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    <namePart>Montero Gibert, José R.  (José Ramón)</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1948-</namePart>
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    <publisher>Cambridge University Press</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2009</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xiii, 264 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  26 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>Spain's evolution from authoritarian dictatorship to modern democracy was a remarkable achievement, and it created a model that has since been emulated by other countries. This textbook examines the causes and conditions that explain modern Spain's political development, and analyses the basic characteristics of Spanish democracy today</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>The state and democracy in Spain : a historical overview -- The constitutional framework -- Multi-level governance : the Estado de las autâonomas and the European Union -- Parties and democratic stability -- Citizens and politics in Spain -- Public policies and decision-making processes.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Richard Gunther and José Ramón Montero.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
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