¿Quieren los españoles una democracia (más) participativa ? by Mathias Rull Jan

“…The article aims to help determine, in Spain at the beginning of the 21st century, the extent to which citizens want to be directly involved in political decision-making (and no longer only in the election of authorities). …”
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Pourquoi la Catalogne ne peut-elle pas s’autodéterminer ? Les raisons de l'État espagnol by Lucía Payero López

“…This article analyzes the discourse used by the so-called ‘No’ Bloc –comprised of the two majority parties in the Congress of Deputies (the People’s Party and the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party), as well as Citizens Party and Union Progress and Democracy– in order to respond to the challenge posed by Catalan pro-sovereign parties. …”
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El papel de Suecia en la guerra civil española (1936-1939) by Fernando Camacho Padilla, Ana de la Asunción Criado

“…In order to measure and evaluate the role of Sweeden during the Spanish Civil war, this article analyzes, in a global way, the attitude of the government and the political parties in the opposition, the mass media, the main characteristics of the solidarity movement, and the protagonism of the Swedish volunteers who were in the front. …”
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Las canciones del 15-M y su memoria. El sonido de un compromiso político by José Rafael Ramos Barranco

“…The 15-M movement meant much more than social mobilizations against the measures imposed by the government that led to a critical situation for thousands of Spanish families. It became an active starting point for a different way of understanding democracy that derived from the creation of citizen platforms to the emergence of political parties. …”
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