| Symbol and Ritual in the New Spain: The Transition to Democracy After Franco Contributor(s): Edles, Laura Desfor (Author), Seidman, Steven (Editor), Alexander, Jeffrey C. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521628857 ISBN-13: 9780521628853 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $43.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1998 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Spain & Portugal - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 320.946 |
| LCCN: 97031040 |
| Series: Cambridge Cultural Social Studies (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6.02" W x 8.89" (0.80 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. |