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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450943503321

Titolo

The politics of contemporary Spain / / edited by Sebastian Balfour

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-24980-2

1-280-09965-8

0-203-00275-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 239 p.) : ill

Collana

Routledge/Cañada Blanch studies on contemporary Spain

Classificazione

89.40

Altri autori (Persone)

BalfourSebastian

Disciplina

320.946/09/0511

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Spain Politics and government 1975-1982

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 / José Manuel Mata -- Convergència i unió, Catalonia and the new Catalanism / Andrew Dowling -- From national-Catholic nostalgia to constitutional patriotism : conservative Spanish nationalism since the early 1990s / Xosé-Manoel Núñez Seixas -- The reinvention of Spanish conservatism : the Popular Party since 1989 / Sebastian Balfour -- The Socialist Party in government and in opposition / Monica Méndez-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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.