Introduction and Chapter Plan 1. The PSOE and social democracy 2. The character of Spanish socialism: an historical overview 1879-1982 3. The PSOE and the European community: from isolation to integration 4. Economic policy under the PSOE 1982-1996 5. Foreign and Security Policy under the PSOE government (1982-1996): the irresistible force of European imperatives? 6. The PSOE and the question of regional autonomy 7. The PSOE in opposition 1996-2004 8. Zapatismo: progressive ideology in a post-social democratic world? 9. Foreign and Security Policy under Zapatero 10. Nemesis. Economic policy under the PSOE and the road to defeat 11. Conclusion Appendix: Party organisation, membership and general election results 2000-2011 Bibliography Index
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