Description: From Franco to Freedom : The Roots of the Transition to Democracy in Spain, 1, Hardcover by Carnicer, Miguel Angel Ruiz (EDT); Townson, Nigel (TRN), ISBN 1845198506, ISBN-13 9781845198503, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "This book brings together recent research by a group of specialists in history and sociology to provide a new reading of the late Franco dictatorship, especially in relation to its political culture. The authors focus on the election of local, trade union and national representatives, the work of the first Spanish sociologists, the struggle over administrative reform, the role of the media and the intellectuals, as well as the evolution of the dictatorship's political class and its response to the regime's decline. Not only are the politics of the late dictatorship scrutinised, but also the mechanisms that were deployed to control the fast-changing society of the 1960s and 1970s. In examining the late Franco period, the contributors do not believe that it contained the seeds of Spain's later democratization, but maintain that certain sectorial regime initiatives - electoral and political changes, an evolving discourse and an interest in political processes outside Spain - made many Spaniards aware of the dictatorship's contradictions and limitations, thereby encouraging its subsequent political and social evolution. This transformation is compared with the latter stages of the parallel dictatorship in Portugal. The great majority of Spaniards felt that the embrace of democratic freedoms and integration into the European Community was the only way forward during the Transition. But the shift from dictatorship to democracy from the 1960s onwards in Spain needs to be understood in relation to the multitudeof political and social changes that took place - despite the opposition of Franco and the 'bunker' mentality of the regime"--
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Book Title: From Franco to Freedom : the Roots of the Transition to Democracy in Spain, 1962-1982
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Topic: Modern / 20th Century, Europe / Spain & Portugal, General, World / European, Political Ideologies / Democracy
Publication Year: 2018
Item Height: 0.7 in
Genre: Political Science, History
Item Weight: 17.4 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Miguel Angel Ruiz Carnicer
Book Series: Liverpool Studies in Spanish History Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
