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Economic distress and discourse : the rise of a corporatist rhetoric in Northern Spain after World War I
The paper explores the relationship between language and economy, between
text and context, through a case study: the Basque region in northern Spain
during World War I and the immediate postwar years. Using some tools of
quantitative and qualitative analysis, I try to dissect the process of production
and interpretation of the corporatist discourse, and then relate it to the
evolution of the economy and the interests of the local economic elites.
Contrary to the widespread Foucaldian theory, which focuses on the intrinsic
structure of discourse, the results suggest that more attention should be paid to
the context in explaining the process of discourse production
Choosing a legal framework for Spanish stock markets, 1800-1936
The paper analyses the legal transfer of formal rules regulating stock markets
in Spain between 1800 and 1936. We argue that the transfer of French
legislation in the 1830s provoked a “transplant effect”, which generated serious
distortions in Spanish financial markets. As a result, Spain developed a unique
system in which official French style stock markets coexisted with Anglo-Saxon
style free markets and small traditional markets, reminiscent of the ancien
regime. This unique schism of systems reflects the result of multiple natural
experiments whereby each region constituted its own stock market system.
Diverse economic scenarios and path-dependence processes determined
different institutional settings. We find that the unparalleled Spanish system
was the result of lacking central power, persistence of institutional inertia, and
the diversity of Spain´s geographical economy
On state autonomy : pressure groups and public policy in Britain and Spain in a comparative perspective, 1830s-1930s
The paper looks into the relationship between industrial pressure groups and the state, comparing the experiences of Britain and Spain during the 19th and the first third of the 20th century. By analysing the decision-making processes, the collective action of economic groups and the adoption of public policy, I argue that they shared a common pattern: both states were basically autonomous facing the pressure of organized economic interests. I explore some of the causes that could explain such a similar pattern in countries with a very different model of development and also examine the tensions provoked by the strong autonomy of the state, mainly in the Spanish case. From this work it follows that the role of the state should be re-considered and reevaluated in explaining institutional change in western countries during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.Pressure groups, Economic elites, Public policy, Big business and government, State, Political economy, Britain, Spain
Choosing a legal framework for Spanish stock markets, 1800-1936
The paper analyses the legal transfer of formal rules regulating stock markets in Spain between 1800 and 1936. We argue that the transfer of French legislation in the 1830s provoked a “transplant effect”, which generated serious distortions in Spanish financial markets. As a result, Spain developed a unique system in which official French style stock markets coexisted with Anglo-Saxon style free markets and small traditional markets, reminiscent of the ancien regime. This unique schism of systems reflects the result of multiple natural experiments whereby each region constituted its own stock market system. Diverse economic scenarios and path-dependence processes determined different institutional settings. We find that the unparalleled Spanish system was the result of lacking central power, persistence of institutional inertia, and the diversity of Spain´s geographical economy.Stock markets, Exchanges, Commercial law, Comparative law, Legal origins, Legal transfer, Legal transplant, Rule of law, Spain
Economic distress and discourse : the rise of a corporatist rhetoric in Northern Spain after World War I
The paper explores the relationship between language and economy, between text and context, through a case study: the Basque region in northern Spain during World War I and the immediate postwar years. Using some tools of quantitative and qualitative analysis, I try to dissect the process of production and interpretation of the corporatist discourse, and then relate it to the evolution of the economy and the interests of the local economic elites. Contrary to the widespread Foucaldian theory, which focuses on the intrinsic structure of discourse, the results suggest that more attention should be paid to the context in explaining the process of discourse production.Economic crisis, Discourse, Language, Communication, Economic elites, Political economy, Rhetoric, Corporatism, World War I, Spain
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