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Spain Political Interest Groups
The revitalized pluralism that accompanied
liberalization in
Spain after Franco gave rise to new forms of popular
participation in the country's political process. At the
same
time, it redefined the existing political forces, such as
the
army and the Roman Catholic Church
(see Constitutional System
, this ch.). Article 9 of the 1978 Constitution calls on
public
authorities to facilitate the participation of all
citizens in
the political, the economic, the cultural, and the social
life of
the country. After forty years of depoliticization,
Spanish
citizens began to play an increasingly active role in the
nation's development, through involvement in the various
interest
groups that were established or reactivated along with the
political parties.
Data as of December 1988
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