Las causas de la transparencia financiera en España: ¿fortaleza democrática o coyuntura crítica?

• Aitor Pérez Ruiz ^[1]
  1. [1] Real Instituto Elcano

     Real Instituto Elcano

     Madrid, España

     
• Localización: Revista de estudios políticos, ISSN 0048-7694, Nº 179, 2018, págs. 231-265
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.18042/cepc/rep.179.08
• Títulos paralelos:
  • The causes of financial transparency in Spain: Democratic strenght or critical juncture?
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  • español

    Este artículo rastrea las causas de la elevada transparencia financiera de España, en línea con los de los países más transparentes del mundo como Finalandia o Dinamarca. Dado que la literatura politológica sobre transparencia, que vincula este concepto al buen funcionamiento de las instituciones democráticas de un país, no ofrece una respuesta a esta pregunta, este artículo aborda un estudio en profundidad del caso español siguiendo una metodología de rastreo de procesos y con el apoyo conceptual del neoinstitucionalismo histórico. La conclusión del artículo es que España optó por una aplicación estricta y acelerada de los estándares internacionales de transparencia internacional en unas circunstancias históricas muy concretas en las que coincidieron, en el ámbito nacional, un momento álgido de la lucha contra ETA y, en el ámbito internacional, la introducción de la financiación del terrorismo en la agenda internacional antiblanqueo como consecuencia de los atentados del 11S.

  • English

    This article traces the antecedents of the high levels of financial transparency in Spain, which are aligned to those of the most transparent countries in the world such as Finland and Denmark. Given that the political science literature on transparency links this concept to democratic deepening and does not offer a response to this question, this article undertakes an in-depth study of the case of Spain. The study follows a process-tracing methodology and is based upon concepts borrowed from historical neo-institutionalism.

    The paper concludes that Spain’s opting for a strict and accelerated application of the international standards on financial transparency was influenced by very specific historical circumstances. The country was at a critical point in its fight against ETA when the issue of terrorist financing was introduced into the international anti-money laundering agenda as a consequence of the 09/11 attacks.

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