Catholic Roots and Democratic Flowers

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Catholic Roots and Democratic Flowers Political Systems in Spain and Portugal

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Howard J. Wiarda, Margaret MacLeish Mott

Book Code: B7022

ISBN: 0-275-97022-1

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97022-2

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232 pages, table

Praeger Paperback

Publication: 4/30/2001

List Price: $36.95 (UK Sterling Price: £21.95)

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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Description: Spain and Portugal have recently adopted European-style democratic and political systems. Yet their pattern of historical development is distinctive and, in many respects, their political systems still reflect unique features. In this provocative text Wiard and Mott analyze the special features of Spanish history: the Catholic tradition, seven centuries of Moorish rule, the Christian Reconquest, and the special nature of Spanish feudalism and nationalism. Building on these foundations, the authors analyze Spanish and Portuguese modern history, the regimes of Franco and Salazar, and the recent transitions to democracy. Successive chapters deal with class structure and interest groups, political parties and elections, the structure of the state and state-society relations, regional politics, and patterns of public policy. While becoming more European socially, culturally, and politically, these two Iberian political systems show also some remarkable continuities with the past, including notions of organic democracy, neocorporatism, and tensions between regionalism and centralism, democracy and authoritarianism, and religiousity and secularism. Students and scholars involved with European politics, comparative politics, Iberian Studies, and transitions to democracy will find this an accessible and provocative analysis.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction
The Long Sweep of Iberian History
The Franco and Salazar Regimes
The Transitions to Democracy
Political Culture: The Iberian Melody
Interest Groups and the Political Process
Political Parties and Elections
Government and the Role of the State
Public Policy: Domestic and Foreign
Conclusion: Roots and Flowers

LC Card Number: 00-061168

LCC Class: JN8221

Dewey Class: 946


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