title: The Spanish Transition as a Model of Political Consolidation
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metadata.value: Pozas, María Jesús
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2021-02-09T18:00:13Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2021-02-09T18:00:13Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2020-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Pozas M. J. The Spanish Transition as a Model of Political Consolidation. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2020, vol. 65, issue 4, рp. 1218–1230.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu02.2020.412
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/23686
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article analyses the Spanish Transition from a dictatorship to a democracy as a process of
  political change during the period from Franco’s death in 1975 until the arrival of the Socialists
  to Power in 1982. Over this period, the political parties had reached a consensus, which
  contributed to reconciliation among the Spaniards culminating in the approval of the Constitution
  in 1978, which in its turn resulted in the creation of a rule-of-law state. The key people
  of the transition were King Juan Carlos I, who supported the democratic system; Adolfo
  Suárez, who became an active stateman under Franco’s regime, and was appointed Head of
  Government by the King during the transition; and Torcuato Fernández Miranda, President
  of the Franco’s Courts. During the Transition the sectarianism was abandoned, and a shared
  idea arose that our country was a democracy similarly to other European countries around
  us. The transition has been defined as a “model” because it took root, and democracy quickly
  consolidated. It has become a historical feat with no precedents, but above all we have to understand
  the historical context in which this occurred. The transition was possible thanks to
  genuine consensus among the Spaniards. Recently, an idea has emerged from the communist
  far left, and some socialists, along with separatists, connected with the 2008 crisis, which calls
  for the repeal of the constitutional order and the monarchy. The proponents of this idea consider
  monarchy a continuation of Franco’s regime. However, it is evident that the Constitution
  ensures and guarantees Spaniards’ rights and freedoms.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 65; Issue 4
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: transition
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Spain
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: 1978 Constitution
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Juan Carlos I
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Adolfo Suárez
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The Spanish Transition as a Model of Political Consolidation
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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