1st Edition

Democratic Spain Reshaping External Relations in a Changing World

248 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

Since the death of General Franco in 1975, Spain has emerged from relative isolation to play an active role in international affairs. Membership of the European Union and Nato have been keys to Spain's new prominence, although the country has also tried to build on its traditional "special relationships" with Latin America and the Arab world. This is the first thorough study of democratic Spain's... Read more
List of figures and tables, List of contributors, Series editor’s preface, Acknowledgements, List of abbreviations, 1 Introduction: Definitions and perspectives, 2 Spain’s external relations 1898–1975, 3 Spain’s external relations redefined: 1975–89, 4 Western alignment: Spain’s security policy, 5 Spain in the world economy, 6 Spain in the European Community, 7 European political cooperation: The upgrading of Spanish foreign policy, 8 The autonomous communities and external relations, 9 Spain and Latin America, 10 Spain and the Maghreb: Towards a regional policy?, 11 Spain in the post-cold war world, 12 Perspectives on the reshaping of external relations, Appendix: Decision-making in Spanish external affairs, Bibliography, Index

Biography

Richard Gillespie, Fernando Rodrigo, Jonathan Story