Sebastian Balfour is emeritus professor of contemporary Spanish studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Among his books are Deadly Embrace: Morocco and the Road to the Spanish Civil War (Oxford University Press, 2002), The Politics of Contemporary Spain (Routledge, 2004), and (with Alejandro Quiroga) The Reinvention of Spain: Nation and Identity since Democracy (Oxford University Press, 2007)