| Symbol and Ritual in the New Spain Contributor(s): Edles, Laura Desfor (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521621402 ISBN-13: 9780521621403 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - History | Europe - Spain & Portugal - Political Science | Political Process - General |
| Dewey: 320.946 |
| LCCN: 97031040 |
| Series: Cambridge Cultural Social Studies (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.00 lbs) 212 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
