Symbol and Ritual in the New Spain The Transition to Democracy after Franco |
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| Author:
| Edles, Laura Desfor |
| Series title: | Cambridge Cultural Social Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-62140-3 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1998 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $80.99 |
Book Description:
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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 see n 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 institutionalisation of democracy, and uncovers the processes of symbolisation and ritualisation which characterise it.
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 see n 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 institutionalisation of democracy, and uncovers the processes of symbolisation and ritualisation which characterise it.