Contemporary Spanish Politics Textbook Jose M. Magone

Contemporary Spanish Politics Textbook by Jose M. Magone

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This book gives fresh insight into the formal and informal workings of this dynamic southern European democracy, thoroughly discussing history, politics, insitutions, parties, economy and foreign policy at an introductory level.

Contemporary Spanish Politics Textbook by Jose M. Magone

Contemporary Spanish Politics gives fresh insight into the formal and informal workings of this dynamic southern European democracy. It thoroughly discusses the history, politics, institutions, parties, economy and foreign policy of Spain at an introductory level ideal for an undergraduate audience. Each chapter provides a research-based overview of the studied topic which can then be used as the basis for further research by students. The key themes of the book are: Recent history of Spain after Franco's death The political culture of the country The institutional framework Foreign policy including the reaction to the global anti-terrorist coalition The policy making process and the system of interest intermediation The party system and electoral process The dynamics of regional politics (emphasising Catalan, Basque and Galician nationalism) The political economy The external relations of the country within and towards the European Union, the Mediterranean and Latin America. With a focus predominantly on recent developments after the elections of Jose Maria Aznar's People's Party in 1996 and 2000, as well as a detailed account of Spain since the transition to democracy, this book

Part 1: Introduction: the Transformation of Spanish Politics - A Review of the Historical Legacy 1. The Rise and Decline of the Spanish Empire: The Politics of the Ancien Regime (1492-1814) 2. The Discontinuous Road to Democracy: From the Constitutional Monarchy to the Civil War (1815-1939) 3. From Absolutist to Constitutional monarchy (1814-1874) 4. Rise and Fall of the Restoration System (1874-1923) 5. The Dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera (1923-1931) 6. The Second Republic and the Civil War (1931-1939) 7. From Authoritarianism to Restoration of Democracy 8. The Legacy of Authoritarianism (1939-1975) 9. The Spanish Transition to Democracy (1975-1982) 10. The Politics of Patrimonial Socialism: The Spanish Socialist Workers Party in Power (1982-96) 11. Alternance in Power: The Rise of People s Party since 1996 Conclusions Part 2: The Main Features of Contemporary Political Culture 1. Social Change and Moderation of Spanish Politics 2. Multiple identities: Local, regional and national 3. Decline of Institutionalized Mobilisation and the Rise of Cognitive Sporadic Mobilisation 4. Satisfaction with Political Institutions 5. Patriotic Constitutionalism and Federalism 6. Support for European Union Integration 7. Challenge to Spanish Society and Political Culture: The growing importance of immigration Conclusions Part 3: The Core Spanish Institutions 1. The Importance of the Spanish Constitution 2. The Monarchy as Main Pillar of Spanish Democracy 3. The Presidentialism of the Prime Minister 4. Executive-Legislative Relations: An asymmetrical partnership 5. Governmental Longevity and Political Corruption: From Socialist Patrimonialism to Aznarism 6. The Postponed Reforms of the Judiciary 7. Accountability and Transparency: The Constitutional Court 8. Public Administration: Decentralisation and Regionalisation Conclusion Part 4: Political Parties and Elections 1. The Main Rules of the Game: The centrality of governmentability and stability 2. The Political Parties in Spain 3. People s Party (PP): The long road towards the centre 4. Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE): Reinventing the left 5. United Left (IU): The inevitable decline 6. Covergence and Union (CiU): A Regionalist Party in Transition 7. Nationalist Basque Country (PNV): The Politics of moderate nationalism 8. Other Regionalist Parties 9. Multilevel Electoral Arenas 10. The Legislative Elections: The growing concentration of the vote 11. Local and Autonomous Communities Elections: Second order elections 12. The European Parliament elections: Third order elections 13. The European Parliament elections of 1994 and 1999 Conclusions Part 5: The Dynamics of Regional Politics 1. The Process of Regionalisation since 1978 2. The Institutionalisation of Intergovernmental Relations between the Central Government and the Regions 3. The Transfer of Competence from Central Government to the Autono

Contemporary Spanish Politics Textbook Jose M. Magone

Contemporary Spanish Politics Textbook by Jose M. Magone

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