Radcliff Making Democratic Citizens in Spain

Civil Society and the Popular Origins of the Transition, 1960-78
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-230-30213-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 416 Seiten

Reihe: Palgrave History Collection

A fascinating study of the contribution of ordinary men and women to Spain's democratic transition of the 1970s. Radcliff argues that participants in neighbourhood and other associations experimented with new practices of civic participation that put pressure on the authoritarian state and made the building blocks of a future democratic citizenship

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Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Radcliff, P.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Abbreviations and Foreign Terms Introduction Dictatorship and Civil Society: Explaining the Roots of a New Associational Milieu Measuring' Civil Society: The Scope and Vitality of the New Associational Milieu Gender and the Role of Women in the Associational Milieu What is a Family Association?:The Civic Discourse of Familiarismo Women and Familiarismo: The Civic Discourse of the Homemaker Associations The Civic Discourse of the Neighborhood Associations of Madrid: From Community Improvement to 'Citizen Movement' The Civic Community in Practice: Family and Neighborhood Associations as 'Schools of Democracy' Conclusion/Epilogue Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

PAMELA RADCLIFF Associate Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego, USA. She has published various works on modern Spain, including and a collection of scholarly essays co-edited with Victoria Enders.