The politics of contemporary Spain / edited by Sebastian Balfour.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Balfour, Sebastian.

Series:

Routledge/Cañada Blanch studies on contemporary Spain.

Routledge/Cañada Blanch studies on contemporary Spain

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spain--Politics and government--1975-1982.

Spain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 239 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.

Summary:

While Spain is now a well-established democracy closely integrated into the European Union, it has suffered from a number of severe internal problems such as corruption, discord between state and regional nationalism, and separatist terrorism. The Politics of Contemporary Spain charts the trajectory of Spanish politics from the transition to democracy through to the present day, including the aftermath of the Madrid bombings of March 2004 and the elections that followed three days later. It offers new insights on the main political parties and the political system, on the monarchy, corruption, terrorism, regional and conservative nationalism, and on Spain's policies in the Mediterranean and the EU. It challenges many existing assumptions about politics in Spain, reaching beyond systems and practices to look at identities, political cultures and mentalities. It brings to bear on the analysis the latest empirical data and theoretical perspectives.

Contents:

Introduction : Spain since the transition to democracy / Sebastian Balfour

From consensus to competition : the changing nature of democracy in the Spanish transition / Jonathan Hopkin

The monarchy of Juan Carlos : from dictator's dreams to democratic realities / Paul Preston

Corruption, democracy and governance in contemporary Spain / Paul M. Heywood

Using terror against terrorists : the Spanish experience / Paddy Woodworth

Terrorism and nationalist conflict : the weakness of democracy in the Basque Country / Jose Manuel Mata

Convergencia i unio, Catalonia and the new Catalanism / Andrew Dowling

From national-Catholic nostalgia to constitutional patriotism : conservative Spanish nationalism since the early 1990s / Xose-Manoel Nunez Seixas

The reinvention of Spanish conservatism : the Popular Party since 1989 / Sebastian Balfour

The Socialist Party in government and in opposition / Monica Mendez-Lago

Between ambition and insecurity : Spanish politics and the Mediterranean / Richard Gillespie

Spain in the new European Union : in search of a new role and identity / Mary Farrell.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-24979-9

1-134-24980-2

1-280-09965-8

0-203-00275-X

9780203002759

OCLC:

437150994