Spanish Politics: Democracy after DictatorshipISBN: 978-0-7456-3992-5
Hardcover
224 pages
July 2008, Polity
Other Available Formats: Paperback
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Paul Kennedy, International Affairs
"Nuanced and convincing in its explanation of why Spain became a
successful democracy."
European History Quarterly
"Its consistently cogent analysis establishes Spanish
Politics as an invaluable and welcome addition to the
literature on modern Spain."
Political Science Quarterly
"Encarnación has written a lucid, concise and elegant book
about Spanish politics. Theoretically informed and rigorously
comparative, this remarkable study will be of interest to both
Hispanists and democratization scholars."
Diego Muro, King's College London
"Encarnacion convincingly argues that the young Spanish
democracy has reached a level of institutional stability that
allows for policy issues to be hotly debated, adopted, and
implemented, without any fear of a coup d'etat staged by former
supporters of the Franco regime. The progressive reforms adopted by
the left-leaning Zapatero government since 2004 are offered as
evidence of the new democratic stability in Spain; arguably the new
democratic stability will also allow space for conservative forces
to try and undo those reforms in future elections and parliaments.
In the end, Encarnacion leaves the reader with the optimistic
impression that Spanish democracy will remain robust, stable,
transparent, and durable in the years ahead."
Paul Christopher Manuel, New Hampshire Institute of Politics at
Saint Anselm College
"Omar Encarnacion's vivid and comprehensive analysis of Spain's
post-Franco democracy provides a highly engaging examination of the
country's politics which serves as a fine introduction to Western
Europe's fifth largest country while also providing seasoned
observers of Spanish politics and society with much food for
thought. Encarnacion skillfully weaves together an analysis of the
country's present with an examination of its conflictual past and
of historical memory, using this lens to highlight Spain's
successes, paradoxes and disappointments."
Robert M. Fishman, University of Notre Dame