Spain and Portugal in the European Union: The First Fifteen Years (South European Society and Politics)

Focusing upon the 15 years during which Spain and Portugal have been members of the European Union, this collection of essays addresses issues related to the anniversary which took place in 2001. Some lessons from the fifteenth anniversary of the accession of Portugal and Spain to the European Union / by Sebastian Royo and Paul Christopher Manuel Shaping, not making, democracy: the European Union and the post-authoritarian political transformations of Spain and Portugal / by Robert M. Fishman European integration and civil society in Spain / by Kerstin Hamann Portugal and Eastern Europe: after the revolution, democratic Europe / by Luis Salgado de Matos Portuguese attitudes towards EU membership: social and political perspectives / by Marina Costa Lobo Spaniards' long march towards Europe / by Juan Diez-Nicolas Spanish membership of the European Union revisited / by Charles Powell Portugal's European integration: the good student with a bad fiscal constitution / by Jorge Braga de Macedo Spain in the EU: fifteen years may not be enough / by Manuel Balmaseda and Miguel Sebastian Redesigning the Spanish and Portuguese welfare states: the impact of accession into the European Union / by Ana Guillen, Santiago Alvarez and Pedro Adao e Silva The role of the state in the labour market: its impact on employment and wages in Portugal as compared with Spain / by Jose da Silva Lopes The 2004 enlargement: Iberian lessons for post-communist Europe / by Sebastian Royo Portugal and Spain: a fifteen-year 'quasi-experiment' with European integration in a pair of 'most similar systems' / by Philippe C. Schmitter. "The year 2001 marked the fifteenth anniversary of the accession of Spain and Portugal to the European Community (now European Union). After decades of relative isolation under authoritarian regimes, the success of processes of democratic transition in both countries paved the way for full membership of the European Community in 1986. For Spain, Portugal, and their European Community partners this momentous and long-awaited development had profound consequences and set in motion complex processes of transformation. This book commemorates this event and seeks to address issues related to the integration of Spain and Portugal in the European Union from the perspective of 15 years' membership."--Résumé de l'éditeur

This publication provides an up-to-date assessment of the political and economic issues and is valuable reading for anyone wishing to understand contemporary Spain and Portugal.

Following decades of relative isolation under authoritarian regimes, the success of the processes of democratic transition in both countries paved the way for full membership in the European Community in 1986. Drawing on research by established scholars, Spain and Portugal in the European Union offers an original series of analyses of the development of Iberian politics, sociology and economics since the accession to the European Union.

This publication provides an up-to-date assessment of the political and economic issues and is valuable reading for anyone wishing to understand contemporary Spain and Portugal.

Following decades of relative isolation under authoritarian regimes, the success of the processes of democratic transition in both countries paved the way for full membership in the European Community in 1986. Drawing on research by established scholars, Spain and Portugal in the European Union offers an original series of analyses of the development of Iberian politics, sociology and economics since the accession to the European Union.

Focusing upon the fifteen years during which Spain and Portugal have been members of the European Union, this collection of essays addresses issues related to the anniversary which took place in 2001. In the not-too-distant past, an apocryphal adage claimed that Europe ended at the Pyrenees Mountain Range, at the south-west corner of France.