ABSTRACT This paper analyses the phenomenon of abstention in nineteenth-century Spanish politics, where the government had great influence over the electoral results and liberty of opinion was not entirely guaranteed. It focuses in particular on the Catalan case. The paper aims to show that the electorate was not, in fact, apathetic or indifferent, but rather self-aware and politically mobilised. Questioning the dominance of patronage over elections, it contributes to the recent studies that have revised the interpretations of nineteenth-century politicisation by exploring the different ways of participating in the political sphere. By looking at abstention as an example of voters’ political expression, it argues that this phenomenon should be seen as evidence of political mobilisation and social and political engagement.

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19 世纪西班牙的弃权和政治化：加泰罗尼亚案例

摘要 本文分析了 19 世纪西班牙政治中的弃权现象，当时政府对选举结果有很大影响，意见自由没有得到完全保障。它特别关注加泰罗尼亚案例。这篇论文旨在表明选民实际上并不是冷漠或漠不关心，而是自我意识和政治动员。质疑赞助对选举的支配地位，它有助于最近的研究，这些研究通过探索参与政治领域的不同方式来修正对 19 世纪政治化的解释。通过将弃权视为选民政治表达的一个例子，它认为这种现象应该被视为政治动员以及社会和政治参与的证据。