The cultural dynamics of democratization in Spain
By: Peter McDonough, Samuel H. Barnes, Antonio López Pina, with Doh C. Shin, José Alvaro Moisés.
Contributors: Barnes, Samuel H. 1931-; López Pina, Antonio.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Democracy -- Spain -- Public opinion.; Democratization -- Spain -- Public opinion.; Political participation -- Spain.; Public opinion -- Spain.; Spain -- Politics and government -- 1975- -- Public opinion.
Description: Since the death of Franco in 1975, Spain has made a successful transition to democracy. This book looks at what that transition has meant for the Spanish people. Drawing on national surveys taken in 1978, 1980, 1984, and 1990, the authors explore three questions: What is the basis of the new regime's political legitimacy? How did Spanish democracy move from the conservative center-right coalition that engineered the transition to the socialist government that consolidated it?

And why is political participation so low among Spaniards?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-236) and index.