Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Peter McDonough
Author-Workplace-Name: Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empreariales. Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Author-Name: Samuel H. Barnes
Author-Workplace-Name: Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empreariales. Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Author-Name: Antonio López Pina
Author-Workplace-Name: Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empreariales. Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Author-Name: Josefina Figueira-McDonough
Author-Workplace-Name: Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empreariales. Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Title:  Pragmatists, joiners and belongers: Democratization and the culture of mass politics in Spain
Abstract: The reconstruction of past mentalités is so flawed an enterprise that we will never know for sure what 
	portion of the de-ideologization of Spanish politics represents "objective" change and what portion reflects 
	the demystification of stereotypes associated with the black legend of Hispanic zealotry. The softening of 
	the antagonisms between left and right has occurred amid unprecedented prosperity and a massive 
	transformation of the class structure of the country; it also reflects a lesson about the hazards of 
	conflict without quarter and the benefits of compromise, learned at great cost.

Keywords: Spain-Politcs; Culture of mass; Democratization.

Length: 41 pages 
Creation-Date: 1991 
Number: 91-23
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Handle: RePEc:ucm:doctra:91-23