Contemporary Spanish Foreign Policy (Routledge Advances in European Politics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415714710 ISBN 13: 9780415714716

Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

This book examines the evolution of Spanish foreign policy since 1975, through five different presidencies, spanning its transformation from a dictatorial political system and backward economy to a modern European state, fully democratic and with a well-functioning market economy, under strain from the Eurozone Sovereign Debt crisis. It explains how domestic developments and external factors have combined to shape Spain’s international relations, assessing the impact of EU membership and providing an example of how middle powers can pursue their foreign policy objectives in the international system. The authors explore a range of topics including:

• Defence and security
• Economy and development
• Soft power
• Spanish policy towards the EU, the United States, Latin America, the Mediterranean, Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Spanish politics and history, European Union studies, foreign policy, international relations and security studies.

About this title

About the Author

David Garcia is Associate Professor in the Department of International Studies at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.

Ramon Pacheco is Lecturer in the Department of European Studies & International Studies at King’s College London, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415714710
• ISBN 13: 9780415714716
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200
• Editor: Garcia David, Pacheco Pardo Ramon