Reforms betrayed? Zapatero and continuities in economic policy

• Autores: Sebastián Royo
• Localización: Spain's "Second Transition"?: The socialist government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero / coord. por Bonnie N. Field, 2011, ISBN 978-0-415-55052-9, págs. 57-73
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • While this issue assesses whether the Socialists'policies under Zapatero depart from previous administrations, this contribution will claim that in the economic policy realm there has been remarkable continuity. Indeed, it is hard to talk of a "second transition" in the economic policy realm. This continuity is explained by ideological/programmatic considerations (fiscal consolidation has been adepcted as a mantra by both parties), personel continuities and stability in the tip tier of economic policymaking, the economic constraints imposed by European Unión membership, and by the decision to implement major reforms with the participation of the social actors.