Franco's Spain
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Franco's Spain
(Contemporary history series)
Arnold, 1997
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: pbk ISBN 9780340561690
Description
A sibling of interwar Europe's other fascist regimes, Franco's Spain survived them all, growing to old age in an era of liberal democracy. It weathered the explosive social movements and student discontents of the 1960s and lingered into the 1970s, its earlier fascist ideology attenuated almost out of recognition, with simple survival its greatest preoccupation. Franco's Spain looks beyond the mythology surrounding the origins of the dictatorship to provide a critical overview of the regime - from its emergence from a bloody uprising against a democratic government; through the 'high period' of francoism with its poverty, hunger and fear, followed by a complex period of change and economic growth; to the final demise of the dictatorship, amid open opposition and internal defections. Economics and society are as integral a part of the story in 'Franco's Spain' as politics, and international relations find their place alongside purely domestic issues. The book also peers beyond the grave, examining the transition to democracy after the dictator's death in 1975.
Table of Contents
- The politics of Francoism
- forgoing the Francoist State, 1936-1950
- Francoism triumphant, 1939-1950
- the search for continuity and consolidation, 1951-1966
- the policies of Francoism
- the political economy of Francoism
- culture and society under Francoism
- the international relations of Francoism
- after Franco - the transition to democracy and the legacy of Francoism.
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: hbk ISBN 9780340663233
Description
Although born during the inter-war period of Facism, the Franco regime managed to survive into the predominantly liberal-democratic era of Western Europe after 1945. The book takes as its major theme the complex and changing relationship between the internal structures of dictatorship and civil society. Often characterized simply as personal dictatorship founded upon force, in reality the key to its longevity was a remarkable capacity to integrate different interest groups, to generate substantial legitimacy, and to marginalize dissent until its final years.
Table of Contents
- The politics of Francoism
- forgoing the Francoist State, 1936-1950
- Francoism triumphant, 1939-1950
- the search for continuity and consolidation, 1951-1966
- the policies of Francoism
- the political economy of Francoism
- culture and society under Francoism
- the international relations of Francoism
- after Franco - the transition to democracy and the legacy of Francoism.
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