Spain and the Process of European Integration, 1957–85

J. MacLennan

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2000
• Print ISBN:
  9780333928868
• eBook ISBN:
  9781403932679
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: European Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This book examines the process of Spanish integration into the European Community, from 1962 when Spain under the Franco regime applied to the European Community to 1985, when democratic Spain became a member of the EEC. It aims to prove that, first the European Community was the crucial external factor determining political change in Spain, and secondly that Europeanism was a mechanism of political change, as it was the only aim which unified the whole political spectrum from the Francoist establishment to the democratic opposition.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Spain and the Process of European Integration,1957–85
• Contents
• List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Introduction
• 1 Spain and the Early Process of European Integration, 1945–57
• 2 The Spanish Approach to the European Community, 1957–62
• 3 From the Congress of Munich to the Preferential Agreement, 1962–70
• 4 The Crisis of the Franco Regime in European Perspective, 1970–75
• 5 The Spanish Transition to Democracy and the European Community, 1975–77
• 6 The Negotiations of Democratic Spain with the European Community, 1977–85
• Epilogue and Conclusion
• Chronology
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index