XAVIER VIDAL-FOLCH - Pressure groups in l current Spain

Powers n 124 - Spain - January, 2008 - p.63-84

During transition and three d cennies of d mocratie, the Spanish bankers have an influence exerc on l gislation, held r nes by main firms, financ of political parties, contr l employers' organisations and have essay d to elude co ts of changes conomiques. A restructuring tr s hard cleaned up the financial sector and the concentr tr s strongly its power. He s acts d one of the lobbys main in a country o the mod le predominant d a mixed, similar banking sector in mod les German and Japanese, has progressively d riv towards a mod le purely commercial banking sector. Parall lement, l glise uninterrupted Catholic d to exercise an influence consid rable: no both on a soci t more and more s cularis e and on l gislation and l cole. The hi rarchie eccl siastique, who in d purpose of transition had bet on r national reconciliation, s is little by little instal e on the ground of l extr me right. The employers' organisations, labour unions, m dias, the judges and the servicemen are also part, with various destiny, of the panorama of pressure groups in Spain. Abstract

R fr rence lectonique: XAVIER VIDAL-FOLCH, "Pressure groups in l current Spain", Powers, seen again fran aise d 2008 tudes constitutional and political, n 124, p.63-84. Consult 01-03-2010. URL: /Groupes-de-pression-dans-l-Espagne.html