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Incorporating Spain into the Comparative Democratization Syllabus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2007

Bonnie N. Field
Bonnie N. Field
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Bentley College
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On June 15, 2007, Spain celebrated 30 years since the 1977 elections inaugurated the current democratic political system. These were the first democratic elections in 40 years—the last were held during Spain's first experience with mass democracy during the Second Republic (1931–1936). This essay explores why and how to incorporate the Spanish case into syllabi on comparative democratization. I suggest a few interesting topics to explore and more fully develop how the Spanish case can be used to illustrate explanations of democratization, namely modernization theory and elite pact making.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 40 , Issue 4 , October 2007 , pp. 701 - 705
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© 2007 The American Political Science Association

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