Description
Spanish politics has been transformed. Using new techniques, this book looks at 30 years of Spanish political history to understand party competition, the impact of the EU, media-government relations, aspirations for independence in Catalonia and the Basque region, and the declining role of religion.
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Glossary
PART I: THEORY AND METHODS
1. Policy dynamics in Democratic Spain
2. Data and methods
PART II: THE DYNAMICS OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS IN SPAIN
3. Broken promises
4. The government opposition game
5. Media and politics in Spain
PART III: POLICY ISSUES IN AN AGENDA-DYNAMICS APPROACH
6. Political decentralization
7. Europeanization
8. Framing the abortion debate
PART IV: CONCLUSIONS
9. Transformations in Spanish Politics, 1982-2013
References
Appendices
Index
