The Oxford Handbook of Spanish Politics

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: 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 Sánchez-Cuenca: Spanish Democratization Transition, Consolidation, and its Meaning in Contemporary Spain 4: Omar G. Encarnación: The Political Uses of Forgetting in Spain 5: César Colino: Decentralization in Spain: Federal Evolution and Performance of the Estado Autonómico 6: Diego Muro: Terrorism in Spain 7: Miguel Requena: Economic and Social Changes since the Restoration of Democracy 8: Sebastián 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. Vallés: The 1978 Spanish Constitutional Design: Assessing its Outcome 12: Juan Rodríguez-Teruel: Executive Politics in Spain 13: Bonnie N. Field: Legislative Politics in Spain 14: Sandra León & Ignacio Jurado: Multi-level Governance in Spain 15: Salvador Parrado: Public Administration and its Problem-Solving Capacities 16: Nuno Garoupa & Pedro C. Magalhães: Judicial Politics: The Constitutional Court 17: Rafael Martínez: 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: Mónica Méndez Lago: Parties and Party Systems 21: José Ramón Montero & Andrés Santana: Elections in Spain 22: Marta Fraile & Enrique Hernández: Determinants of Voting Behaviour 23: Agustí 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: Xosé M. Nuñez Seixas: Spanish Nationalism Since 1975 29: María José Hierro: Regional and National Identities in Spain PART V PUBLIC POLICY AND POLICY MAKING 30: Joan Subirats & Ricard Gomà: Public Policy and Policy-Making 31: Eloísa del Pino: Welfare State 32: Leire Salazar: Social Inequalities 33: José Fernández Albertos: Economic Policy-Making in Contemporary Spain 34: Mariely López Santana: Employment Policy in Spain: Policy and Governance Perspectives 35: Héctor Cébolla-Boado: Education Policy 36: Tània Verge: Gender Policy 37: Manuel Villoria: Corruption and TransparencyX PART VI THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA 38: Ramón Pacheco Pardo: Spanish Foreign Policy 39: Félix 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?

With contributions by leading scholars, in the tradition of the Oxford Handbooks, this precious volume offers an in-depth, sophisticated and critical view of Spanish politics, its achievements and challenges.