Making Democratic Citizens in Spain

Making Democratic Citizens in Spain
Author: P. Radcliff
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-03-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780230241053

A fascinating study of the contribution of ordinary men and women to Spain's democratic transition of the 1970s. Radcliff argues that participants in neighbourhood and other associations experimented with new practices of civic participation that put pressure on the authoritarian state and made the building blocks of a future democratic citizenship

Spain's First Democracy

Spain's First Democracy
Author: Stanley G. Payne
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Total Pages: 498
Release: 1993
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780299136741

Payne's study places Spain's Second Republic within the historical framework of Spanish liberalism, and the rapid modernisation of inter-war Europe. He aims to present a consistent and detailed interpretation, demonstrating striking parallels to the German Weimar Republic.

Democratic Spain

Democratic Spain
Author: Richard Gillespie
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2005-06-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1134829396

Since the death of General Franco in 1975, Spain has emerged from relative isolation to play an active role in international affairs. Membership of the European Union and Nato have been keys to Spain's new prominence, although the country has also tried to build on its traditional "special relationships" with Latin America and the Arab world. This is the first thorough study of democratic Spain's re-emergence on the international scene. By focusing on the relationship between external relations and domestic policy the book makes an important contribution to the literature on democratisation, as well as showing how Spanish foreign policy evolved between the mid-1970s and mid-1990s. While the book focuses on democratic Spain, its revisionist view of democratic transitions is of more general relevance. Democratization is seen as an integral process involving related, though not simultaneous changes in domestic policy and external relations. Only with the transformation of her external relations did Spain's new democracy finally become consolidated. This book will be required reading for students of Spanish politics and will also be useful to those interested in the process of democratization.

Memory and Amnesia

Memory and Amnesia
Author: Paloma Aguilar Fernández
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781571817570

Using a rich variety of sources, this book explores how the historical memory of the Spanish Civil War influenced the transition to democracy in Spain after Franco's death in 1975.

The Politics and Memory of Democratic Transition

The Politics and Memory of Democratic Transition
Author: Diego Muro
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2010-11-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 1136852247

Designed to evaluate the paradigmatic view of the Spanish transition as an ideal model for political and social change, this new and innovative volume appraises Spain's movement to democracy from a variety of important perspectives.

Party Formation and Democratic Transition in Spain

Party Formation and Democratic Transition in Spain
Author: J. Hopkin
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 289
Release: 1999-01-29
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780333717097

The abrupt collapse and dissolution of the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD), the party which governed Spain during the crucial period of the transition to democracy (1977-82), is one of the most extraordinary events in the history of European party politics. This book develops an original theoretical framework for the study of party institutionalisation, and draws on a wide range of empirical sources to offer new insights into the causes of the UCD's collapse.

Democratic Practice

Democratic Practice
Author: Robert M. Fishman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2019-03-04
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0190912898

At a time of growing concern over the fate of contemporary democracy this book shows how vast differences between countries in forms of political conduct, and taken for granted assumptions, determine what democracies actually accomplish. In Democratic Practice, Robert M. Fishman elucidates why some democracies include the economically underprivileged, and cultural others within the circles of political relevance that set policies and the political agenda, whereas others exclude them. On the basis of in-depth research on Portugal and Spain, Fishman develops a theoretically innovative explanation for the breadth of democratic inclusion and draws out large implications for democracies everywhere. Democratic Practice examines the record of two countries that began the worldwide turn to democracy in the 1970s, showing how and why basic assumptions about what democracy is, and how political actors should treat one another, diverged. The book offers detailed empirical evidence on how an inclusive approach to democratic politics provides major benefits not only for the poor and excluded but also for others, drawing large lessons for contemporary democracies.

VOX

VOX
Author: José Rama
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2021-06-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1000394484

This book examines VOX, the first major and electorally successful populist radical right-wing party to emerge in Spain since the death of General Franco, and the restoration of parliamentary democracy in the late 1970s. In December 2018, VOX, a new party on the populist radical right, entered the Andalusian regional parliament, and played the role of kingmaker in the ensuing government formation discussions. Since then, under the leadership of Santiago Abascal, VOX has earned political representation in numerous local, regional and national elections. The party attracted more than 3.6 million votes in the November 2019 general election, making VOX the third largest party in the Spanish Congress. In two years, the party has become a key political challenger and an important player in Spanish politics. This book explains the origins of the party, its ideology and relationship with democracy, its appeal with voters, and its similarities with (and differences from) other populist radical right parties in Europe. It draws upon a rich source of domestic as well as cross-national survey data and a systematic analysis of party manifestos which provide a detailed account of the rise of VOX and what its emergence means for Spanish politics. This volume will be of interest to scholars of comparative politics, political parties, voters and elections, Spanish politics, the populist radical right and populism in general.

The Oxford Handbook of Spanish Politics

The Oxford Handbook of Spanish Politics
Author: Diego Muro
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 765
Release: 2020-02-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0198826931

"Oxford Handbooks offer authoritative and up-to-date surveys of original research in a particular subject area. Specially commissioned essays from leading figures in the discipline give critical examinations of the progress and direction of debates, as well as a foundation for future research. Oxford Handbooks provide scholars and graduate students with compelling new perspectives upon a wide range of subjects in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences"--

Politics and Policy in Democratic Spain

Politics and Policy in Democratic Spain
Author: Paul Heywood
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2013-11-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1135231494

Spain is different" was a favourite tourist board slogan of the Franco dictatorship. Is Spain still different? This volume provides an original series of analyses of how politics in democratic Spain has developed since the remarkable success of the transition to democracy.