After the death of Francisco Franco in 1975 the Spanish authoritarian regime'transformed
itself (under pressure from the opposition) into a parliamentary democracy. This regime …

THE TRANSITION FROM DICTATORSHIP TO DEMOCRACY IN Spain has been a
fascinating experience ever since the Autumn of 1976, when the Ley de Reforma Politica …

Since the transition to democracy, two distinct phases have marked the electoral politics of
Spain's current constitutional monarchy. The first phase consisted of victories in 1977 and …

The collapse of the Spanish Communist Party (PCE) in the years following General Franco's
death has often been attributed to the rigidity of its democratic centralism, particularly as …

By Eusebio M. Mujal-Leon he serious illness which struck Francisco Franco last summer
and the uncertainty surrounding his succession have underlined the increasing political …

THE most remarkable of all the results of the 1982 Spanish general election, was the
overwhelming success of the Spanish Socialist Workers party (Partido Socialista Obrero …

The adoption of the Popular Front strategy at the Seventh Congress of the Comintern in July
and August 1935 ensured that popular frontism would be thereafter inevitably and …

1. What har been the nature of the socio-economic changer in Spain since the Civil IVar?
Tremendous changes of social structure have occurred within a political continuum which …

There is no doubt that Spain's post-Franco transition from dictatorship to democracy
represents a remarkable political achievement. Indeed, the Spanish transition has often …