The impact of party competition on LGBTI+ rights: evidence from Spanish autonomous regions (1990-2022)

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• dc.contributor.author Cantó, Joel
• dc.contributor.author Arregui, Javier
• dc.date.accessioned 2024-05-15T10:19:42Z
• dc.date.available 2024-05-15T10:19:42Z
• dc.date.issued 2024
• dc.description.abstract Political competition accelerates the enactment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, and intersexual rights (LGBTI+) due to the dynamic, rational behavior of mainstream parties across the political aisle to adapt to the sociopolitical environment. We argue that LGBTI+ social movements capitalize on median voter shifts combined with the rising pressure of ideologically close challenger parties to enact legislation. To examine this argument, we employ quantitative event history analysis with a unique dataset with measures for social movement, institutional, political, and sociocultural dimensions across 33 years in Spanish subnational arenas. We find that rising leftist and liberal contenders challenging dominant center-left and center-right parties, respectively, widen the opportunity political structure of LGBTI+ organizations. Ultimately, rising political fragmentation in a multiparty, multidimensional party system turns both left and right mainstream parties into allies of LGBTI+ organizations, which propose new legislation, due to political platforms seeking to preserve and enhance their electoral base.
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• dc.identifier.citation Cantó J, Arregui J. The impact of party competition on LGBTI+ rights: evidence from Spanish autonomous regions (1990-2022). Polit Policy. 2024 Aug;52(4):801-27. DOI: 10.1111/polp.12595
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/polp.12595
• dc.identifier.issn 1555-5623
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/60153
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Wiley
• dc.relation.ispartof Politics & policy. 2024 Aug;52(4):801-27
• dc.rights © 2024 The Authors. Politics & Policy published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Policy Studies Organization. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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• dc.subject.keyword Cultural wars
• dc.subject.keyword Europe
• dc.subject.keyword Event history analysis LGBTI+ policy diffusion
• dc.subject.keyword Federalism
• dc.subject.keyword Gay rights
• dc.subject.keyword LGBT rights
• dc.subject.keyword Morality politics
• dc.subject.keyword Multiparty competition
• dc.subject.keyword Political parties
• dc.subject.keyword Same-sex marriage
• dc.subject.keyword Same-sex unions
• dc.subject.keyword Spain
• dc.title The impact of party competition on LGBTI+ rights: evidence from Spanish autonomous regions (1990-2022)
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