Twisted Modernization

The Political Economy of Contemporary Spain
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-1-009-72942-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 225 Seiten

As pointed out by the editors of this unusual volume, studying the development of contemporary Spain is important to understand the challenges, dynamics and limits of political and economic modernization. The contributors of Twisted Modernization bring the theoretical and methodological toolkit of modern political economy to study Spain's long run economic (industrialization) and institutional (capacity, constitutions) processes, the evolution of its economic, political and judicial elites, and how the country's institutional legacies condition its democracy and economic outcomes to this day. Including work from over a dozen of well-known specialists and grounded in novel and systematic data, this volume provides a sober assessment of both the country's achievements and worrying future challenges. It offers key insights on the causes of democratization and growth in general and provides a model for further research on the trajectories of other countries. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beramendi, Pablo

Boix, Carles

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Twisted modernization: an introduction Pablo Beramendi and Carles Boix; 2. Gerschenkron in the peninsula: Spain´s paths to industrialization Carles Boix; 3. Industrialization and labour quality Jordi Domènech and Alfonso Herranz-Loncán; 4. Taxation, debt, and political fragmentation: Spain's fiscal underdevelopment Pablo Beramendi and Didac Queralt; 5. Constitutions: exclusion, collusion, and inclusion Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca; 6. Who governs? Regime change and the power of business, military and political elites in 20th century Spain Álvaro La Parra-Pérez and Victoria Paniagua; 7. Money and political influence: the political economy of Spanish banks Guillermo Rosas and Sebastián Lavezzolo; 8. Judicial politics and bureaucracies in Spain Joan-Josep Vallbé; 9. Media and democracy Pablo Fernández-Vázquez, Amuitz Garmendia Madariaga, and Pedro Riera; 10. Corruption Jordi Muñoz and Pilar Sorribas-Navarro; 11. Inequality in the long run: roots and challenges Pablo Beramendi and Luis Guirola; 12. A demographic cliff Alícia Adserà and Mariona Lozano; 13. Territorial conflict in Spain: individual preferences and institutions Francesc Amat and Laia Balcells; 14. Twisted modernization: conclusions Pablo Beramendi and Carles Boix.

Über Autor(innen)

Beramendi, Pablo
Pablo Beramendi is Professor of Political Science at Duke University. His publications include several books such as The Political Geography of Inequality (2012); the Politics of Advanced Capitalism (2015-co-edited), Geography, Capacity and Inequality (2022) and over twenty articles in leading scientific journals. Prof. Beramendi is the recipient of several APSA awards, an Associate Member at Nuffield College (Oxford) and a Senior Fellow at the Institutions and Political Research Group at the University of Barcelona.

Boix, Carles
Carles Boix is the Robert Garrett Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. His publications include several books such as Democratic Capitalism at the Crossroads, Political Order and Inequality, and Democracy and Redistribution, and over thirty articles in leading scientific journals. Prof. Boix has received the William Riker award for the best book on political economy twice have and the Heinz Eulau award for best article published in the American Political Science Review twice. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Director of the Institutions and Political Research Group at the University of Barcelona.