Political Science: Governments of the Spanish Autonomous Communities
Code
P04G095V01110
Study programme
Grao en Dirección e Xestión Pública
Descriptors
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Year
Quadmester
6
Basic education
1st
2nd
Teaching language
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Spanish
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Department
Coordinator
López Mira, Álvaro Xosé
E-mail
almira@uvigo.es
Lecturers
López Mira, Álvaro Xosé
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General description
It is not possible to understand the state political models of the 21st century without referring to the higher or lower levels of political decentralization that they have. The modern State was born as a backbone in the centralization of power against the disintegration of power typical of medieval polyarchy and which the enlightened accused as absolutely irrational and as a source of obscurantism and injustice. Like many Jacobin archetypes, this one has had a limited practical journey, almost always hindered, to a greater or lesser extent, by the multiple pre-existing local powers, and it is very difficult to stop the enormous and rich pluralism that characterizes the different modes of coexistence in the society that we design human beings Be that as it may, these tensions were, in many cases, persistent in most state political organizations, characterizing one of the lines of social fracture that Rokkan singles out. Even in little more than two centuries, the symbol of modernity that centralization represented, has become the opposite, criticized for lack of it.
The Spanish State is not only not an exception to the pattern we have indicated, but the cleavage, the center-periphery split, seems to be at the heart of its social and political existence throughout its history and, as an idiosyncratic element that is, its vitality has not diminished over time, not even due to the persistent and even violent combat of the various political regimes experienced; on the contrary, in our contemporaneity it continues to be the focus of permanent conflicts and defining state and sub-state agendas of all kinds (political, social, media, economic).
The study of the Autonomous Governments subject aims to address the complexity of this phenomenon by focusing on the institutionalized model in 1978, although it should be borne in mind that its evolution in the last forty years has led to numerous changes and, as noted, it is a latent problem in the permanent attempt to find solutions to the problematic Spanish territorial structure, characterized by emotional impulses rather than by organizational rationality. It can be seen, in conclusion, that the topic will be difficult to interpret but, precisely for this reason, it will be a challenge for the Science of Politics that we intend to implement from our classrooms.
English Friendly subject: International students may request from the teachers: a) materials and bibliographic references in English, b) tutoring sessions in English, c) exams and assessments in English.
