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Explaining Morality Policy Coalitions in Spanish Parliamentary Votes: The Interaction of the Church-State Conflict and Territorial Politics

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  • Margarita León
  • Manuel Alvariño
  • Llorenç Soler-Buades

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In this article we empirically explore the impact of the state-Church conflict on progressive moral policies. Taking Spain as a case study, we analyse the parliamentary interaction of political parties in a number of policy domains that provoke a moral conflict. We examine the principal legislative acts relating to abortion, divorce, same-sex marriage, euthanasia and gender equality from the early 1980s to 2021. We look beyond the religious divide and argue that its interaction with territorial politics, which is in turn shaped by specific institutional features, explains the formation of political coalitions that are conducive to moral legislation. Furthermore, we show that political coalitions vary depending on how explicit or implicit a given morality conflict is.

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  • Margarita León & Manuel Alvariño & Llorenç Soler-Buades, 2022. "Explaining Morality Policy Coalitions in Spanish Parliamentary Votes: The Interaction of the Church-State Conflict and Territorial Politics," South European Society and Politics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(2), pages 197-222, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:fsesxx:v:27:y:2022:i:2:p:197-222
    DOI: 10.1080/13608746.2022.2132614
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