Europeanisation of Public Policies in Spain. Opportunities and Challenges

This book studies the impact of the European Union (EU) system of governance on thirteen Spanish public

policies over the last four decades. The selected public policies provide an extensive sample of the public policies

currently made in Spain, covering regulatory, distributive, economic and foreign policies. The book shows the

extent to which the EU has raised to a distinctively EU vision in Spanish public policies that have increasingly

shaped a new political order. In doing so, it identifies the most relevant mechanisms of Europeanisation that

drive policy change and uncover the inputs, processes and outputs that have helped configure new patterns

of governance in Spain. Furthermore, the analysis distinguishes the elements of continuity and change that

have shaped public policies in Spain. Thus, this book helps understand the foundation of public policies that

have been established and developed in Spain in the latest decades.