The reinvention of Spain : nation and identity since democracy / Sebastian Balfour and Alejandro Quiroga.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Balfour, Sebastian.

Contributor:

Quiroga, Alejandro, 1972-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Spain.

Nationalism.

Spain--Politics and government--1975-1982.

Spain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Unravelling the debate about the Spanish nation and its identity in the new democracy, this book looks at the issue as both a historical debate and a contemporary political problem, particularly complex due to the legacy of the Francoist Dictatorship which deeply eroded the legitimacy of Spanish nationalism. During and since the transition Spanish nationalist discourse has evolved to meet the challenge of new concepts of nation and identity. These formulations argue very differentconfigurations of the relationship between nation and state. While the Constitution of 1978 defines Spain as a nati

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviaitons of Political Parties; 1. Is Spain a Nation? A Dialogue of the Deaf; 2. A Tale of Two Nations: Spanish Nationalism before Democracy (1808-1977); 3. Spain Reconstituted, or the Semantic Battle of Nationalisms; 4. Spain: the View from the Left; 5. Spain: the View from the Right; 6. Houses of many Nations: Identities in Catalonia and the Basque Country; 7. Spain's International Projection; 8. Spain Reinvented; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-231) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-152574-X

1-281-14896-2

1-4356-3102-1

9786611148966

OCLC:

648360765