Political leadership in the Spanish transition to democracy (1975-1982) [electronic resource] / editors, José Francisco Jiménez-Díaz (Political Science and Public Administration Area Public Law Department, Faculty of Law, Pablo de Olavide University, Seville, Spain) and Santiago Delgado-Fernández (Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Granada, Spain).

"A key idea in the study of democratic transitions is the notion that political actors play a pivotal role in initiating, controlling and shaping the changes that lead to democracy. Based on this premise, this book aims to offer an in-depth study of a series of political leaders that played a signif...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Jiménez Díaz, José Francisco
Delgado, Santiago (Delgado Fernández)
Language:English
Published: Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2016.
Series:Latin American political, economic, and security issues
Subjects:
Political leadership > Spain > History > 20th century.
Politicians > Spain > Biography.
Social change > Spain > History > 20th century.
Democratization > Spain > History > 20th century.
Democracy > Spain > History > 20th century.
Spain > Politics and government > 1975-1982.
Genre:
Biography.
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2016 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2016 (EBSCO)
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Political leaders in the Spanish transition to democracy / José Francisco Jiménez-Díaz and Santiago Delgado-Fernández (Political Science and Public Administration Area Public Law Department, Faculty of Law, Pablo de Olavide University, Seville, Spain, and others)
  • Introduction: The study of political leadership in the Spanish transition (1975-1982) / José Francisco Jiménez-Díaz, and Santiago Delgado-Fernández
  • Part I. The central and innovative political leaders in the Spanish transition to democracy
  • Torcuato Fernández-Miranda / Julio Ponce-Alberca (Universidad de Sevilla, Spain)
  • Adolfo Suárez González / José Francisco Jiménez-Díaz (Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain)
  • Felipe González Márquez / Manuela Ortega-Ruiz (Universidad de Jaén, Spain)
  • Santiago Carrillo Solares / Antonio Robles-Egea (Universidad de Granada, Spain)
  • Manuel Fraga Iribarne / Lourdes López-Nieto (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, UNED, Spain)
  • Part II. The political chorus of innovative leaders in the Spanish transition to democracy
  • Fernando Abril Martorell / Carlos Sánchez-Fernández (Universidad de Sevilla, Spain)
  • Francisco Fernández Ordóñez / Santiago Delgado-Fernández (Universidad de Granada, Spain)
  • Alfonso Guerra González / Belén Blázquez-Vilaplana (Universidad de Jaén, Spain)
  • Jordi Pujol i Soley / Francisco Collado-Campaña (Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain)
  • Xabier Arzalluz Antia / Francisco José Llera-Ramo and Rafael Leonisio-Calvo (Universidad del País Vasco, Spain).