La polarización de la ciudadanía ante temas posicionales de la política española
ISSN: 2172-0223
Argitalpen urtea: 2021
Zenbakien izenburua: La brecha política y las causas de su crecimiento: el caso de España
Zenbakia: 45
Orrialdeak: 57-73
Mota: Artikulua
Beste argitalpen batzuk: Más poder local
Laburpena
Polarization in Western liberal democracies appears to have increased in recent years. The analysis of the position of citizenship facing issues in Spanish politics such as abortion, immigration, gender violence and identification with national symbols, indicates two main results. On one hand, the existence of a more moderate self-perception or “self-polarization” among the citizenship than between the parties themselves, including the preferred one. However, the “mercantilist” dynamics of politics and other components of today’s society mark positions and reference points from which to position citizen. This contributes to increase greatly polarization. On the other hand, it has verified that the use of clearly identified positions in the considered issues is evolving towards affective polarization and the respective feelings of sympathy or rejection towards the different political parties.