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The selectorate in a fragmented democracy. The logic of political survival of Pedro Sánchez's governments (2018-2026) (El selectorado en una democracia fragmentada)

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  Political Analysis Report This political science essay examines the political survival logic of the governments led by Pedro Sánchez in Spain (2018–2026) through the lens of Selectorate Theory. Departing from simplified or purely situational interpretations, the author utilizes this formal political economy framework to demonstrate that governmental action during this period responds to a predictable and systematic incentive structure. The methodological starting point introduces a conceptual extension to the classic model: the distinction between the formal selectorate (the broad and stable body of eligible voters in Spain) and the functional survival coalition (the small core of parliamentary actors whose concurrence and specific support are indispensable in every vote to prevent the fall of the Executive). English version of the essay at this link (PDF 42 pages) Presentation-Summary Visual Informe de análisis político Este ensayo politológico examina la lógica de superviven...

Radical Right in Latin America Causes, Variants, and Scope of a Phenomenon of Its Own (Derecha radical en América Latina. Causas, variantes y alcance de un fenómeno propio)

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      Political Analysis Book In Amazon In just a few years, Latin America went from being a secondary setting in the study of the radical right to becoming one of its most active laboratories in the world. Javier Milei is dismantling the Argentine state with his fiscal "chainsaw"; Nayib Bukele governs El Salvador under a permanent state of exception with approval ratings close to 90%; José Antonio Kast wins Chile's presidency six years after the most massive social outburst in the country's democratic history; Bolsonarism survives in Brazil despite its founder's electoral defeat and the attempted coup of January 8; and in Ecuador, Peru and Colombia the conservative turn is intertwined with a polarization that paralyzes governability. This book, the third volume of a trilogy on the global radical right, offers the monographic analysis of Latin America that its two previous installments left pending. Its central thesis is that the Latin American radical right is ...

The cultural war as a contemporary political phenomenon (La guerra cultural como fenómeno político contemporáneo)

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      Political Analysis Report This academic essay analyzes the "culture war" as one of the fundamental axes of political polarization in contemporary democracies across Europe, the United States, and Latin America. Moving beyond oversimplified analyses, the work investigates the origins, dynamics, and causal mechanisms of these conflicts centered around moral values, collective identities, and worldviews, assessing the extent to which they represent a defensive conservative backlash or a mutation of class struggle following the collapse of the Soviet bloc. English version of the book at this link (PDF 96 pages) Presentation-Summary Visual Informe de análisis político Este ensayo académico analiza la «guerra cultural» como uno de los ejes fundamentales de la polarización política en las democracias contemporáneas de Europa, Estados Unidos y América Latina. Frente a análisis simplificadores, la obra investiga los orígenes, dinámicas y mecanismos causales de estos conflic...

De la falsa regeneración a la corrupción bajo Pedro Sánchez (2018-2026)

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  Libro de análisis político El libro analiza el ciclo político abierto en España en 2018 con la moción de censura que llevó a Pedro Sánchez a la Moncloa tras la sentencia del caso Gürtel contra el PP, y lo cierra en junio de 2026 trazando un balance demoledor: el partido que se presentó como adalid de la "regeneración democrática" termina protagonizando, según el autor, el episodio de corrupción institucional más grave de la democracia española. El relato recorre cronológicamente la etapa Sánchez: la moción de censura de 2018, la repetición electoral de 2019, el primer gobierno de coalición con Unidas Podemos (2020-2023) y la investidura de 2023 lograda como segunda fuerza gracias a las concesiones a ERC, Junts, PNV y EH Bildu, entre ellas la ley de amnistía del procés. El autor sostiene que esa dependencia de socios con agendas dispares ha producido tres legislaturas sin Presupuestos aprobados, un uso masivo del decreto ley y una creciente parálisis institucional. El núcleo...

POLARIZED DEMOCRACIES Political Polarization and the Crisis of Representation in the Contemporary World (DEMOCRACIAS POLARIZADAS Polarización política y crisis de representación en el mundo contemporáneo)

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  Political Analysis Report The essay "Democracias Polarizadas" by Jesús Sánchez Rodríguez (June 2026) offers a profound diagnosis of the crisis of contemporary democracies, characterized not as a conjunctural phenomenon, but as a structural transformation in which the adversary is perceived as an enemy. The author argues that current polarization—observed from Latin America to the United States and Europe—is a symptom of a crisis of representation and of the loss of the idea of the common good. Unlike the historical episodes of the interwar period or the Cold War, this fracture is "post-ideological" and "liquid": populist movements, both of the right and of the left, lack coherent utopian projects and base their success on the contestation of the system and on resentment, rather than on programmatic proposals. English version of the repport at this link (PDF 48 pages) Informe de análisis político El ensayo "Democracias Polarizadas" de Jesús S...

DEMOCRATIC EROSION IN SPAIN DURING THE GOVERNMENTS OF PEDRO SÁNCHEZ (2018-2026) (LA EROSIÓN DEMOCRÁTICA EN ESPAÑA DURANTE LOS GOBIERNOS DE PEDRO SÁNCHEZ )

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  Political Analysis Report This report goes beyond a diagnosis of the Spanish case. Its most original contribution is one that confronts a persistent blind spot in the academic literature on democratic erosion: the tendency to associate the phenomenon exclusively with radical populisms of the right and left. Spain demonstrates that erosion can also emerge from the centre of the political system, from a party belonging to the European social-democratic tradition, a member of the Party of European Socialists, governing within the framework of the European Union and NATO. The cases of Romania, Albania, and Malta — analysed in comparative perspective — confirm that there exists a recognisable pattern of institutional deterioration within the European socialist family that has until now not received the academic scrutiny it deserves. English version of the book at this link (PDF 124 pages) Informe  de análisis político Este informe va más allá del diagnóstico del caso español. Su ...