Edited by José Maria Serrano Martinez and Russell King
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Spain has witnessed the most remarkable economic, social and political transformation of any West European country over the past 25 years. During this time it has emerged from the shadow of Franco’s dictatorship to its new status as a major EU country. This volume, the first book on the human geography of the “new Spain”, starts by placing Spain within the new political and economic context of Europe and then traces Spain’s own political evolution from dictatorship to democracy and the autonomous regions.
Subsequent chapters deal with demography, the agricultural crisis, industrial restructuring, the growth of the service economy, mass tourism, the welfare state, transport and urban systems. The book concludes with an integrated summary of the constituent elements of the new geography of Spain, set within the context of continuing and emerging regional disequilibria in Spain and with reference to Spain’s position on the dynamic semi-periphery of Europe.
