Symbol and Ritual in the New Spain: The Transition to Democracy After Franco

by Laura Desfor Edles

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521628857
• ISBN13: 9780521628853
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"