‘Programa 2000’: The appearance and reality of socialist renewal in Spain

1 January 1993

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in West European Politics

Vol. 16 (1) , 78-96
https://doi.org/10.1080/01402389308424948

Abstract

Spain's experience of programmatic renewal was unusual in that it began in a period of unprecedented political success for the Socialist Party, the PSOE. The latter invested considerable resources in the renewal process, yet its programmatic outcome was disappointing. Its interest lies chiefly in what it reveals about the internal politics of the PSOE. Although some socialists sought to provide future strategic orientation for the PSOE, the whole process was overshadowed by factional rivalry within the party. This power struggle conditioned the whole debate about renewal, whose programmatic value became even more questionable in 1991 following a government reorganisation.

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