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The Cultural Dynamics of Democratization in Spain

Author : Peter McDonough
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501728717
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Cultural Dynamics of Democratization in Spain written by Peter McDonough and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the death of Franco in 1975, Spain has made a successful transition to democracy. This book looks at what that transition has meant for the Spanish people. Drawing on national surveys taken in 1978, 1980, 1984, and 1990, the authors explore three questions: What is the basis of the new regime's political legitimacy? How did Spanish democracy move from the conservative center-right coalition that engineered the transition to the socialist government that consolidated it? And why is political participation so low among Spaniards? The answers to the first two questions highlight the ambiguity built into the political contrast with the Franco regime and a certain appreciation of the material accomplishments of authoritarianism, the pivotal role of the king in opting for democracy while symbolically spanning traditional and modernizing forces, and finally a movement from foundational issues to economic and social concerns. In response to the third question, the authors illuminate the participatory shortfall in Spanish politics by comparing Spain with Brazil and Korea, two post-authoritarian societies where political involvement is much higher. They consider long-term structural factors as well as short-term strategic actions that have contributed to low civic engagement.

The Cultural Politics of Spain's Transition to Democracy

Author : Duncan Wheeler
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781526105196
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book The Cultural Politics of Spain's Transition to Democracy written by Duncan Wheeler and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2016-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Transition to Democracy in Spain

Author : José María Maravall
Publisher : London : Croom Helm
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Transition to Democracy in Spain written by José María Maravall and published by London : Croom Helm. This book was released on 1982 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Disremembering the Dictatorship

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004483225
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Disremembering the Dictatorship written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-08-04 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most accounts of the Spanish transition to democracy have been celebratory exercises at the service of a stabilizing rather than a critical project of far-reaching reform. As one of the essays in this volume puts it, the “pact of oblivion,” which characterized the Spanish transition to democracy, curtailed any serious attempt to address the legacies of authoritarianism that the new democracy inherited from the Franco era. As a result, those legacies pervaded public discourse even in newly created organs of opinion. As another contributor argues, the Transition was based on the erasure of memory and the invention of a new political tradition. On the other hand, memory and its etiolation have been an object of reflection for a number of film directors and fiction writers, who have probed the return of the repressed under spectral conditions. Above all, this book strives to present memory as a performative exercise of democratic agents and an open field for encounters with different, possibly divergent, and necessarily fragmented recollections. The pact of the Transition could not entirely disguise the naturalization of a society made of winners and losers, nor could it ensure the consolidation of amnesia by political agents and by the tools that create hegemony by shaping opinion. Spanish society is haunted by the specters of a past it has tried to surmount by denying it. It seems unlikely that it can rid itself of its ghosts without in the process undermining the democracy it sought to legitimate through the erasure of memories and the drowning of witnesses' voices in the cacaphony of triumphant modernization.

Symbol and Ritual in the New Spain

Author : Laura Desfor Edles
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780511557774
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (577 download)

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Download or read book Symbol and Ritual in the New Spain written by Laura Desfor Edles and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-07-06 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book about the role of culture in social change and the transition to democracy of post-Franco Spain. Since General Franco's death in 1975, Spanish political life has seen an extraordinarily quiescent "period of consensus," unique in its own history. Laura Desfor Edles takes a distinctively culturalist approach to this "strategy of consensus" and institutionalization of democracy, and uncovers the processes of symbolization and ritualization that characterize it.

Following Franco

Author : Duncan Wheeler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781526105189
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Following Franco written by Duncan Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book interrogates the interrelationship between culture and politics during the Spanish transition to democracy. Drawing on both high and popular culture, it critically interrogates the stakes of the Transition and reveals how its consequences continue to inform political debate.

Following Franco

Author : Duncan Wheeler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781526105219
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Following Franco written by Duncan Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transition to democracy that followed the death of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco in 1975 was once hailed as a model of political transformation. But since the 2008 financial crisis it has come under intense scrutiny. Today, a growing divide exists between advocates of the Transition and those who see it as the source of Spain's current socio-political bankruptcy. This book revisits the crucial decades of 1962 to 1992, exposing the networks of art, media and power that drove the Transition and continue to underpin Spanish politics in the present. Drawing on rare archival materials and over three hundred interviews with politicians, artists, journalists and ordinary Spaniards, including former prime minister Felipe Gonzalez (1982-96), it unlocks the complex and often contradictory narratives surrounding the foundation of contemporary Spain.

The Return of Civil Society

Author : Vctor Prez-Daz
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674766884
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book The Return of Civil Society written by Vctor Prez-Daz and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study covers the transition of Spain from a pre-industrial economy, an authoritarian government, and a Roman Catholic-dominated culture, to a modern state based on the interaction of economic and class interests, on a market society and a culture of moral autonomy and rationality.

Cultures of Anyone

Author : Luis Moreno Caballud
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 1781381933
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (813 download)

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Download or read book Cultures of Anyone written by Luis Moreno Caballud and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the rise of sharing and collaboration practices among peers in Spanish digital cultures and social movements in the wake of Spain's financial meltdown of 2008.

Competences for democratic culture

Author : Council of Europe
Publisher : Council of Europe
ISBN 13 : 9287182647
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (871 download)

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Download or read book Competences for democratic culture written by Council of Europe and published by Council of Europe. This book was released on 2016-04-04 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new Council of Europe reference framework of competences for democratic culture! Contemporary societies within Europe face many challenges, including declining levels of voter turnout in elections, increased distrust of politicians, high levels of hate crime, intolerance and prejudice towards minority ethnic and religious groups, and increasing levels of support for violent extremism. These challenges threaten the legitimacy of democratic institutions and peaceful co-existence within Europe. Formal education is a vital tool that can be used to tackle these challenges. Appropriate educational input and practices can boost democratic engagement, reduce intolerance and prejudice, and decrease support for violent extremism. However, to achieve these goals, educationists need a clear understanding of the democratic competences that should be targeted by the curriculum. This book presents a new conceptual model of the competences which citizens require to participate in democratic culture and live peacefully together with others in culturally diverse societies. The model is the product of intensive work over a two-year period, and has been strongly endorsed in an international consultation with leading educational experts. The book describes the competence model in detail, together with the methods used to develop it. The model provides a robust conceptual foundation for the future development of curricula, pedagogies and assessments in democratic citizenship and human rights education. Its application will enable educational systems to be harnessed effectively for the preparation of students for life as engaged and tolerant democratic citizens. The book forms the first component of a new Council of Europe reference framework of competences for democratic culture. It is vital reading for all educational policy makers and practitioners who work in the fields of education for democratic citizenship, human rights education and intercultural education.

Mass Politics and Culture in Democratizing Korea

Author : To-chʻŏl Sin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521658232
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (582 download)

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Download or read book Mass Politics and Culture in Democratizing Korea written by To-chʻŏl Sin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-05-13 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a global account of Korea's place in the current third wave of democratization. It examines the evolution, contours and consequences of Korean democratization, characterizing and distinguishing Korea as a non-Western and Confucian model of democratization.

The Myth of Civil Society

Author : O. Encarnación
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1403981647
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book The Myth of Civil Society written by O. Encarnación and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-25 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost irrespective of the geographic setting, the debate about the future of democracy in post-authoritarian societies is increasingly tied to the strength of civil society. A strong civil society is thought to be crucial to the emergence of successful democracies while a weak civil society is deemed the cause of flawed or frozen democracies. Using contrasting evidence from Spain and Brazil, this study challenges these widespread assumptions about contemporary democratization. It argues that it is the performance of political institutions rather than the configuration of civil society that determines the consolidation of democratic regimes.

Making Democratic Citizens in Spain

Author : P. Radcliff
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230302130
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Making Democratic Citizens in Spain written by P. Radcliff and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-03-23 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

The Democratic Foundations of Policy Diffusion

Author : Katerina Linos
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199967873
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)

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Download or read book The Democratic Foundations of Policy Diffusion written by Katerina Linos and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that laws spread around the world not through elite networks of technocrats, but through domestic democracy. It combines public opinion experiments, election campaign data, legislative debates, and policy adoption patterns to document how international models generated domestic support for health, family, and employment law reforms across rich democracies.

Spain and Portugal in the European Union

Author : Paul Christopher Manuel
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135757844
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (357 download)

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Download or read book Spain and Portugal in the European Union written by Paul Christopher Manuel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing upon the 15 years during which Spain and Portugal have been members of the European Union, this collection of essays addresses issues related to the anniversary which took place in 2001.

Toward a Cultural Archive of la Movida

Author : William J. Nichols
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1611476313
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (114 download)

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Book Synopsis Toward a Cultural Archive of la Movida by : William J. Nichols

Download or read book Toward a Cultural Archive of la Movida written by William J. Nichols and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toward a Cultural Archive of la Movida revisits the cultural and social milieu in which laMovida, an explosion of artistic production in the late 1970s and early 1980s, was articulated discursively, aesthetically, socially, and politically. We connect this experience with a broader national and international context that takes it beyond the city of Madrid and outside the borders of Spain. This collection of essays links the political and social undertakings of this cultural period with youth movements in Spain and other international counter-cultural or underground movements. Moving away from biographical experiences or the identification of further participants and works that belong to laMovida, the articles collected in this volume situate this movement within the political and social development of post-Franco Spain. Finally, it also offers a reading of recent politically motivated recoveries of this cultural phenomenon through exhibitions, state sponsored documentaries, musicals, or tourist itineraries. The perception of Spain as representative of a successful dual transition from dictatorship to democracy and free market capitalism created a “Spanish model” that has been emulated in countries like Portugal, Argentina, Chile and Hungary, all formerly ruled by totalitarian regimes. While social scientists study the promises, contradictions and failures of the Spanish Transición—especially on issues of memory, repression, and (the lack of) reconciliation —our approach from the humanities offers another vantage point to a wider discussion of an unfinished chapter in recent Spanish history by focusing on laMovida as the “cultural archive” whose cultural transitions parallel the political and economic ones. The transgressive, urban nature of this movement demonstrated an overt desire, especially among Spanish youth, to reach onto a global arena emulating the punk and new wave aesthetic of such cities as London, New York, Paris, and Berlin. Art, design, film, music, fashion during this period helped to forge a sense of a modern urban identity in Spain that also reflected the tensions between modernity and tradition, global forces and local values, international mass media technology and regional customs.

Democracy's Voices

Author : Robert M. Fishman
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501727176
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Democracy's Voices written by Robert M. Fishman and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-05 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on one of sociology's core ideas—that social ties can shape collective outcomes—Democracy's Voices shows that connections across class boundaries can remake public rhetoric and thus the quality of democratic life. Robert M. Fishman takes up a question of enduring significance to people concerned with the quality of democratic public life, focusing on why political rhetoric proves engaging and broadly relevant, or disengaging and narrow. The answer to that question, he argues, is to be found not only in the deeds of prominent politicians and the nature of official institutions but also in the existence and the character of social connections among ordinary citizens. Fishman's book, based on long-term fieldwork and systematic survey research in Spain, identifies the special contribution to democratic quality made by conversations between intellectuals and workers. Fishman focuses on what he calls the "discursive horizons" of local leaders and communities: the actual location of the problems and proposed remedies articulated in political rhetorics. Democracy's Voices shows how the subcultural context of social ties may accentuate or diminish their power to reshape rhetorics. Fishman argues that conversations are able to remake public rhetorics whereas ties that take the form of brokerage lack that ability. The book also offers a general critique of social capital theory and argues that the full ability of social ties to shape collective outcomes can only be observed when one distinguishes in useful ways among types of ties.