Voices heard and unheard: Analizing legislative amendment proposals on underprivileged groups in Spain.
This paper explores the circumstances under which parliamentary groups reference underprivileged groups—specifically, women, immigrants and people with disabilities –in their legislative amendment proposals. Drawing on a comprehensive dataset covering all executive bills passed in Spain between 1996...
| Publicado en: | Parliamentary Affairs Vol. 79; no. 3; pp. 683 - 711 |
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Jul2026
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