The Return of Civil Society: The Emergence of Democratic Spain (Paperback)

~ Víctor Pérez-Díaz (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

A humane, subtle, and splendidly informative study of recent Spanish history, with important observations about the critical role of civil society in the political triumphs and failures of other countries. A greatly rewarding and rare example of the complementarity of sociological and historical interpretations of political change.
--Fritz Stern (Foreign Affairs )

The Return of Civil Society...is a book that can only be described as magisterial. It moves easily and successfully along the boundaries of history, political science, and sociology, presenting a carefully crafted argument about the democratization of Spain while reflecting intelligently and provocatively on many other subjects.
--Eusebio Mujal-Leon (American Political Science Review )

A decade from now, when scholars evaluate whether the debate over civil society revised our conventional assumptions, I am confident that Pérez-Díaz's book will be mentioned as having moved us closer to our goal.
--Carlos A. Forment (Contemporary Sociology )

Product Description

The author examines the return of a civil society in Spain. He covers the transition of Spain from a preindustrial economy, an authoritarian government, and a Roman-Catholic-dominated culture to a modern state based on the interaction of economic and class interests, on a market society, on voluntary associations such as trade unions and political parties, and on a culture of moral autonomy and rationality.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 372 pages
• Publisher: Harvard University Press (January 21, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 067476689X
• ISBN-13: 978-0674766891
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
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