Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)

Centro Democratico y Social
Centro Democratico y Social
Leader	Fatima Arbelo
Preceded by	Union of the Democratic Centre
Merged into	People's Party
Ideology	Centrism; Liberalism; Social liberalism; Christian democracy
Political position	Centre to Centre-left

Democratic and Social Centre (in Spanish: Centro Democrático y Social, CDyS or CDS) was a centrist, social liberal political party in Spain. It was founded in 1982 by former prime minister Adolfo Suárez. In 2006, most of its remaining members merged into the People's Party.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Steed, Michael; Humphreys, Peter (1988), "Identifying liberal parties", Liberal Parties in Western Europe, Cambridge University Press, p. 426
↑ Haas, Melanie (2006), "Das Parteiensystem Spaniens", Die Parteiensysteme Westeuropas, VS Verlag, p. 437
↑ Colomer, Josep M. (2002), Political Institutions in Europe (Second ed.), Routledge, p. 176
↑ Thomas Banchoff; Mitchell Smith (12 November 2012). Legitimacy and the European Union: The Contested Polity. Taylor & Francis. pp. 123–. ISBN 978-0-415-18188-4. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Matuschek, Peter (2004), "Who Learns from Whom?: The Failure of Spanish Christian Democracy and the Success of the Partido Popular", Christian Democratic Parties in Europe since the End of the Cold War, Leuven University Press, p. 255
↑ Montero, José Ramón (1999), "Stabilising the Democratic Order: Electoral Behaviour in Spain", Politics and Policy in Democratic Spain, Frank Cass, p. 63
↑ Pallarés, Francesc; Keating, Michael (2006), "Multi-level electoral competition: sub-state elections and party systems in Spain", Devolution and electoral politics, Manchester University Press, p. 99
↑ Romero Salvado, Francisco J. (1999), Twentieth-Century Spain: Politics and Society in Spain, 1898-1998, Palgrave, p. xii

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[SteedHumphreys-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Steed, Michael; Humphreys, Peter (1988), "Identifying liberal parties", Liberal Parties in Western Europe, Cambridge University Press, p. 426

[2] Haas, Melanie (2006), "Das Parteiensystem Spaniens", Die Parteiensysteme Westeuropas, VS Verlag, p. 437

[3] Colomer, Josep M. (2002), Political Institutions in Europe (Second ed.), Routledge, p. 176

[BanchoffSmith1999-4] Thomas Banchoff; Mitchell Smith (12 November 2012). Legitimacy and the European Union: The Contested Polity. Taylor & Francis. pp. 123–. ISBN 978-0-415-18188-4. Retrieved 1 February 2013.

[Matuschek-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Matuschek, Peter (2004), "Who Learns from Whom?: The Failure of Spanish Christian Democracy and the Success of the Partido Popular", Christian Democratic Parties in Europe since the End of the Cold War, Leuven University Press, p. 255

[6] Montero, José Ramón (1999), "Stabilising the Democratic Order: Electoral Behaviour in Spain", Politics and Policy in Democratic Spain, Frank Cass, p. 63

[7] Pallarés, Francesc; Keating, Michael (2006), "Multi-level electoral competition: sub-state elections and party systems in Spain", Devolution and electoral politics, Manchester University Press, p. 99

[8] Romero Salvado, Francisco J. (1999), Twentieth-Century Spain: Politics and Society in Spain, 1898-1998, Palgrave, p. xii

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