Rethinking the History of Democracy in Spain

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-52541-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 531 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies on Contemporary Spain

Focusing on the processes of political socialisation and democratisation that took place in Spain during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this book brings together specialists who propose the need to rethink the contemporary history of democracy in Spain to build a new narrative.

To do so, the authors go down to the local level, where they are able to trace a political culture that forged the foundations of a process of political "modernization" much more complex than what conventional historiography has conveyed, even though it was not always transferred institutionally to the national level. The idea of a rural Spain that was backward, apolitical, violent and unprepared for democracy gives way to a more interesting history which, while recognising the peculiarities of the country and the important limitations to democracy, shows examples that could help build a new narrative closer to those of other neighbouring countries.

Aimed at contemporary historians interested in Spain and Europe, the book also addresses the debates faced by other social scientists on the concept of democracy. This dialogue between history, sociology and political science is particularly present in a special final chapter featuring a discussion of democracy and its application to Spanish history.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Herrera, Antonio

Acosta, Francisco

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The (Not So) Exceptional History of Democracy in Contemporary Spain Part 1: Rethinking Democratization in Spain from Local Perspective 1. Municipalism and Democratization in Modern Spanish History 2. Following in the Tracks of Democracy to Reinterpret the History of the Twentieth Century in Spain Part 2: Social Mobilisation and Democracy in Southern Spain 3. Democracy and Political Action in Southern Spain, 1848–1874 4. Democracy and Social Protest in Rural Andalusia in the Nineteenth Century: Notes on a Process of Political Modernization 5. Republican Democracy in the Southern Periphery of Spain: The Province of Cordoba (1885–1919) Part 3: Municipalism, Rural World and Democracy Outside Spain 6. The Projection of Spanish Liberalism Overseas: Pueblos de Indios and Citizenship in Mexico and Peru 7. Modernisation and Democratisation in Mediterranean Countries 8. Republican Political Mobilisation of the Working Classes in Southern Portugal: The District of Évora Between 1908 and 1915 Special Epilogue 9. The History of Spanish Democracy Under Debate

Über Autor(innen)

Antonio Herrera, is a senior lecturer of contemporary history at University of Granada (Spain). His areas of research include social mobilisation, rural and peasant conflicts, and the making of democratic political cultures in contemporary Spain.

Francisco Acosta, is a senior lecturer of contemporary history at University of Córdoba (Spain). Interested in issues related to Franco's repression and the recovery of democratic memory in Spain, he is currently co-leading a research project on democracy and the rural world in contemporary Andalusia.