ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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FIGURE 2 % OF MP OF THE TWO BIGGEST POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE ELECTED ASSEMBLY TABLE 2 POLITICAL STRENGTH OF STATE-NATIONS
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AGREEMENT-DISAGREEMENT INDEX WITH RESPECT TO WHICH GOVERNMENT, EUROPEAN OR NATIONAL, SHOULD DECIDE ON CERTAIN POLICIES BY THE YEAR 2000
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FIGURE 5 INFLATION DIFFERENTIAL: SPAIN VERSUS EMU
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FIGURE 15 LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY AND TFP GROWTH
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FIGURE 3 EVOLUTION OF PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, % OF GDP: PORTUGAL 1980–97
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FIGURE 8 SOCIAL EXPENDITURE BY FUNCTION (% OF GDP): SPAIN 1990–97
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LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY (INDICES, 1985=100)
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EMPLOYER ASSESSMENTS OF THE STRICTNESS OF EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION REGULATIONS (Ranks in ascending order of restrictiveness)
