Multilevel Governance in Post-Transitional Justice: The Autonomous Communities of Spain

<span class="abs_content">The method adopted by Spain in dealing with the legacy of the Civil War and the Dictatorship can be depicted as a blank page approach, incorporating a combination of amnesty and amnesia. Among the actors that challenge this official line, the Autonomous Comm...

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Autores principales: Ebru İlter Akarçay, Bilgen Sütçüoğlu
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:7a63ed5fcb044610b7a2481479fb13462021-11-21T15:11:42ZMultilevel Governance in Post-Transitional Justice: The Autonomous Communities of Spain1972-76232035-660910.1285/i20356609v13i3p1521https://doaj.org/article/7a63ed5fcb044610b7a2481479fb13462020-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/paco/article/view/23061https://doaj.org/toc/1972-7623https://doaj.org/toc/2035-6609<span class="abs_content">The method adopted by Spain in dealing with the legacy of the Civil War and the Dictatorship can be depicted as a blank page approach, incorporating a combination of amnesty and amnesia. Among the actors that challenge this official line, the Autonomous Communities (ACs) particularly energize the post-transitional justice process. Complementing, transcending and superseding the efforts at the national level, the law-making activity in AC legislatures has come in two separate and diverse waves, leading to the development of public policy and institutions dealing with the recovery of memory. Political cycles surface as the factor shaping the resilience of governments' commitment. It is argued that the reinvigorated coexistence of regionalist and left-wing parties in the ACs bodes well for further memory-related policy development and institutionalization. With an interplay and occasional discord between the national and subnational governments, the experience of Spain demonstrates that multilevel governance is an aspect to be reckoned with in relation to how countries deal with their past.</span><br />Ebru İlter AkarçayBilgen SütçüoğluCoordinamento SIBAarticleautonomymultilevel governancepolitical partiespost-transitional justicespainPolitical science (General)JA1-92ENPartecipazione e Conflitto, Vol 13, Iss 3, Pp 1521-1538 (2020)
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topic autonomy
multilevel governance
political parties
post-transitional justice
spain
Political science (General)
JA1-92
spellingShingle autonomy
multilevel governance
political parties
post-transitional justice
spain
Political science (General)
JA1-92
Ebru İlter Akarçay
Bilgen Sütçüoğlu
Multilevel Governance in Post-Transitional Justice: The Autonomous Communities of Spain
description <span class="abs_content">The method adopted by Spain in dealing with the legacy of the Civil War and the Dictatorship can be depicted as a blank page approach, incorporating a combination of amnesty and amnesia. Among the actors that challenge this official line, the Autonomous Communities (ACs) particularly energize the post-transitional justice process. Complementing, transcending and superseding the efforts at the national level, the law-making activity in AC legislatures has come in two separate and diverse waves, leading to the development of public policy and institutions dealing with the recovery of memory. Political cycles surface as the factor shaping the resilience of governments' commitment. It is argued that the reinvigorated coexistence of regionalist and left-wing parties in the ACs bodes well for further memory-related policy development and institutionalization. With an interplay and occasional discord between the national and subnational governments, the experience of Spain demonstrates that multilevel governance is an aspect to be reckoned with in relation to how countries deal with their past.</span><br />
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author Ebru İlter Akarçay
Bilgen Sütçüoğlu
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Bilgen Sütçüoğlu
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title Multilevel Governance in Post-Transitional Justice: The Autonomous Communities of Spain
title_short Multilevel Governance in Post-Transitional Justice: The Autonomous Communities of Spain
title_full Multilevel Governance in Post-Transitional Justice: The Autonomous Communities of Spain
title_fullStr Multilevel Governance in Post-Transitional Justice: The Autonomous Communities of Spain
title_full_unstemmed Multilevel Governance in Post-Transitional Justice: The Autonomous Communities of Spain
title_sort multilevel governance in post-transitional justice: the autonomous communities of spain
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