Sebastián Royo - Spain and Portugal in the European Union: The First Fifteen Years

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Spain and Portugal in the European Union: the first fifteen years 1. European UnionSpain 2. European UnionPortugal 3. SpainPolitics and government19754. Portugal Politics and government19745. SpainSocial conditions 19756. PortugalSocial conditions20th century 7. SpainEconomic conditions19758. PortugalEconomic conditions1974 I. Royo, Sebastian, 1966II. Manuel, Paul Christopher III. South European society and politics 320.946

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Spain and Portugal in the European Union: the first fifteen years/ editors Sebastian Royo, Paul Christopher Manuel. p. cm. ISBN 0-7146-5518-X (Cloth)ISBN 0-7146-8416-3 (Pbk.) 1.
European Union-Spain. 2. Spain-Economic conditions19753. European Union-Portugal. 4. Portugal-Economic conditions19745. Democracy-European Union Countries. I. Royo, Sebastin, 1966II. Manuel, Paul Christopher. III. Title. HC241.25.S6S695 2003
341.24220946dc22 2003016391

This group of studies first appeared in a Special Issue of South European Society & Politics (ISSN 13608746) 8/12 (SummerAutumn 2003) [Spain and Portugal in the European Union: The First Fifteen Years].

The purpose of this volume is to use the fifteenth anniversary of the accession of Portugal and Spain to the European Union as an opportunity to reflect on what has happened to both countries since 1986. Have these changes been particular or global in nature? Have these changes led us to re-conceptualize economic relations and political citizenship in the new Iberian peninsular of the new Europe? If so, how? What are some of the lessons from the fifteenth anniversary of the accession of Portugal and Spain to the European Union?

We have assembled a group of leading scholars, policy-makers and researchers to write about these phenomena. The essays in this volume examine how the integration process has affected political, economic and social developments in Portugal and Spain over the last 15 years. We have divided the volume into two parts: the first part examines political and sociological aspects of the integration process; the second section looks at economic and social aspects. The essays compare and contrast the integration experiences of both countries, analyse the domestic impact of European Union membership and examine the role that both countries have played in the European Union.

This book is a result of the From Isolation to Integration: 15 Years of Spanish and Portuguese Membership in Europe conference, which took place 23 November 2001 at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University. We would like to extend our thanks to the people and institutions that made this conference possible. Most important, we would like to express our gratitude to the conference participants who travelled at a difficult time to be there with us at Harvard University. In light of the events of 11 September 2001, we felt very fortunate that all the participants were willing to overcome fear and difficulties to attend the proceedings. Our profound gratitude goes to Robert Fishman, Kerstin Hamann, Andrs Ortega, Lus Salgado de Matos, Joaqun Roy, Jorge Braga de Macedo, Lus Campos e Cunha, Miguel Sebastin, Alvaro Espina, Jos Da Silva Lopes, Ana M.Guilln, Pepper D.Culpepper, Andrew Moravcsik, Antnio Goucha Soares, Charles Powell, Ramn de Miguel, Francisco Seixas da Costa, George Ross, Susan Alberts, Antnio Costa Pinto, Juan Dez-Nicols, Grover C. Jones III, Nuno Monteiro, Jess M.de Miguel, Ruth V.Aguilera, Jeffrey S.Kopstein, Kalypso Nicolaidis, Enrique Barn Crespo and Rui Machete for sharing their knowledge and experiences about the issues that were addressed in the conference.

This conference would not have been possible without the dedication, patience and support of the administrative staff from the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, particularly Lisa Eschenbach and Gevelyn McCaskillthe heart and soul of the organization process. The leaders of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies were all instrumental and offered strong support and guidance. Peter Hall, Director of the Center, Charles Maier, former Director, and Abby Collins, former Associate Director, were involved in the organizational efforts from Day 1. They enthusiastically embraced the proposal to organize this conference and worked hard to make it a reality. We would also like to thank the audience for their comments, questions and debates during the conference. They enriched the conference and helped strengthen the papers that have been included in this volume. Thanks are also due to our colleagues at the Center for European Studies, Sofia Prez and Michael Baum, who co-chair the Iberian and Portuguese Study Groups with us, for their support in the organization of the conference.

We are grateful to the institutions that sponsored this conference with their generous contributions: the Tinker Foundation, the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College, the Real Colegio Complutense, the Embassy of Spain in Washington DC, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Cames Institute, Suffolk University, the Spanish Consulate in Boston, the Portuguese Consulate in Boston, the European Union Center at Harvard University and the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University.