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This volume is an important contribution to the political science literature on post-Franco Spain. It emphasizes some of the major features of intergovernmental relations (IGR) between the government of the state and the seventeen autonomous communities (AC), as a federal system in all but name has emerged since 1978. Most important, it maps out major state-AC formal relationships in a systematic analytical way as they contribute to the emerging concept of Spanish IGR. In this regard, the scholars who have compiled and analyzed the data reported herein are to be congratulated for a work that is long overdue. This volume underscores the kind of solid political science work that is necessary to explain the operations of any federal country, along with those with substantial federal features. As such, the study’s emphasis on such topics as the debate over the model of the state, positions of the key actors and protagonists in the unfolding of this model, the distribution and then overlapping of competencies, the stages of development, and most importantly, establishment of the patterns of linkages at state-AC levels lays important groundwork for explaining IGR. In fact, this study begins at similar points as did those related IGR studies in other federal countries, such as in Canada, Germany, the United States and Australia, and more recently in Brazil, Mexico and South Africa.

FOREWORD Robert Agranoff I. INTRODUCTION Chapter 1.A Proposal for the Study of Intergovernmental Relations in the Estado Autonómico Juan A. Ramos, Mercedes Alda, Ruth Cicuéndez, Alfredo González, Lourdes López II. THE ESTADO AUTONÓMICO: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND POLITICAL CONFIGURATION Chapter 2. Origins of the Estado Autonómico Andrés de Blas Chapter 3. Representative Systems and Intergovernmental Relations in the Estado Autonomico Mercedes Alda and Lourdes López Chapter 4. The Role of Political Parties in the Estado Autonómico Alfredo González and Lourdes López III. INSTITUCIONALIZATED MECHANISMS FOR INTERGUBERNAMENTAL RELATIONS Chapter 5. Multilateral Cooperation in the Spanish Decentralised State: the Conferencias Sectoriales and the Internal Levels Participation of Government in the European Union Alfredo González Chapter 6. The Bilateral Cooperation Commissions in the Spanish IGR system Juan A. Ramos Chapter 7. Joint Plans and Programs as Intergovernmental Cooperation Mechanisms Mercedes Alda Chapter 8. Collaboration Agreements in the Estado Autonómico: Intensity, Continuity and Multilateral Nature of an Almost Unknown Relationship Lourdes López IV. INTERGUBERNAMENTAL RELATIONS AND THE FINANCING OF THE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES Chapter 9. The Intergovernmental Dimension of the Autonomous Financing System Ruth Cicuéndez and Juan A. Ramos Chapter 10. Transfers and Subsidies in Intergovernmental Relations Mechanisms Ruth Cicuéndez V. INTERGUBERNAMENTAL RELATIONS AND PUBLIC POLICIES Chapter 11. Intergovernmental Relations and Public Policies: The Case of Environmental Policy Mercedes Alda and Juan A. Ramos Chapter 12. The Role of the Intergovernmental Relations in Tourism Policy Lourdes López VI. CONCLUSIONS Chapter 13. The Institutionalized Dimension of Intergovernmental Relations in the Estado Autonómico Juan A. Ramos, Mercedes Alda and Ruth Cicuéndez

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Foreword by Robert Agranoff

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López Nieto, Lourdes. Intergovernmental relations in democratic Spain: Interdependence, autonomy, conflict and cooperation. 1ª ed. Madrid: Dykinson, 2009.

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López Nieto, Lourdes (2009). Intergovernmental relations in democratic Spain: Interdependence, autonomy, conflict and cooperation. Dykinson.