Party competition over the centre-periphery cleavage in Spain

Distance has always been a factor surrounded by the myth when comprehending political behaviour. Come would say that spatialituy is fixed, and therefore outside the influence of political actors, andothers suggest that it is imagined, and consequently, articulated according to concrete political agendas. Regardless of how the concept distance is defined, it is of Paramount importance when tryingto understand and analyse how political actors behave. Aroung the world, we can find states that vary greatly in theis size, from extremely small to very large. In these spatial settings, factors likedistance are expected to have a Deep impact in how the differet socials cleavages are articulated, ultimately affecting the relations beetween citizens.