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Carteggi 1924–1951 (editor) This page intentionally left blank P olitics and Society in Contemporary Spain F rom Zapatero to Rajoy E dited by B onnie N. F ield and A lfonso B otti POLITICS AND SOCIETY IN CONTEMPORARY SPAIN Copyright © Bonnie N. Field and Alfonso Botti, 2013. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2013 978-1-137-30661-6 All rights reserved. First published in 2013 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-45515-7 ISBN 978-1-137-30662-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137306623 A cknowledge permission granted by Tirant lo Blanch to republish portions of the following work in chapter 5 of this volume: E xcerpts from chapter 7: “El Estado autonó m ico: superando la resaca estatutaria y capeando la crisis,” pages 197–202, 205–207, 208–211. E ditors: Cé s ar Colino and Ramó n Cotarelo T itle of book: Españ a en crisis. Balance de la segunda legislatura de Rodrí g uez Zapatero. I SBN/issue number: 978–84–15442–58–5 P ublisher: Tirant lo Blanch, Valencia D ate of publication: May 2012 L ibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress. A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: June 2013 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 F or Angela— Bonnie Field F or my children: Giaime, Edoardo, and Leo— Alfonso Botti This page intentionally left blank C ontents L ist of Figures and Tables x i L ist of Contributors x iii A cknowledgments x vii 1 I ntroduction: Political Change in Spain, from Zapatero to Rajoy 1 B onnie N. Field and Alfonso Botti 2 T he Long A dió s : The PSOE and the End of the Zapatero Era 2 1 A nna Bosco 3 F rom Opposition to Government: The Popular Party of Mariano Rajoy 4 1 A lfonso Botti 4 G overning Spain in Tough Times and in Minority: The Limits of Shifting Alliances 6 1 B onnie N. Field 5 T he State of Autonomies between the Economic Crisis and Enduring Nationalist Tensions 8 1 C é s ar Colino 6 E conomic Reforms and the Labor Market: Zapatero’s Endless Period in the Wilderness 1 01 Ó s car Molina and Alejandro Godino 7 T he Relationship between Unions and Zapatero’s Government: From Social Pacts to General Strike 1 23 K erstin Hamann