The Spanish Socialist Party and the modernisation of Spain /

This text considers the most electorally successful political party in Spain, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which was in government for two of the three decades since it won office under Felipe Gonzalez in 1982. Providing rich historical background, the book's main focus is...

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Main Author: Kennedy, Paul (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Manchester ; New York : New York : Manchester University Press ; Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Series:Critical labour movement studies series.
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Summary:This text considers the most electorally successful political party in Spain, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which was in government for two of the three decades since it won office under Felipe Gonzalez in 1982. Providing rich historical background, the book's main focus is on the period since General Franco's death in 1975. It charts Spain's modernisation under the PSOE, with a particular focus on the role played by European integration in this process.
Physical Description:226 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-223) and index.
ISBN:9780719074134
0719074134