The Reinvention of Spain - Nation and Identity Since Democracy

Zusatztext A lucid contribution to a sometimes tense and often passionate debate Klappentext Unravelling the fierce debate in Spain about national identity, this book locates the source of Spain's division in the partial nationalization of Spaniards, the legacy of Franco, and the peculiar architecture of the state. The book also looks at scenarios for change, concluding that whatever their outcome, Spain will continue to reinvent itself. Zusammenfassung Unravelling the fierce debate in Spain about national identity, this book locates the source of Spain's division in the partial nationalization of Spaniards, the legacy of Franco, and the peculiar architecture of the state. The book also looks at scenarios for change, concluding that whatever their outcome, Spain will continue to reinvent itself.

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• Authors: Sebastian Balfour, Sebastian (Emeritus Professor of Government Balfour, Sebastian/ Quiroga Balfour, Balfour Sebastian, Alejandro Quiroga, Alejandro (Lecturer in Spanish and European History Quiroga, Quiroga Alejandro
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2007
• EAN: 9780199206674
• ISBN: 978-0-19-920667-4
• No. of pages: 239
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, Spain, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms, HISTORY / Europe / Spain