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. It aims to move away from a complacent analysis of Spanish democracy and provide a nuanced view of some of its strengths and challenges.

The Handbook introduces Spanish politics to an international audience of scholars and practitioners. It is structured around six sections that cover Spain's political history, institutional changes, elections, civil society, policy-making, and foreign affairs.

The volume brings together a distinguished group of 47 internationally renowned scholars who study Spain in its own right, or as a case among others in a comparative perspective. The contributors provide expert accounts of contemporary Spain, making the Oxford Handbook of Spanish Politics an invaluable resource for anyone interested in Spanish politics and government since the country's transition to democracy.

Diego Muro, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, School of International Relations, University of St Andrews,Ignacio Lago, Professor of Political Science, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona

Diego Muro is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of St Andrews. His research interests include political violence, terrorism, nationalism, and ethnic conflict. He has published in Ethnic and Racial Studies, Ethnicities, Mediterranean Politics, Nations and Nationalism, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, South European Society & Politics, and West European Politics. His latest book is When Does Terrorism Work? (Routledge, 2019).


Ignacio Lago is Professor of Political Science at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona,Spain). His research interests include electoral systems, political behaviour, and party politics. His recent publications have appeared in Electoral Studies, European Journal of Political Economy, European Journal of Political Research, Party Politics, Social Science Quarterly and Public Opinion Quarterly. He has won a 2018 ICREA Academia Award.

PART I INTRODUCTION
1. Introduction, Diego Muro & Ignacio Lago
PART II PAST AND PRESENT OF SPANISH POLITICS
2. Spain in Comparative Perspective: Contributors of the Spanish Case to Comparative Political Analysis, Robert M. Fishman
3. Spanish Democratization Transition, Consolidation, and its Meaning in Contemporary Spain, Ignacio Sanchez-Cuenca
4. The Political Uses of Forgetting in Spain, Omar G. Encarnacion
5. Decentralization in Spain: Federal Evolution and Performance of the Estado Autonomico, Cesar Colino
6. Terrorism in Spain, Diego Muro
7. Economic and Social Changes since the Restoration of Democracy, Miguel Requena
8. The Causes and Legacy of the Great Recession in Spain, Sebastian Royo
9. Europeanisation of Political Structures and Public Policies, Javier Arregui
PART II INSTITUTIONS
10. Political Institutions in a Comparative Perspective, Josep M Colomer
11. The 1978 Spanish Constitutional Design: Assessing its Outcome, Josep M. Valles
12. Executive Politics in Spain, Juan Rodriguez-Teruel
13. Legislative Politics in Spain, Bonnie N. Field
14. Multi-level Governance in Spain, Sandra Leon & Ignacio Jurado
15. Public Administration and its Problem-Solving Capacities, Salvador Parrado
16. Judicial Politics: The Constitutional Court, Nuno Garoupa & Pedro C. Magalhaes
17. The Spanish Army, Rafael Martinez
18. The Quality of Democracy, Joan Font
PART III PARTIES, ELECTIONS, AND VOTERS
19. Political Culture in Spain in the 21st Century: Symptoms of a Crisis of Representation, Mariano Torcal & Pablo Christmann
20. Parties and Party Systems, Monica Mendez Lago
21. Elections in Spain, Jose Ramon Montero & Andres Santana
22. Determinants of Voting Behaviour, Marta Fraile & Enrique Hernandez
23. The Spanish Electoral System, Agusti Bosch
24. Turnout, Pedro Riera
PART IV CIVIL SOCIETY
25. Interest Groups, Business Associations, and Trade Unions, Susana Aguilar
26. Migration Politics: The End of Spanish Exceptionalism?, Sergi Pardos-Prado
27. Social Movements, Eduardo Romanos
28. Spanish Nationalism Since 1975, Xose M. Nunez Seixas
29. Regional and National Identities in Spain, Maria Jose Hierro
PART V PUBLIC POLICY AND POLICY MAKING
30. Public Policy and Policy-Making, Joan Subirats & Ricard Goma
31. Welfare State, Eloisa del Pino
32. Social Inequalities, Leire Salazar
33. Economic Policy-Making in Contemporary Spain, Jose Fernandez Albertos
34. Employment Policy in Spain: Policy and Governance Perspectives, Mariely Lopez Santana
35. Education Policy, Hector Cebolla-Boado
36. Gender Policy, Tania Verge
37. Corruption and TransparencyX, Manuel Villoria
PART VI THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA
38. Spanish Foreign Policy, Ramon Pacheco Pardo
39. Security and Defence Policy, Felix Arteaga
40. Spain in the EU: Preferences, Policy Process, and Influence in Brussels, Ignacio Molina
41. Spain and Latin America: From a Special Relation to Detachment?, Andrea C. Bianculli