Democracy in Modern SpainDemocracy in Modern Spain
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Current format, Book, 2004, , No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formatsWhen Fascist dictator Fernando Franco finally died in 1975, Spain was considered to lack entirely a tradition of stable, democratic governance, and many predicted that democracy would never take root there. Political scientists Gunther (Ohio State U.), José Ramón Montero (U. Autónoma de Madrid) and Joan Botella (U. Autónoma de Barcelona) explain how and why a consolidated democracy has indeed been successfully established in Spain, and how a fully modern, Western European system of values and political preferences, political behavior of the masses and elites, legitimate democratic institutions, and patterns of public policy processes and outputs have so quickly replaced the heritage of the past. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
02 This book, written by three of the world’s leading experts on Spanish politics, is the first comprehensive study of the origins and basic character of Spain’s democratic political system. It analyzes the regime’s core political institutions, its political parties and party systems, patterns of electoral behavior, the evolution of Spain’s political culture, and the impact of these social and institutional changes on public policy processes and outputs.The authors survey those aspects of Spanish society and politics that had contributed to the country’s inability to sustain a stable and democratic regime prior to the 1970s. They argue that the successful transition to and consolidation of democracy was made possible by socioeconomic modernization, cultural change, and by decisions made by political elites in the establishment of core democratic institutions and the conduct of electoral competition. This book is based on over 500 hours of interviews with Spanish political elites, extensive analyses of survey data, and other original research.“The book will be a widely read and much-cited work on Spanish politics that will become a classic and a ‘must-read’ for anyone interested in Spanish politics.”—Kerstin Hamann, University of Central Florida
This book, written by three of the world’s leading experts on Spanish politics, is the first comprehensive study of the origins and basic character of Spain’s democratic political system. It analyzes the regime’s core political institutions, its political parties and party systems, patterns of electoral behavior, the evolution of Spain’s political culture, and the impact of these social and institutional changes on public policy processes and outputs.The authors survey those aspects of Spanish society and politics that had contributed to the country’s inability to sustain a stable and democratic regime prior to the 1970s. They argue that the successful transition to and consolidation of democracy was made possible by socioeconomic modernization, cultural change, and by decisions made by political elites in the establishment of core democratic institutions and the conduct of electoral competition. This book is based on over 500 hours of interviews with Spanish political elites, extensive analyses of survey data, and other original research.“The book will be a widely read and much-cited work on Spanish politics that will become a classic and a ‘must-read’ for anyone interested in Spanish politics.”—Kerstin Hamann, University of Central Florida
02 This book, written by three of the world’s leading experts on Spanish politics, is the first comprehensive study of the origins and basic character of Spain’s democratic political system. It analyzes the regime’s core political institutions, its political parties and party systems, patterns of electoral behavior, the evolution of Spain’s political culture, and the impact of these social and institutional changes on public policy processes and outputs.The authors survey those aspects of Spanish society and politics that had contributed to the country’s inability to sustain a stable and democratic regime prior to the 1970s. They argue that the successful transition to and consolidation of democracy was made possible by socioeconomic modernization, cultural change, and by decisions made by political elites in the establishment of core democratic institutions and the conduct of electoral competition. This book is based on over 500 hours of interviews with Spanish political elites, extensive analyses of survey data, and other original research.“The book will be a widely read and much-cited work on Spanish politics that will become a classic and a ‘must-read’ for anyone interested in Spanish politics.”—Kerstin Hamann, University of Central Florida
This book, written by three of the world’s leading experts on Spanish politics, is the first comprehensive study of the origins and basic character of Spain’s democratic political system. It analyzes the regime’s core political institutions, its political parties and party systems, patterns of electoral behavior, the evolution of Spain’s political culture, and the impact of these social and institutional changes on public policy processes and outputs.The authors survey those aspects of Spanish society and politics that had contributed to the country’s inability to sustain a stable and democratic regime prior to the 1970s. They argue that the successful transition to and consolidation of democracy was made possible by socioeconomic modernization, cultural change, and by decisions made by political elites in the establishment of core democratic institutions and the conduct of electoral competition. This book is based on over 500 hours of interviews with Spanish political elites, extensive analyses of survey data, and other original research.“The book will be a widely read and much-cited work on Spanish politics that will become a classic and a ‘must-read’ for anyone interested in Spanish politics.”—Kerstin Hamann, University of Central Florida
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