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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
The foundation of a stable democracy in Spain was built on a settled account: an agreement that both sides were equally guilty of violence, a consensus to avoid contention, and a pact of oblivion as the pathway to peace and democracy. That foundation is beginning to crack as perpetrators’ confessions upset the silence and exhumations of mass graves unbury new truths. It has become possible, even if not completely socially acceptable, to speak openly about the past, to disclose the testimonies of the victims, and to ask for truth and justice. Contentious coexistence that put political participation, contestation, and expression in practice has begun to emerge. This book analyzes how this recent transformation has occurred. It recognizes that political processes are not always linear and inexorable. Thus, it remains to be seen how far contentious coexistence will go in Spain.
Reviews
“In Revealing New Truths about Spain’s Violent Past two leading specialists present a strikingly original analysis of problems of atrocity, history, memory and accountability in the case of Spain, unique both in its broadly comparative perspective and in its insight into national issues.” (Stanley G. Payne, Hilldale-Jaume Vicens Vives Professor of History Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
“The credentials of the two authors to this book, as major international experts in their fields, are unimpeachable. The subject is one of burning interest. It is crisply written, carefully thought out and based on an impressive knowledge of the massive empirical literature on the subject as well as the more accessible theoretical material.” (Paul Preston, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK)
Authors and Affiliations
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Departamento de Ciencia Politica, UNED Departamento de Ciencia Politica, Madrid, Spain
Paloma Aguilar
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St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Leigh A. Payne
About the authors
Paloma Aguilar is Associate Professor of Political Science at UNED, Madrid, Spain. She is the author of Memory and Amnesia: The Role of the Spanish Civil War in the Transition to Democracy (2001) and coeditor of The Politics of Memory: Transitional Justice in Democratizing Societies (2001). She was Tinker Professor at the University of Wisconsin and Visiting Professor at Princeton University.
Leigh A. Payne is Professor of Sociology and Latin America and Fellow of St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, UK. Her research has received support from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, British Academy, Social Science Research Council, and various foundations. She is the author of Unsettling Accounts: Neither Truth nor Reconciliation in Confessions of State Violence (2008).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Revealing New Truths about Spain's Violent Past
Book Subtitle: Perpetrators' Confessions and Victim Exhumations
Authors: Paloma Aguilar, Leigh A. Payne
Series Title: St Antony's Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56229-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-56228-9Published: 20 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-56229-6Published: 11 October 2016
Series ISSN: 2633-5964
Series E-ISSN: 2633-5972
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 110
Topics: History, general, Oral History, Memory Studies, History of Modern Europe