Infrastructure and the Political Economy of Nation Building in Spain, 1720-2010

by Germà Bel

Book Overview

This book sets out to explain the very particular characteristics of Spanish infrastructure policy. The capital city of Madrid plays a central role. It not only achieved the status of economic capital of Spain in recent decades but together with its status as administrative and political capital Madrid endowed itself as absolute capital. The challenge is to understand why such development has taken place. First: radial policies in transport infrastructure,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845195078
• ISBN13: 9781845195076
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"