Rethinking the History of Democracy in Spain

Focusing on the processes of political socialisation and democratisation that took place in Spain during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this book brings together specialists who propose the need to rethink the contemporary history of democracy in Spain to build a new narrative.

List of contents

Introduction: The (Not So) Exceptional History of Democracy in Contemporary Spain Part 1: Rethinking Democratization in Spain from Local Perspective 1. Municipalism and Democratization in Modern Spanish History 2. Following in the Tracks of Democracy to Reinterpret the History of the Twentieth Century in Spain Part 2: Social Mobilisation and Democracy in Southern Spain 3. Democracy and Political Action in Southern Spain, 1848-1874 4. Democracy and Social Protest in Rural Andalusia in the Nineteenth Century: Notes on a Process of Political Modernization 5. Republican Democracy in the Southern Periphery of Spain: The Province of Cordoba (1885-1919) Part 3: Municipalism, Rural World and Democracy Outside Spain 6. The Projection of Spanish Liberalism Overseas: Pueblos de Indios and Citizenship in Mexico and Peru 7. Modernisation and Democratisation in Mediterranean Countries 8. Republican Political Mobilisation of the Working Classes in Southern Portugal: The District of Évora Between 1908 and 1915 Special Epilogue 9. The History of Spanish Democracy Under Debate

About the author

Antonio Herrera, is a senior lecturer of contemporary history at University of Granada (Spain). His areas of research include social mobilisation, rural and peasant conflicts, and the making of democratic political cultures in contemporary Spain.
Francisco Acosta, is a senior lecturer of contemporary history at University of Córdoba (Spain). Interested in issues related to Franco's repression and the recovery of democratic memory in Spain, he is currently co-leading a research project on democracy and the rural world in contemporary Andalusia.

Product details

• Authors: Antonio (University of Granada Herrera
• Assisted by: Francisco Acosta (Editor), Antonio Herrera (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032525426
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3252542-6
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Routledge Studies on Contemporary Spain
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Political structures: democracy, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Europe / Spain