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The Spanish Frustration: How a Ruinous Empire Thwarted the Nation-State

By Josep M. Colomer

Book information

Publisher
Anthem Press
Year
2019
ISBN
9781783089901, 1783089903
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
309 kB (316363 bytes)
Pages
210\0
Time added
2020-07-13 07:12:40

Description

Old troubles with remote origins persist in modern Spain, including huge public debts, extensive corruption, widespread unlawfulness, oligarchical politics, territorial splits, and permanent protests and riots. When did Spain screw up? The Spanish Frustration provides an interpretation of several important aspects of present-day Spain and its past stories. It argues that, in the long term, Spain missed the opportunity to become a consolidated modern nation-state because it was entangled in imperial adventures for several centuries when it should have been building a solid domestic basis for further endeavors. In short: a ruinous empire made a weak state, which built an incomplete nation, which sustains a minority democracy.

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