The Return of Civil Society - The Emergence of Democratic Spain

Victor Pe; rez-Diaz examines the return of 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.

List of contents

Acknowledgments The Emergence of Democratic Spain The Return of Civil Society The Church and Religion in Contemporary Spain: An Institutional Metamorphosis Region, Economy, and the Scale of Governance: Mesogovernments in Spain The Spanish Workers: Between Radicalism and Moderation Unions' Uncertainties and Workers' Ambivalence: The Moral Dimension Notes Bibliography Index

About the author

Víctor Pérez-Díaz is Professor of Sociology at the Complutense University of Madrid.

Summary

Pérez-Díaz examines the return of civil society in Spain, covering its transition from a preindustrial economy, authoritarian government, and Roman Catholic-dominated culture to a modern state based on the interaction of economic and class interests, on a market society, on voluntary associations, and on a culture of moral autonomy and rationality.

Product details

• Authors: Victor Perez-Diaz, Victor M. Perez-Diaz, Víctor M. Pérez-Díaz, Vmctor Pirez-Dmaz, Vctor Prez-Daz
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.1998
• EAN: 9780674766891
• ISBN: 978-0-674-76689-1
• No. of pages: 364
• Weight: 458 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, Spain, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Political structures: democracy, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Sociology & anthropology, Sociology and anthropology, HISTORY / Europe / Spain