Edited by Paul Christopher Manuel and Sebastian Royo

This volume provides an up-to-date assessment of the  political and economic issues and is valuable reading for anyone wishing to understand contemporary Spain and Portugal. Following decades of relative isolation under authoritarian regimes, the success of the processes of democratic transition in both countries paved the way for full membership in the European Community in 1986. Drawing on research by established scholars, Spain and Portugal in the European Union offers original analyses of the development of Iberian Politics, sociology and economics since the accession to the European Union. Paul Manuel is professor and chair of the Department of Politics.