The Oxford Handbook of Spanish Politics

The Oxford Handbook of Spanish Politics provides a comprehensive and comparative overview of the Spanish political system through the lens of political science.

PART I INTRODUCTION; 1 Diego Muro & Ignacio Lago: Introduction; PART II PAST AND PRESENT OF SPANISH POLITICS; 2 Robert M.

Fishman: Spain in Comparative Perspective: Contributors of the Spanish Case to Comparative Political Analysis; 3 Ignacio Sanchez-Cuenca: Spanish Democratization Transition, Consolidation, and its Meaning in Contemporary Spain; 4 Omar G.

Encarnacion: The Political Uses of Forgetting in Spain; 5 Cesar Colino: Decentralization in Spain: Federal Evolution and Performance of the Estado Autonomico; 6 Diego Muro: Terrorism in Spain; 7 Miguel Requena: Economic and Social Changes since the Restoration of Democracy; 8 Sebastian Royo: The Causes and Legacy of the Great Recession in Spain; 9 Javier Arregui: Europeanisation of Political Structures and Public Policies; PART II INSTITUTIONS; 10 Josep M Colomer: Political Institutions in a Comparative Perspective; 11 Josep M.

Valles: The 1978 Spanish Constitutional Design: Assessing its Outcome; 12 Juan Rodriguez-Teruel: Executive Politics in Spain; 13 Bonnie N.

Field: Legislative Politics in Spain; 14 Sandra Leon & Ignacio Jurado: Multi-level Governance in Spain; 15 Salvador Parrado: Public Administration and its Problem-Solving Capacities; 16 Nuno Garoupa & Pedro C.

Magalhaes: Judicial Politics: The Constitutional Court; 17 Rafael Martinez: The Spanish Army; 18 Joan Font: The Quality of Democracy; PART III PARTIES, ELECTIONS, AND VOTERS; 19 Mariano Torcal & Pablo Christmann: Political Culture in Spain in the 21st Century: Symptoms of a Crisis of Representation; 20 Monica Mendez Lago: Parties and Party Systems; 21 Jose Ramon Montero & Andres Santana: Elections in Spain; 22 Marta Fraile & Enrique Hernandez: Determinants of Voting Behaviour; 23 Agusti Bosch: The Spanish Electoral System; 24 Pedro Riera: Turnout; PART IV CIVIL SOCIETY; 25 Susana Aguilar: Interest Groups, Business Associations, and Trade Unions; 26 Sergi Pardos-Prado: Migration Politics: The End of Spanish Exceptionalism?

; 27 Eduardo Romanos: Social Movements; 28 Xose M.

Nunez Seixas: Spanish Nationalism Since 1975; 29 Maria Jose Hierro: Regional and National Identities in Spain; PART V PUBLIC POLICY AND POLICY MAKING; 30 Joan Subirats & Ricard Goma: Public Policy and Policy-Making; 31 Eloisa del Pino: Welfare State; 32 Leire Salazar: Social Inequalities; 33 Jose Fernandez Albertos: Economic Policy-Making in Contemporary Spain; 34 Mariely Lopez Santana: Employment Policy in Spain: Policy and Governance Perspectives; 35 Hector Cebolla-Boado: Education Policy; 36 Tania Verge: Gender Policy; 37 Manuel Villoria: Corruption and TransparencyX; PART VI THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA; 38 Ramon Pacheco Pardo: Spanish Foreign Policy; 39 Felix Arteaga: Security and Defence Policy; 40 Ignacio Molina: Spain in the EU: Preferences, Policy Process, and Influence in Brussels; 41 Andrea C.

Bianculli: Spain and Latin America: From a Special Relation to Detachment?