Spain Study & Guide - AllRefer

* Country Profile
o COUNTRY
o GEOGRAPHY
o SOCIETY
o ECONOMY
o TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
o GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
o NATIONAL SECURITY
* Introduction
* Historical Setting
o IBERIA
o HISPANIA
o AL ANDALUS
o CASTILE AND ARAGON
o THE GOLDEN AGE
+ Ferdinand and Isabella
+ Charles V and Philip II
+ Spain in Decline
o BOURBON SPAIN
+ War of the Spanish Succession
+ The Enlightenment
+ The Napoleonic Era
o THE LIBERAL ASCENDANCY
+ The Cadiz Cortes
+ Rule by Pronunciamiento
+ Liberal Rule
o THE CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY
+ The Cuban Disaster and the "Generation of 1898"
+ The African War and the Authoritarian Regime of Miguel Primo de Rivera
o REPUBLICAN SPAIN
o THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR
o THE FRANCO YEARS
+ Franco's Political System
+ Policies, Programs, and Growing Popular Unrest
+ Foreign Policy under Franco
o THE POST-FRANCO ERA
+ Transition to Democracy
+ Disenchantment with UCD Leadership
+ Growth of the PSOE and the 1982 Elections
+ Spanish Foreign Policy in the Post-Franco Period
* The Society and Its Environment
o GEOGRAPHY
+ External Boundaries and Landform Regions
# The Meseta Central and Associated Mountains
# Other Mountainous Regions
# Lowland Regions
# The Islands
+ Drainage
+ Climate
o POPULATION
+ Size and Growth
+ Regional Disparities
+ Migration
o ETHNICITY AND LANGUAGE
+ Government Policies
+ The Catalans
+ The Galicians
+ The Basques
+ The Andalusians
+ The Gypsies
o SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
o SOCIAL VALUES AND ATTITUDES
o RELIGION
o EDUCATION
+ Primary and Secondary Education
+ Higher Education
o HEALTH AND WELFARE
+ Health Conditions and Mortality
+ Public Safety and Environmental Problems
+ Housing
+ Government Health and Welfare Programs
* The Economy
o CHARACTER AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECONOMY
+ The Franco Era, 1939-75
+ The Post-Franco Period, 1975-1980s
o ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
+ Economic Ministries
+ Budget and Fiscal Policy
o HUMAN RESOURCES
+ The Unemployment Problem
+ The Underground Economy
+ Labor Relations in the Franco Era
+ Labor Relations in the Post-Franco Period
o AGRICULTURE
+ Agricultural Development
+ Regional Variation
+ Crops
+ Livestock
+ Forestry
+ Fisheries
+ Food Processing
o INDUSTRY
+ Industrial Development
+ Regional Concentration
+ National Industrial Institute
+ Manufacturing
# Iron and Steel
# Automobile Assembly
# Shipbuilding
# Chemical Industry
# Textiles and Footwear
+ Construction
+ Mining
o ENERGY
+ Petroleum
+ Coal
+ Natural Gas
+ Electricity
o SERVICES
+ Banking
+ Stock Market Exchanges
+ Transportation and Communications
+ Tourism
o FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS
+ Trading Partners
+ Foreign Investment
+ Spain and the European Community
* Government and Politics
o CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM
+ The 1978 Constitution
+ Electoral System
o GOVERNMENT
+ The Cortes
+ The King, the Prime Minister, and the Council of Ministers
+ The Judiciary
+ Regional Government
+ Local Government
+ Civil Service
o POLITICS
+ Political Developments, 1982-88
+ Political Parties
# Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
# Communist Party of Spain
# Popular Alliance
# Democratic and Social Center
# Other National Parties
# Regional Parties
+ Political Interest Groups
# Labor
# Business
# Roman Catholic Church
# Opus Dei
# Military
+ Mass Communications
# Newspapers and Periodicals
# Radio and Television
o FOREIGN RELATIONS
+ Spain and the European Community
+ Spain and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
+ Spain and the United States
+ Spain and Latin America
+ Gibraltar, Ceuta, and Melilla
+ Spain and the Middle East
+ Spain and the Soviet Union
+ Spain and France
* National Security
o THE MILITARY IN NATIONAL LIFE
+ Historical Role of the Armed Forces
+ The Civil War and its Aftermath
+ The Military in Political Life
+ The Military in Society
o EXTERNAL SECURITY PERCEPTIONS AND POLICIES
o JURISDICTION OVER NATIONAL DEFENSE
o MILITARY COMMANDS AND ORGANIZATION
+ Army
# Spanish Legion
# Equipment
+ Navy
+ Air Force
+ Uniforms, Ranks, and Insignia
o SOURCES AND QUALITY OF MANPOWER
o TRAINING AND EDUCATION
o MILITARY JUSTICE
o THE DEFENSE BUDGET
o DEFENSE PRODUCTION
o PARTICIPATION IN NATO
o MILITARY COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES
o PUBLIC ORDER AND INTERNAL SECURITY
+ The Police System
# The Civil Guard
# The National Police Corps
# Other Police Forces
# Intelligence Services
+ Criminal Justice and the Penal System
+ Threats to Internal Security
* Appendix. Tables
* Glossary