The Changing Architecture of Iberian Politics (1974-92): An Investigation on the Structuring of Democratic Political Systemic Culture in Semiperipheral Southern European SocietiesThis contribution to the study of institutional change from the authoritarian to the democratic regime in Portugal and Spain focuses particularly on the relationship between political structure and culture. The concept of political systemic culture is introduced to show the structuring process of socialization, participation, and state agencies in building up a democratic regime. |
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Introduction | 1 |
CULTURE AS A STOREHOUSE OF PAST EXPERIENCES | 34 |
CULTURE AS OVERCOMING THE STRUCTURE | 121 |
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achieve Adolfo Suarez analysis assumptions and expectations autarky authoritarian regime breakdown capital capitalist world-economy century chapter Communist Party concept consolidation constitution context corporatist countries crisis defined democracy democratic educational elections electoral Estado Novo Europe European Community European integration European Parliament factor Falange Fascism framework Franco Francoist hegemonic Iberian Iberian political ibid ideological Immanuel Immanuel Wallerstein important industrial institutionalized inter-state system Mário Soares MEPs Minister Modern world Modern world-system nation-state organization of role participation period perspective Polanyi political culture political design political elite political field political systemic culture political-systemic culture Politische population Portugal position postmodern preparatory phase present PSOE reality regime transition regional relation reproduction Republic Revolution role assumptions sector semiperipheral sense situation social structure social system Socialist society space Spain Spanish Spanish MEPs stability supranational symbolic power Table theory transformation Wallerstein Westeuropean