Political Power in Spain

1. The Need for the Study of Parliamentarians in Spain
Xavier Coller, Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo, Fabiola Mota

2. The Composition of Spanish Parliaments: What are the MPs Like?
Inmaculada Serrano, Sandra Bermúdez

3. Gender and Parliament: The Impact of the Political Presence of Women
Tània Verge, Amparo Novo, Isabel Diz, Marta Lois

4. Political Socialization and Motivation
Carol Galais

5. Recruitment and Selection
Xavier Coller, Guillermo Cordero, José M. Echavarren

6. Professionalization and Parliamentary Careers
Robert Liñeira, Jordi Muñoz

7. Parliamentary Groups and Institutional Context
Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo, Gloria Martínez-Cousinou

8. Parliamentary Political Representation
Fabiola Mota

9. Political Disaffection
Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo, Edurne Bartolomé, Gloria Martínez-Cousinou

10. National and Regional Identity
Xavier Coller, Guillermo Cordero, José M. Echavarren

11. National Identity and Political Representation: Rival “Top-Down” National Projects
Enric Martínez Herrera, Thomas Jeffrey Miley

12. Ideology: The Reasons Behind Placement on the Left-Right Scale
Leonardo Sánchez-Ferrer

13. The Organization of Spain: Ideology, Territory and Representation in the State of Autonomies
Sandra León, Fabiola Mota, Mayte Salvador

14. MPs Representing Nationalist and Regionalist Parties
Santiago Pérez-Nievas, Edurne Bartolomé

15. Parliaments and the European Union
Juan A. Mayoral, Ana Carillo-López, Jean-Baptiste Harguindéguy

16. The Distant Politician?
Xavier Coller, Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo, Fabiola Mota

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Democracy, European Politics, Political Sociology