The politics of contemporary Spain


edited by Sebastian Balfour.
Bok Engelsk 2005 · Electronic books.
Utgitt
London ; New York : : Routledge, , 2005.
Omfang
1 online resource (254 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - 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.. - 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 mona
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0415356776. - 0415356784

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