Spanish Society After Franco: Regime Transition and the Welfare State

by S. Mangen

Overview

Spanish Society After Franco investigates the origins of collective social welfare from the early nineteenth century, to set the context for an analysis of contemporary social policy from the perspective of economic and political trends since the transition of democracy in the mid-1970s. The review of policy evolution is complemented by an examination of the critical impact of social change, particularly the decline of the power of the church, regional devolution, the gender dimension and social exclusion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349397044
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	08/14/2001
Edition description:	1st ed. 2001
Pages:	242
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

STEPHEN MANGEN is Lecturer in European Social Policy at the London School of Economics. Together with Linda Hantrais has coordinated the Cross-National Research Group since 1985.

Table of Contents

List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: THE EVOLUTION OF THE SPANISH WELFARE STATE Retarded Modernization: Spanish Social Policy before Franco, 1820-1939 Welfare under Franco: Social Policy and the Corporate State, 1939-75 The Transition and the Evolution of the Democratic Welfare State, 1975-82 The Spanish Welfare State Comes of Age: Social Policy and the Socialists, 1982-1996 Social Policy and the Return of the Centre-Right, 1996- PART II: CONTEMPORARY DIMENSIONS OF THE SPANISH WELFARE STATE Secularisation and the Impact on Spanish Social Policy Social Policy and the Politics of Devolution Welfare, Gender and the Family From 'Traditional Poverty' to 'Social Exclusion' Unravelling the Spanish Welfare State Appendix I: Spanish Welfare Indicators Appendix II: Organisation of the Spanish Welfare State Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

'...an excellent account and analysis of social welfare under both socialist and Center-Right governments in the last quarter-century...' - Choice

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