Symbol and Ritual in the New Spain The Transition to Democracy after Franco [Hardcover]

This book examines the role of culture in social change and Spanish democratisation post-Franco.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.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.Part I. Interpreting the Spanish Transition to Democracy: 1. Introduction; 2. Theories of transition and transitions in theory; 3. Spain: a history of divisions and democracy; Part II. The Symbolic Basis of Spanish Consensus: 4. The spirit of consensus: the core representations of the Spanish transition; 5. The curtain rises: the first democratic elections; 6. The 1977 Moncloa pacts and ritualization of communality; Part III. Conflict and Consensus in the Il“7