The Spanish Armed Forces

• Autores: Rafael Martínez Martínez
• Localización: The Oxford Handbook of Spanish Politics / coord. por Diego Muro, Ignacio Lago Peñas, 2020, ISBN 9780191865848, págs. 276-296
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • At the end of the twentieth century (after a long history of coups d’état, a military uprising, a civil war, and a four-decade dictatorship), the Spanish public had serious doubts about the democratic nature of the armed forces. In contrast, in 2015 they were the second-best valued institution in the country. This is not just the result of a reform in the military administration. Both have changed: society and the military. To try to understand this change we will analyse the evolution of Spanish public opinion about the armed forces and national security since the end of the twentieth century and the perception of the Spanish military after undertaking international missions, its main activity.