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Spanish politics has been transformed. Using new techniques, this book looks at 30 years of Spanish political history to understand party competition, the impact of the EU, media-government relations, aspirations for independence in Catalonia and the Basque region, and the declining role of religion.

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List of Tables
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Glossary
PART I: THEORY AND METHODS
1. Policy dynamics in Democratic Spain
2. Data and methods
PART II: THE DYNAMICS OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS IN SPAIN
3. Broken promises
4. The government opposition game
5. Media and politics in Spain
PART III: POLICY ISSUES IN AN AGENDA-DYNAMICS APPROACH
6. Political decentralization
7. Europeanization
8. Framing the abortion debate
PART IV: CONCLUSIONS
9. Transformations in Spanish Politics, 1982-2013
References
Appendices
Index

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´Laura Chaques Bonafont, Anna Palau, and Frank Baumgartner deploy the vast database of the Spanish Policy Agenda Project to show how policymaking attention is a scarce commodity in the political process and how it affects policy outcomes. The book challenges current understandings of European politics by studying attention allocation along with the more standard factors of political preferences and governing institutions, and, as a consequence, offers new insights into Spanish politics as well as comparative politics more generally. It is a must-read for students of public policy processes, comparative politics, and Spanish politics.´ Bryan D. Jones, J.J. ´Jake´ Pickle Regents´ Chair in Congressional Studies, University of Texas at Austin, USA

´This is a very important book for our understanding of the Spanish policy process during its recent democratic period. Very rich in providing original data, Agenda Dynamics in Spain introduces a sophisticated analysis of policy-making in a parliamentary democracy, focusing on the relations between the executive and the legislative in a context of multi-level government, from the regional to the European level. Making clear how policy agenda actually works, this book represents a milestone for public policy analysis in Spain and a very relevant contribution for the study of European comparative politics.´ Jacint Jordana, Director of the Institut Barcelona d´Etudis Internacionals, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain

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