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The aim of this paper is to analyse the effect of candidates on voting behaviour in the regional elections of 2007 and 2011 in a number of Spanish regions (Autonomous Communities) included in the scope of the so-called 'dominant model of competition.' These are characterised by the total predominance of Spain-wide parties—and absence of any relevant nationalist/regionalist parties—in all electoral contests: Castile and León, Castile-La Mancha, Madrid region, Valencia region, Extremadura, La Rioja and Murcia region. Electoral research in Spain has focused mainly on the strong weight of ideology and party identification in terms of voting behaviour, whereas the impact of the regional candidates themselves has not been analysed in so much detail. Using a series of logistic regressions, this study shows that approving of the regional leader is indeed one of the most significant factors regarding voting decisions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Decentralization shapes the way policy authority is shared between the national and regional levels and that, I argue, will have consequences for government formation. In particular, I contend that the allocation of portfolios in regional coalition governments will be affected by the degree of decentralization of each policy. To analyze this relationship I exploit the cross-time, cross-regional, and cross-policy variation of the process of competence devolution to the Spanish Autonomous Communities between 1980 and 2010. I find that, as expected, an increase in the competences managed by the region in a given policy jurisdiction makes the related portfolio more attractive to all coalition parties, although the effect seems to be particularly significant in economically strong and fast-track regions. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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The relevance of leaders in parliamentary democracy has been highlighted in a growing number of studies. In Spain it has even been argued that their influence is one of the main features of the Spanish political system. Here we test whether the role of leaders at the regional level is similar to the one they play at the national level or if their relevance decreases due to the characteristics of certain Autonomous Communities. For that end we will study to what extent the evaluation of the leaders has influenced the vote in the recent elections held in Galicia, Basque Country and Catalonia, the three autonomous communities whose unique characteristics differentiate them from the rest (other AA. CC.) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the disparity in the opinions of the Baque people living in the autonomous community of Euskadi, or the Basque Country, of Spain, pertaining to the characterization of the armed Basque nationalist and separatist organization Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA). The authors refer to the autonomous elections that took place in Euskadi in October of 2012 and the voting for both the Basque nationalist coalition Euskal Herria Bildu (EHB) and the Partido Nacionalista Vasco (PNV).

El artículo analiza una serie de medidas de emergencia de protección del medio ambiente emitidas en España entre mayo y septiembre de 2012 mediante el Real Decreto-ley 17/2012. Las medidas incluyen Ley de Aguas, políticas de ayuda por daños producidos por incendios forestales en las comunidades autónomas y manejo de los residuos de construcción y demolición en la Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco.

El artículo analiza decretos y sentencias en Derecho Inmobiliario y Urbanístico emitidos en España entre abril y julio de 2012. Algunas regulaciones discutidas son el Real Decreto-ley 6/2012 de Medidas Urgentes de Protección de Deudores Hipotecarios sin Recursos, previsiones de urbanismo sostenible para las islas Baleares y procedimiento de planeamiento y urbanismo para la Comunidad Autónoma de Valencia.

This article discusses the codification of the civil laws of Spain during the period 1808-1833. The author comments on the political and social aspects in relation to the civil law codification process and describes the unification of the laws of various Spanish provinces, including Navarre, Catalonia, and Álava at the time. He also explores the reasons for the delays relating to the unification and codification of Spanish law, which is owed particularly to the notion of the provincial autonomy of these regions.

Abstract: Water is becoming day by day a more precious and even scarce natural resource. In Europe, water shortage or water stress is notable in countries such as Spain, Turkey, Italy, Greece, etc., where rainfalls are few, irregular and inconsistent. In order to improve the use of the Spanish hydrologic resources and to satisfy the higher water demand due to, not only tourism but also agriculture and increased population, the Spanish Government has been promoting over the last years different strategies. In July 2005, a new Act (National Hydrologic Plan) was passed, which included more than one hundred immediate points of action to improve the existing water-related infrastructures and to construct new desalination plants. In addition, in December 2007, a Royal Decree was approved in order to regulate and to promote water reuse applications in the country. Reverse Osmosis is currently taking a fundamental role in seawater and brackish water desalination as well as in water reuse installations. In this paper, the current situation of Spain in terms of water resources is reviewed, the performance of some Reverse Osmosis plants already in operation is documented and the latest key innovations of Reverse Osmosis such as recently developed modules, new configurations and modules with larger diameter are described. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

The uninterrupted undergoing process of devolution in Spain since 1979 ("autonomic process") has required ever since an intense adjudication activity by the Constitutional Court. Three years ago the legal norms defining the scope of the devolved competences (Statutes of Autonomy) have been deeply altered, notably in Catalonia and Andalusia. Particularly in the first case, and for the first time, these Statutes have been challenged before the Constitutional Court. The Court is having considerable trouble in dealing with the matter. The author points out to the necessity and urgency of a simplification of the model, in order to facilitate a sensible constitutional adjudication on the matter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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En España, en el último año y medio, han sido ocho las Comunidades Autónomas que han puesto en marcha procedimientos para la reforma de sus Estatutos de Autonomía, habiendo ya culminado cinco de los mismos. Este trabajo analiza, desde una perspectiva iusinternacionalista, los preceptos estatutarios que guardan relación con el tema del agua dulce, destacando los ecos o reflejos que de la regulación internacional se encuentran en los mismos. El trabajo concluye poniendo de manifiesto que, tras las recientes reformas estatutarias, el ordenamiento jurídico español en esta materia se ha acercado al Derecho Internacional, pues en él se han introducido ciertos conceptos y principios que son propios del ordenamiento internacional, aún cuando en algunos puntuales aspectos se haya ido más allá del mismo. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article seeks to prove that the modernization of the Spanish regions was extended to the whole state and had its origin at the Partido Socialista Obrero Español's (PSOE) central and regional governments in Spain. PSOE governments branded their regions by means of the pictographic, monochrome graphic symbols, which transformed a modern approach to Spanish politics. Logos of the Spanish autonomous communities are presented.

Social exclusion is a relatively new term intended to capture the changing nature of poverty. It is difficult to operationalize and may be defined differently among governments. The Spanish autonomous communities all have responsibilities in this area and vary in the degree and nature of exclusion risks faced by their populations. They have developed distinct strategies, which are analysed along the axes of public powers versus market solutions, and families versus social networks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

El artículo discurre sobre el sistema política y electoral en la región autónoma de Cataluña en España. El autor comenta sobre el rol del Parlamento de Cataluña en el proceso político y analiza la política cataluña con las situaciones en otras provincias españolas. También se consideran los partidos políticos, el proceso del voto y la reforma electoral en Catalonia.