Research Catalog

Title

Politics and society in contemporary Spain : from Zapatero to Rajoy / edited by Bonnie N. Field and Alfonso Botti.

Publication

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

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Additional Authors

• Field, Bonnie N.
• Botti, Alfonso

Description

xvi, 236 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

This edited volume examines the political, social, andeconomic developments in contemporary Spain, with a particular focus on the periodof the Socialist government (2008-11), the 2011 elections, and the challenges facingSpain and the new Popular Party government.

Series Statement

Europe in transition: the NYU Euopean studies series

Uniform Title

Europe in transition (New York, N.Y.)

Subject

• Rodríguez Zapatero, José Luis, 1960-
• Rajoy, Mariano
• Spanien Gobierno
• Since 1982
• POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General
• Politics & government > Spain > 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100
• Politics & government > Spain > 21st century
• Politics and government
• Politics and Government
• Spain > Politics and government > 1982-

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: political change in Spain, from Zapatero to Rajoy / Bonnie N. Field and Alfonso Botti -- The long adiós: the PSOE and the end of the Zapatero Era / Anna Bosco -- From opposition to government: the popular party of Mariano Rajoy / Alfonso Botti -- Governing Spain in tough times and in minority: the limits of shifting alliances / Bonnie N. Field -- The state of autonomies between the economic crisis and enduring nationalist tensions / César Colino -- Economic reforms and the labor market: Zapatero's endless period in the wilderness / Molina and Alejandro Godino -- The relationship between unions and Zapatero's government: from social pacts to general strike / Kerstin Hamann -- Youth protests and the end of the Zapatero government / Carmelo adagio -- The Spanish Catholic Church from the Zapatero era to the Rajoy government / Mireno Berrettini -- Gender equality policymaking in Spain (2008-11): losing momentum / Celia valiente -- The Spanish welfare state from Zapatero to Rajoy: recalibration to retrenchment / Eloísa del Pino -- Conclusions / Alfonso Botti and Bbonnie N. Field.

ISBN

• 9781137306616 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 1137306610 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2012045388

OCLC

• 825399176
• SCSB-12159278

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library