Degree | Type | Year |
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2500259 Political Science and Public Management | OT | 3 |
2500259 Political Science and Public Management | OT | 4 |
2503778 International Relations | OT | 4 |
2504216 Contemporary History, Politics and Economics | OT | 3 |
2504216 Contemporary History, Politics and Economics | OT | 4 |
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No previous language requirements needed for this subject. However, although there is an English language group and classes will be provided to it in that language, a basic passive understanding of Spanish will be required, since due to the nature and contents of the subject, a big part of the bibliography and sources to follow it, both primary and secondary, are solely in Spanish. Lack of knowledge of this language will not be accepted as a reason to avoid doing works, seminars or readings.
In any case, for this group in English, all essays, exams and seminars should be done in English, as it is the communication language of the group.
- Provide the student with analytical, introductory instruments to apply to the study of Spanish foreign policy.
- To place the study of Spanish foreign policy in a historical perspective, in order to find out the factors of change and continuity and assess the intensity of the changes and the solidity of their inhibitors.
- Analyze the characteristics of the process of elaboration (values, interests, decisions), execution (instruments, actions) and control of foreign policy, with special attention to the interaction between domestic and foreign policy
- Identify the thematic and geographical priorities of Spanish foreign policy, identifying the relevant actors, the evolution of the agenda, the instruments, the alliances and the impacts of the policies developed by the governments of the democratic period.
- Compare the characteristics of Spanish foreign policy with foreign policies of other actors, especially those of other European states.
- Stimulate discussion among students about the ability of Spanish foreign policy to adapt to international and internal transformations.
Block I: AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE STUDY OF SPANISH FOREIGN POLICY
Theme 1. The Conceptual framework
Theme 2. Instruments of analysis
Theme 3. Guidelines for reflection in the Spanish case
Block II. SPANISH FOREIGN POLICY IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Theme 4. Spain in 20th century international society. The Pre-Franco Period (1898-1936)
Theme 5. Civil War and First Francoism (1936-1957): internationalization, from isolation to reintegration
Theme 6. Francoism and Late Francoism (1957-1975):
Theme 7. Beginnings of Transition and Foreign Policy
Block III. ACTORS AND DECISION-MAKING
Theme 8. Constitutional framework and institutional structure
Theme 9. Political control, politicization and social debate
Theme 10. The role of sub-state entities in Spanish foreign policy
Block IV: AGENDA AND EVOLUTION OF SPANISH FOREIGN POLICY
Theme 11. General considerations on the transformation of Spanish foreign policy into democracy
Theme 12: The European policy of Spain
Theme 13: Ibero-American/Latinamerican policy of Spain
Theme 14: The Mediterranean policy of Spain
Theme 15: The (re)discovery of East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa
Theme 16: The security agenda and transatlantic relations
Theme 17: Policy of development cooperation
Theme 18: The trade policy
Theme 19: Soft Power: Public Diplomacy, Cultural and Sports Diplomacy
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Reading and supervised preparation of texts | 2 | 0.08 | 10, 6 |
Tutorials to comment exams, projects and other activities | 45 | 1.8 | 12, 7 |
Writing a supervised group work | 4 | 0.16 | 17, 18, 27, 32 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Reading texts | 8 | 0.32 | 10, 20, 18, 27, 6 |
Study of topics | 4 | 0.16 | 4, 17, 18, 27, 32 |
complementary activities | 3 | 0.12 | 5, 13, 23, 29 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Evaluable seminars | 30 | 1.2 | 13, 20, 17, 18, 27, 30, 29 |
Lectures and group discussion | 17 | 0.68 | 13, 21, 20, 17, 30 |
Reading debate on compulsory and supplementary articles | 30 | 1.2 | 13, 20, 17, 18, 30 |
The methodology of the course consists in a part of approximately 35% of the total hours that the student must dedicate essentially to the assistance to lectures, as well as to group discussions. Also as directed activities there are planned discussions on the readings and seminars in which students will have to evaluate specific parts of the course. In addition, about 10% of the total hours will be dedicated to support supervised tutorials, which are included within the hours of supervision of group work and comments and reviews of assignments and exams. Finally, students should spend about 50% of the hours provided for independent study work, reading and preparation.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Attendance and participation | 10% | 0 | 0 | 5, 28, 9, 23, 20, 15, 18, 26, 24, 30, 32 |
Final exam | 30% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 2, 4, 3, 5, 28, 19, 10, 8, 12, 11, 16, 14, 20, 15, 26, 24, 25, 27, 22, 29, 6, 7 |
Mid-term exam | 20% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 2, 4, 3, 5, 28, 19, 8, 12, 11, 16, 14, 20, 15, 26, 24, 25, 27, 31, 22, 29, 6, 7 |
Seminars | 40% | 3 | 0.12 | 4, 5, 10, 9, 13, 21, 23, 20, 17, 18, 27, 31, 30, 32, 29, 6, 7 |
ASSESSMENT:
The evaluation of this subject consists of two modalities: ordinary and single (única). In both cases, exchange programme students will have the same assessment conditions as the rest of the students.
Ordinary assessment:
It consists of the following parts:
- A partial exam for the first two blocks of the program (themes 1-7), 20% of the final grade.
- A partial examination of the rest of the syllabus (themes 8-19), 30% of the final grade.
- Two practices, each worth 20% of the final grade
- Continuous evaluation: class participation and debates, text comments, and other activities programmed by the teacher (10% of the final grade)
Important Considerations:
Single assessment:
Students who have requested this in time and form, will be able to pass a unique evaluation that will consist of an exercise composed of an exam (60% of the grade) and a practical activity (40%)
This exercise will take place at the end of the semester, on the day that the Faculty sets for the examination of the ordinary evaluation and will be made public in sufficient advance. In case of not passing this exercise (score below 5 points out of 10), the exercise can be recovered on the dates indicated by the faculty.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
This bibliography includes a selection of books, book chapters, articles and pages that will help the student follow the program. As far as possible, a bibliography has been collected in English, which will be prioritized in the group in which the subject is taught in this language.
The student will have materials (documents, chronologies, articles) for detailed monitoring of the course on the virtual campus. The teaching staff will advise students throughout the course on the specific bibliography most appropriate for each subject.
Basic/Compulsory readings
One of those books (selection of chapters) depending on the linguistic skills of the student:
And those articles:
Gustavsson, J. (1999) “How Should We Study Foreign Policy Change?” Cooperation and Conflict, vol. 34, no. 1, 1999, pp. 73–95. http://www.jstor.org/stable/45083937.
Additional bibliography:
General:
Beneyto, J.M. i Pereira, J.C. (2011) Política exterior española: Un balance de futuro, ,Mardid: Biblioteca Nueva: 2011
Gillespie, R., Rodrigo, F., & Story, J. (1995). Democratic Spain: Reshaping External Relations in a Changing World. Routledge. (també disponible en castellà amb el títol Las Relaciones exteriores de la España democrática publicat per Alianza)
Gillespie, R. i Youngs, R. (eds.) (2001) Spain: The European and International challenges, Londres: Frank Cass,
Morán, F. (1980). Una política exterior para España. Planeta.
Bibliography for Block I
Hudson, Valerie M. (2005) “Foreign Policy Analysis: Actor-Specific Theory and the Ground of International Relations.” Foreign Policy Analysis, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 1–30. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/24907278. Accessed 15 June 2023.
Putnam, Robert D. (1988) “Diplomacy and Domestic Politics: The Logic of Two-Level Games.” International Organization, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 427–60, http://www.jstor.org/stable/2706785.
Bibliography for block II
Balfour, S. i Preston,P., (1999) Spain and the great powers in the XXth century, Routledge
Barbé, E. (1990). La transición española: Cambio y continuidad en la política exterior y de seguridad. Papers Revista de Sociologia, 33, 103–120.
Cortada, J. W. (ed.), Spain in the Twentieth- Century World. Essays on Spanish Diplomacy, 1898- 1978. London: Aldwich Press, 1980.
Mesa, R. (1988). Democracia y Política Exterior. Ediciones de la Universidad Complutense.
Bibliography for block III
Aixalà, A. (2005). La política exterior española ante los retos de su politización: del consenso a la legitimidad. Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals, 69, 89–105.
Del Arenal, C. (2008). Consenso y disenso en la política exterior de España. Real Instituto Elcano Working Paper Series, 25, 1–34.
Mesa, R. (1988). Democracia y Política Exterior. Ediciones de la Universidad Complutense.
Mesa, R., "El proceso de toma de decisiones en política exterior", Documentación Administrativa, núm. 205, 1985, pp.143-162. https://revistasonline.inap.es/index.php/DA/article/view/4868/4922.
Molina, I. i Rodrigo, F. "Las transformaciones organizativas de la política exterior española", Revista de Estudios Políticos, Nº 17, Julio-Septiembre 2002, pp. 173-220. https://dialnet-unirioja-es.are.uab.cat/servlet/articulo?codigo=272251.
Bibliography for block IV
Ayuso, A. (2014). The Recent History of Spain-Latin America Relations. In D. Garcia Cantalapiedra & R. Pacheco Pardo (Eds.), Contemporary Spanish Foreign Policy (pp. 106–130). Routledge.
Barbé, E. (1999). La política europea de España. Ariel.
Barbé, E. (2011). Spain and Europe. Mutual Reinforcement in Foreign Policy. In R. Wong & C. Hill (Eds.), National and European Foreign Policies (pp. 131–148). Routledge.
Barbé, E. (2022) “La europeización de la política exterior: Un “buen alumno” en Arregui, J. (ed), La europeización de las políticas públicas en España. Oportunidades y desafíos McGraw Hill. Available in English: https://repositori.upf.edu/bitstream/handle/10230/54208/Arregui_euro.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Closa, C. (Ed.). (2001). La europeización del sistema político español. Istmo
Del Arenal, C. (2011). Política exterior de España y relaciones con América Latina iberoamericanidad, europeización y atlantismo en la política exterior española. Fundación Carolina.
Hernando de Larramendi, M. (2009). The Mediterranean Policy of Spain. In I. Schäffer & J.-R. Henry (Eds.), Mediterranean Policies from Above and Below (pp. 38–62). Nomos
Hernando de Larramendi, M.& Mañé Estrada, A (Eds.) (2009), La política exterior española hacia el Magreb. Actores e Intereses (pp. 37–59). Ariel/Real Instituto Elcano.
Olivié, I., & Pérez, A. (2019a). Dónde está la ayuda española? Análisis del Real Instituto Elcano, 49, 21–33.
Olivié, I., & Pérez, A. (2019b). Spain: The Rise and Fall of a Compliant Donor. In I. Olivié & A. Pérez (Eds.), Aid Power and Politics (pp. 131–148). Routledge.
Pérez, A. (2018). La ayuda internacional de gobiernos subnacionales y el caso particular de España. Real Instituto Elcano Working paper, 3, 1–58.
Piedrafita, S., Steinberg, F., & Torreblanca, J. I. (2007). The Europeanisation of Spain (1986–2006). Real Instituto Elcano Working Paper, 39, 1–12.
Piqué, J. (2001). Nuevas fronteras de la política exterior de España. Política Exterior, 15(79), 57–70.
Powell, C. T. (2001). España en democracia, 1975–2000. Plaza y Janés.
Powell, C. T. (2012). The Pain in Spain Madrid and the European Financial Crisis. In T. Couloumbis et al. (Eds.), Southern Europe in Trouble Domestic and Foreign Policy Challenges of the Financial Crisis (pp. 15–39). Istituto Affari Internazionali.
Sanahuja, J. A. (2012). Europeización y preferencia latinoamericana: dilemas y opciones para la cooperación española. Temas para el Debate, 215, 18–21.
Sanahuja, J. A. (2013). Spain: Double Track Europeanization, and the Search for Bilateralism. In L. Ruano (Ed.), The Europeanization of National Foreign Policies Towards Latin America (pp. 36–61). Routledge.
Soler i Lecha, E., & Morillas, P. (2020). Middle Power with Maghreb Focus: A Spanish Perspective on Security Policy in the Southern Neighbourhood. Fredrich Ebert Stiftung. Sotillo, J. Á. (2014). La política exterior y la política de cooperación: paradojas del caso español. Comillas Journal of International Relations, 1, 117–131.
Vaquer i Fanés, J. (2014). Spain in the Mediterranean and the Middle East; the Quest for Security and Status. In D. Garcia Cantalapiedra & R. Pacheco Pardo (Eds.), Contemporary Spanish Foreign Policy (pp. 131–150). Routledge.
Strategic documents:
Government of Spain (2021) Foreign Action Strategy 2021-2024 / 2021-2023 Foreign Action Strategy, available in Spanish and English at https://www.exteriores.gob.es/es/Comunicacion/Noticias/Paginas/Noticias/20210128_MINISTERIO13.aspx
Government of Spain (2021). National Security Strategy 2021 (also available in Catalan and English) at: https://www.dsn.gob.es/es/estrategias-publicaciones/estrategias/estrategia-seguridad-nacional-2017
Think-tanks and specialized information portals
No specific programme is needed to follow and pass the subject, beyond the knowledge of the Moodle tool.
Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
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(PAUL) Classroom practices | 1 | English | first semester | morning-mixed |
(PAUL) Classroom practices | 51 | Spanish | second semester | afternoon |
(TE) Theory | 1 | English | first semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 51 | Spanish | second semester | afternoon |