Richard Gillespie, Fernando Rodrigo, Jonathan Story
Since the death of General Franco in 1975, Spain has emerged from relative isolation to play an active role in international affairs. Membership of the European Union and Nato have been keys to Spain's new prominence, although the country has also tried to build on its traditional "special relationships" with Latin America and the Arab world. This is the first thorough study of democratic Spain's re-emergence on the international scene.
By focusing on the relationship between external relations and domestic policy the book makes an important contribution to the literature on democratisation, as well as showing how Spanish foreign policy evolved between the mid-1970s and mid-1990s.
While the book focuses on democratic Spain, its revisionist view of democratic transitions is of more general relevance. Democratization is seen as an integral process involving related, though not simultaneous changes in domestic policy and external relations. Only with the transformation of her external relations did Spain's new democracy finally become consolidated.
This book will be required reading for students of Spanish politics and will also be useful to those interested in the process of democratization.
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Books on Spanish politics, especially with a comparative/IR angle are very thin on the ground, yet Spanish is widely taught in European Studies departments where a knowledge of the politics is also a requirement
Concentration on external relations allows authors to discuss economic relations as well as foreign policy - important as Spain has the fastest-growing economy in Europe
The only comprehensive book on Spanish external relations - includes Latin American relations and Maghreb relations as well as EU and NATO
Its international approach will lead to adoptions on Comparative Politics, International Political Economy courses as well as European Politics ones
Since the death of General Franco in 1975, Spain has emerged from relative isolation to play an active role in international affairs. Membership of the European Union and Nato have been keys to Spain's new prominence, although the country has also tried to build on its traditional "special relationships" with Latin America and the Arab world. This is the first thorough study of democratic Spain's re-emergence on the international scene.By focusing on the relationship between external relations and domestic policy the book makes an important contribution to the literature on democratisation, as well as showing how Spanish foreign policy evolved between the mid-1970s and mid-1990s.While the book focuses on democratic Spain, its revisionist view of democratic transitions is of more general relevance. Democratization is seen as an integral process involving related, though not simultaneous changes in domestic policy and external relations. Only with the transformation of her external relations did Spain's new democracy finally become consolidated.This book will be required reading for students of Spanish politics and will also be useful to those interested in the process of democratization.
List of figures and tables, List of contributors, Series editor´s preface, Acknowledgements, List of abbreviations, 1 Introduction: Definitions and perspectives, 2 Spain´s external relations 1898–1975, 3 Spain´s external relations redefined: 1975–89, 4 Western alignment: Spain´s security policy, 5 Spain in the world economy, 6 Spain in the European Community, 7 European political cooperation: The upgrading of Spanish foreign policy, 8 The autonomous communities and external relations, 9 Spain and Latin America, 10 Spain and the Maghreb: Towards a regional policy?, 11 Spain in the post-cold war world, 12 Perspectives on the reshaping of external relations, Appendix: Decision-making in Spanish external affairs, Bibliography, Index
This is the first thorough study of democratic Spain's re-emergence on the international scene. It will be required reading for students of Spanish politics and will be useful for those interested in the process of democratization.
This is the first thorough study of democratic Spain's re-emergence on the international scene. It will be required reading for students of Spanish politics and will be useful for those interested in the process of democratization.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of figures and tables, List of contributors, Series editor's preface, Acknowledgements, List of abbreviations, 1 Introduction: Definitions and perspectives, 2 Spain's external relations 1898-1975, 3 Spain's external relations redefined: 1975-89, 4 Western alignment: Spain's security policy, 5 Spain in the world economy, 6 Spain in the European Community, 7 European political cooperation: The upgrading of Spanish foreign policy, 8 The autonomous communities and external relations, 9 Spain and Latin America, 10 Spain and the Maghreb: Towards a regional policy?, 11 Spain in the post-cold war world, 12 Perspectives on the reshaping of external relations, Appendix: Decision-making in Spanish external affairs, Bibliography, Index
Klappentext
"Democratic Spain" is the first thorough study of democratic Spain's re-emergence on the international scene.Since the death of General Franco in 1975, Spain has emerged from relative isolation to play an active role in international affairs. Membership of the European Union and Nato have been keys to Spain's new prominence, although the country has also tried to build on its traditional "special relationships" with Latin America and the Arab world.
By focusing on the relationship between external relations and domestic policy "Democratic Spain" makes an important contribution to the Literature on democratisation, as well as showing how Spanish foreign policy evolved between the mid-1970s and mid-1990s. While the book focuses on democractic Spain, its revisionist view of democractic trans tions is of more general relevaice. Democratization is seen as an integral process involving related, though not simultaneous changes in domestic policy and external relations. Only with the transformation of her external relations did Spain's new democracy finally become consolidated.
