%0 Journal Article
%T La jerarqu赤a cat車lica espa ola en perspectiva comparada. La confrontaci車n pol赤tica entre la Iglesia y el Gobierno socialista a comienzos del siglo XXI
%A Aguilar
%A Susana
%J Revista Internacional de Sociologia
%D 2013
%I Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient赤ficas
%X The Spanish Catholic church (SCC) conforms a multi-issue interest group with a heterogeneous political record: unlike finance and education, two key areas which are covered by the 1979 Agreements with the Vatican, moral policies need not be negotiated with public authorities. Responding to the liberalization of abortion and approval of same-sex marriage by the Zapatero government, the SCC, in contrast with other churches under similar political circumstances, has embarked upon a confrontation strategy in alliance with conservative Catholic groups and like-minded political parties. Its monopoly position in a society that still defines itself as predominantly Catholic (sociological argument), the inextricable link between Catholicism and national identity (historical argument) and its privileged relationship with the state, as a result of the 1979 Agreements with the Vatican state and its partially-established constitutional status (institutional argument) help understand this strategy. The Episcopal Conference (EC) is the main responsible for confrontation at the state level while the bishops, at the regional one, have set out to defend church interests, and minimize the inflicted ※damage§, by means of a number of agreements with regional authorities. Thus, the EC might end up losing political power in favour of regional EC, promoted not only by local nationalist churches but also by the increasing relevance of the regional level for church interests. La Iglesia cat車lica espa ola (ICE) constituye un grupo de inter谷s multi-issue con distintos resultados en su actividad pol赤tica: la financiaci車n y la educaci車n son asuntos clave en los que est芍 protegida por los Acuerdos de 1979, pero los poderes p迆blicos no tienen la obligaci車n de negociar con esta instituci車n pol赤ticas de contenido moral. Como respuesta a la liberalizaci車n del aborto y a la aprobaci車n del matrimonio de personas del mismo sexo, promovidas por el Gobierno de Rodr赤guez Zapatero, la ICE, a diferencia de otras instituciones eclesi芍sticas en Europa en situaciones parecidas, desarrolla una estrategia de confrontaci車n junto con grupos cat車licos conservadores y, en menor medida, partidos pol赤ticos afines. Su posici車n ※monopolista§ en una sociedad que se define mayoritariamente como cat車lica (argumento sociol車gico), la inextricable imbricaci車n entre catolicismo e identidad nacional (argumento hist車rico), y su privilegiada relaci車n con el Estado, que deriva de los Acuerdos de 1979 y del aconfesionalismo constitucional (argumento institucional), pueden explicar esta estrategia. Mientras que la Confer
%K Catholic Chuch
%K Confrontation
%K Interest Group
%K Spain
%K Zapatero Government
%K Confrontaci車n
%K Espa a
%K Gobierno Zapatero
%K Grupo de inter谷s
%K Iglesia cat車lica
%U http://revintsociologia.revistas.csic.es/index.php/revintsociologia/article/view/517/539