SPAN 160 - Spanish Current Events

• Relate a basic outline of Spain’s recent history including the authoritarian antecedents of the democratic system and Spain’s political transition to a constitutional Monarchy.
• Describe the structure of the Spanish political system and identify salient features of government institutions such as the Congress of Deputies, the Senate, and the Constitutional Court.
• Describe salient features of contemporary Spanish cultural politics including regionalism, migration, politics of the family, women’s and LGBTQ movements, politics of memory, and debates surrounding the European Union.
• Apply knowledge of Spain’s recent history, current political system, and contemporary cultural politics in order to contextualize readings in contemporary Spanish news media.
• Compare and contrast Spanish news media, in the context of recent history and current events, to US new media.