Overview
- Analyses the factors behind the end of authoritarianism in Spain, Greece and Portugal
- Brings together nine original case studies from the fields of history, political science and sociology
- Considers the role of the EEC in its association with democratic values and in its impact on the modernization
Part of the book series: St Antony's Series (STANTS)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Conflicting Memory of Transition
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Europeanism, Europeanisation and Euroscepticism Since the Late 1970s
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Uses of the Past by Grassroots Political Actors
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Conclusion
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Keywords
- Europeanism
- 2008 economic crisis
- EEC membership
- democratization
- mnemohistory
- PASOK
- PSOE
- Euroscepticism
- Maastricht treaty
- democratic transition
- mnemonic groups
- authoritarianism
- Greek Civil War
- Third Greek Republic
- protest
- 25 April Revolution
- integration
- depoliticization
- Cultura de la Transición
- memory of the past
About this book
This edited collection explores the ways in which the 2008/2009 social and economic crisis in Southern Europe affected the interpretation of the transitional past in Spain, Greece and Portugal. Discussing topics such as public memory, Europeanism and uses of the past by grassroots movements, the volume showcases how the crisis challenged consolidated perceptions of the transitions as ‘success stories’. It revisits the dominant historical narratives around Southern European transitions to democracy more than forty years since the demise of authoritarian regimes, bringing together contributors from history, cultural studies, political science and sociology.
Reviews
“While it is well known how the questions of Europe and democracy became interlinked in Southern Europe at the time of the regime transitions in the 1970s, these chapters offer a useful comparative perspective on how this perception has played out in domestic politics in light of the 2008 global economic crisis. The book highlights the impact on national party debates and, crucially, shows that integration has remained a sustainable choice in Greece, Spain and Portugal. Recommended read.” (Susannah Verney, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)
“This excellent book revisits the three pioneers of the third wave of democratic transitions in Southern Europe: Portugal, Greece and Spain. Rethinking the role of public memory, Europeanism and grassroots mobilization, these essays will be central reading for everyone interested in new approaches to democratization.” (Antonio Costa Pinto, University of Lisbon, Portugal)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Maria Elena Cavallaro is Associate Professor of History of International Relations at LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome, Italy, and member of CIHDE (Centro de Investigaciones Históricas de la Democracia Española) in Madrid, Spain. She was Santander Fellow in Iberian Studies at St. Antony’s College, Oxford, from 2015 to 2016. She has published extensively on the Iberian Peninsula and the European Integration process and she is now working on the role of the Jenkins and Thorn Commissions in the Mediterranean Enlargement.
Kostis Kornetis is Santander Fellow in Iberian Studies at St Antony’s College, Oxford. He previously studied history in Munich, London and Florence and taught at Brown University and New York University. He was Marie Skłodowska Curie Experienced Fellow at the Universidad Carlos III of Madrid, Spain. He has published extensively on the history and memory of social movements in the European South and is currently working on a bookmanuscript on the generational memory of transitions to democracy in Spain, Greece and Portugal.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Rethinking Democratisation in Spain, Greece and Portugal
Editors: Maria Elena Cavallaro, Kostis Kornetis
Series Title: St Antony's Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11108-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-11107-6Published: 06 May 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-11108-3Published: 23 April 2019
Series ISSN: 2633-5964
Series E-ISSN: 2633-5972
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 266
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: European Politics, Democracy, Governance and Government, Political History, Economic History, Comparative Politics