Publication

1998 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England

Language

English

Word Count

49,250 words, Guess

Page Count

197 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL684243M
  • ISBN-100521621402
  • OCLC Control Number37443523
  • Library of Congress Control Number97031040
  • Goodreads5887487

Classifications

  • DDC320.946/09/045
  • LCCJN8210 .E34 1998

Alternate Titles

  • Transition to democracy after Franco

Description

This is a book about the role of culture in social change and the Spanish transition to democracy after Franco. After Franco's death in 1975, Spain witnessed an extraordinary "period of consensus," unique in its own history. Laura Desfor Edles takes a distinctively culturalist approach to the "strategy of consensus" deployed by the Spanish elite at this time, and uses systematic text interpretation (with a particular focus on Spanish newspapers) to show how a new symbolic framework emerged in post-Franco Spain which enabled the resolution of specific events critical to the success of the transition.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryDemocracyDemocratizationDemocracy, historyPolitics and governmentSpain, politics and governmentSpain -- Politics and government -- 1975-

Places

Series Statement

  • Cambridge cultural social studies

Other Editions

  • Symbol and ritual in the new Spain: the transition to democracy after FrancoCambridge University Press1998-01-01

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