Información General

• Autores: Sebastian Balfour
• Editores: Routledge Reino Unido
• Año de publicación: 2005
• Colecciones: Routledge/Cañada Blanch Studies on Contemporary Spain
• País: Reino Unido
• Idioma: inglés
• ISBN: 0-415-35677-6
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Reseñas

• Ha sido reseñado en:

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    César Colino (res.)

    Revista de estudios políticos, ISSN 0048-7694, Nº 132, 2006, págs. 187-215

Resumen

• 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 into the main political parties and the political system, into the monarchy, corruption, terrorism, regional and conservative nationalism and into Spain’s policies in the Mediterranean and the European Union. It challenges many existing assumptions about politics in Spain, reaching beyond systems and practices to look at identities and political cultures. It brings to bear on the analysis the latest empirical data and theoretical perspectives.

  Providing a detailed political analysis in an historical context, this book is of vital importance to students and researchers of Spanish studies and politics. It is also essential reading for all those interested in contemporary Spain.

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Listado de artículos

• • Introduction: Spain since the transition to democracy: an overview

    Sebastian Balfour

    págs. 1-5

    

  • From consensus to competition: the changing nature of democracy in the Spanish transition

    Jonathan Hopkin

    págs. 6-26

    

  • The monarchy of Juan Carlos: from dictator’s dreams to democratic realities

    Paul Preston

    págs. 27-38

    

  • Corruption, democracy and governance in contemporary Spain

    Paul Heywood

    págs. 39-60

    

  • Using terror against terrorists: the Spanish experience

    Paddy Woodworth

    págs. 61-80

    

  • Terrorism and nationalist conflict: the weakness of democracy in the Basque Country

    José Manuel Mata López

    págs. 81-105

    

  • Convergència i Unió, Catalonia and the new Catalanism

    Andrew Dowling

    págs. 106-120

    

  • From National-Catholic nostalgia to constitutional patriotism: conservative Spanish nationalism since the early 1990s

    Xosé M. Núñez Seixas

    págs. 121-145

    

  • The reinvention of Spanish conservatism: the Popular Party since 1989

    Sebastian Balfour

    págs. 146-168

    

  • The Socialist Party in government and in opposition

    Mónica Méndez Lago

    págs. 169-197

    

  • Between ambition and insecurity: Spanish politics and the Mediterranean

    Richard Gillespie

    págs. 198-214

    

  • Spain in the new European Union: in search of a new role and identity

    Mary Farrell

    págs. 215-234