than it has ever been. Success would mean a diminished Britain and a perilously insecure Scotland. The nationalists ...

La crise de la représentation

Représenter est un verbe tellement courant que nous oublions de lier trois de ses sens majeurs : les artistes nous représentent le monde, les médias le saisissent dans son actualité, les citoyens enfin se plaignent d’être mal représentés. Le pari de ce livre est d ...

Vanguard of the Revolution

the global idea of the Communist Party

Vanguard of the Revolution is a sweeping history of one of the most significant political institutions of the modern world. The communist party was a revolutionary idea long before its supporters came to power. In this book, A. James McAdams argues that the rise and ...

International populism

the radical right in the European Parliament

The 2014 European Parliament elections were hailed as a 'populist earthquake', with parties like the French Front National, UKIP and the Danish People's Party topping the polls in their respective countries. But what happened afterwards? Based on policy positions, voting data, and interviews conducted ...

Populisms

a quick immersion

Populisms a Quick Immersion analyzes populism globally and through the lens of Latin America, where populists have governed since the 1930s and 1940s up to the present. When populism is analyzed globally, the novelty is not its presence in most regions of the world. After ...

En los márgenes del derecho y el poder

crisis de la representación, clientelismo, populismo

Cualquier intento por comprender el malestar generalizado con lo político, que se manifi esta en sistemas democráticos de larga tradición, requiere acudir al análisis de sus síntomas más característicos, algunos de los cuales parece situarse precisamente en los márgenes del Derecho. En efecto, fenómenos como ...

Social democracy in the making

political and religious roots of European Socialism

The fallout from twenty years of neoliberal economic globalism has sparked a surge of interest in the old idea of democratic socialism—a democracy in which the people control the economy and government, no group dominates any other, and every citizen is free, equal, and ...

La responsabilidad penal de los partidos Políticos

En el año 2010, el legislador español introdujo en nuestro ordenamiento jurídico la responsabilidad penal de las personas jurídicas. Si bien, decidió excluir de la misma a los partidos políticos, entre otros sujetos colectivos. Posteriormente, en 2012, la situación fue revertida, de forma que los ...

Presidents and parties in the public mind

How is Donald Trump's presidency likely to affect the reputation and popular standing of the Republican Party? Profoundly, according to Gary C. Jacobson. From Harry S. Truman to Barack Obama, every postwar president has powerfully shaped Americans' feelings, positive or negative, about their party ...

Larga vida a la socialdemocracia

cómo evitar que el crecimiento de la desigualdad acabe con la democracia

La historia es bien sabida: la socialdemocracia está en decadencia. Al declive electoral en casi toda Europa se le suma una aparente falta de ideas ante la crisis económica y política que recorre el mundo. Con desenvoltura y un sutil sentido del humor, Borja Barragué ...

El horror de una parodia

tres discursos sobre Amanecer Dorado

Fue tras las elecciones de 2012 en Grecia, dos años después de la bancarrota y la imposición de las medidas de austeridad, cuando el partido nazi Amanecer Dorado irrumpió en el parlamento griego. No por la fuerza, sino gracias a los votos de miles de ...

Comparative european party systems

an analysis of parliamentary elections since 1945

Comparative European Party Systems, Second Edition, provides a comprehensive analysis across 48 party systems of party competition, electoral systems and their effects, and the classification of party systems and governments from 1945 through late-2018. The book consists of three parts. Part I provides a comparative ...

Escritos de derecho de partidos

Estos Escritos de derecho de partidos recogen tres trabajos del profesor Martin Morlok, experto reconocido en la materia, con el objetivo de aportar nuevos elementos al estudio de los partidos políticos en lengua castellana y contribuir así a afrontar los retos que plantea el régimen ...

Responsible parties

saving democracy from itself

How popular democracy has paradoxically eroded trust in political systems worldwide, and how to restore confidence in democratic politics In recent decades, democracies across the world have adopted measures to increase popular involvement in political decisions. Parties have turned to primaries and local caucuses to ...