@misc{4e4b08b7-29e5-4276-b225-5f1b37dd61a0,
  abstract     = {{Public spaces are increasingly becoming battlegrounds over collective identity, as<br/>societies revisit which figures deserve commemoration. The removal of statues and<br/>street names has become a powerful symbolic act, as for those attached to these<br/>legacies, such changes may be seen as denying their group identity. This paper<br/>examines the political consequences of such symbolic changes in the context of Spain,<br/>focusing on the recent renaming of streets honoring figures from the dictatorship.<br/>Using three complementary empirical strategies and drawing on both observational<br/>and survey evidence, I find that removing Francoist streets leads to a significant<br/>increase in support for far right parties in the affected areas, particularly when the<br/>names held high salience. I further implement a novel individual level survey and<br/>show that this response is driven by identity-based concerns rather than practical<br/>objections, shedding light on the political consequences of contested memory in<br/>democratic societies.}},
  author       = {{Arregui Alegria, Iker}},
  keywords     = {{Voting; Identity; Spain; Renaming; Far-Right; D72; N44; Z13.}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Working Paper}},
  number       = {{2026:6}},
  series       = {{Working Papers}},
  title        = {{Renaming the Past: Identity, Memory, and Electoral Backlash in Spain}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/251349487/WP26_6.pdf}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}