Overview
- Focuses on four distinct manifestations of social mobilization during 1970s Spain to show how these diverse groups were united in their aims to effect political change
- Looks outward to the global cycle of mobilization which started in the late 1960s to contextualize the Spanish case
- Challenges traditional interpretations of the Spanish transition to democracy which attribute its success to top-down political engineering, instead emphasizing the importance of wider socio-economic processes and social movements
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements (PSHSM)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book explores the role of popular forms of social mobilization during Spain's process of transition to democracy. It focuses on the nature of citizenship that was forged during the period of conflict and mobilisation that characterised Spain from the late 1950s until the late 1980s. It offers a two-pronged exploration of social movements at the time. On the one hand, it provides a detailed analysis of four very different cases of social mobilisation: among Catholics, residents, farmers and teachers. It discerns processes of organisation, repertoires of action, collective meaning, and interactions with communities and local political actors. On the other hand, it reflects on how the fight over specific issues and the use of similar tactics generated shared interpretations of what it meant to be a citizen in a democracy.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Tamar Groves is Senior Lecturer at Extremadura University, Spain.
Nigel Townson is Senior Lecturer at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain.
Inbal Ofer is Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at the Open University of Israel, Israel.
Antonio Herrera is Associate Professor in Contemporary History at Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Social Movements and the Spanish Transition
Book Subtitle: Building Citizenship in Parishes, Neighbourhoods, Schools and the Countryside
Authors: Tamar Groves, Nigel Townson, Inbal Ofer, Antonio Herrera
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61836-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-61835-7Published: 07 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87174-5Published: 11 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-61836-4Published: 20 August 2017
Series ISSN: 2634-6559
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6567
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 144
Topics: Modern History, Social History, Political History