Contemporary Spain Book

	Preface
	Preface to second edition
	Map
	Introduction: Contemporary Spain in context	1
Ch. 1	The Spanish state	20
1.1	The 1978 Constitution	20
1.2	The monarchy	25
1.3	Parliament	27
1.4	Government	33
1.5	Administration	42
1.6	Local government	47
Ch. 2	Political parties	54
2.1	General features of Spanish parties	54
2.2	The Centre: UCD and its successors	60
2.3	The Socialist Party	64
2.4	The People's Party and its forerunners	73
2.5	United Left	81
2.6	Minor parties	85
Ch. 3	Regionalization and regionalism	89
3.1	The initial round of devolution	89
3.2	The regionalist reaction	96
3.3	A never-ending story?	115
Ch. 4	The European tier of government	125
4.1	European integration and the EU	125
4.2	Spain and integration	132
4.3	Spain in the EU machinery	138
Ch. 5	Interests and lobbies	148
5.1	Francoism's de facto authorities	148
5.2	Economic interests	158
5.3	The media	167
5.4	Pressure groups	175
Ch. 6	The Spanish economy	180
6.1	Apertura and ajuste	180
6.2	Imbalances	184
6.3	Sectoral and geographical structure	192
6.4	Spanish companies	200
Ch. 7	The environment	209
7.1	Pollution	209
7.2	Landscape change	212
7.3	Protection of the environment	217
Ch. 8	Education	223
8.1	Educational principles	223
8.2	Organizational reform	227
8.3	The structure of education	236
Ch. 9	Social welfare	245
9.1	Social security	245
9.2	Health care	248
9.3	Social services	252
9.4	Disadvantaged groups	253
Ch. 10	Law and order	262
10.1	The legal system	262
10.2	The forces of public order	269
10.3	The prison service	272
10.4	Crime and civil liberties	273
Ch. 11	The regions	282
11.1	Andalusia	282
11.2	Aragon	284
11.3	Asturias	285
11.4	Balearic Islands	286
11.5	Basque Country	287
11.6	Canary Islands	290
11.7	Cantabria	292
11.8	Castile-La Mancha	292
11.9	Castile-Leon	293
11.10	Catalonia	295
11.11	Extremadura	297
11.12	Galicia	298
11.13	Madrid	300
11.14	Murcia	301
11.15	Navarre	302
11.16	The Rioja	304
11.17	Valencia	305
11.18	Ceuta and Melilla	306
	Further reading	310
	Index	315