Democratic stabilizing strategies: Public and private sector elites in Spanish regime politics.

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dc.contributor.advisorPerkins, Edward J.,en_US
dc.contributor.authorVan Doorn, John Donald.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-16T12:18:51Z
dc.date.available2013-08-16T12:18:51Z
dc.date.issued2002en_US
dc.description.abstractThe dissertation examines the neglected role of regional elites in the process of democratic consolidation in Spain. Spain represents a case (or cases) of the successful consolidation of democracy, despite serious impediments that some of the literature predicts will lead to a failure of consolidation or breakdown of the democratic regime-type. Some of those impediments are significant inter-regional variation in demographic characteristics of the population (language, ethnicity, cultural and history), widely differing leadership styles of regional elites and intra-regional pressures to opt out of the democratic system (the "exit" option). Three regions in Spain-Galicia, Andalusia, and Catalonia---will be examined to test the hypothesis that variations in the strategies and behaviors of regional elites affect the level and quality of democratic institutions and political stability, and thus, democratic consolidation at the regional level. In a final chapter, the implications of the Spanish model will be examined.en_US
dc.format.extentviii, 237 leaves :en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11244/552
dc.noteAdviser: Edward J. Perkins.en_US
dc.noteSource: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 63-12, Section: A, page: 4461.en_US
dc.subjectElite (Social sciences) Spain Catalonia.en_US
dc.subjectPolitical Science, International Law and Relations.en_US
dc.subjectElite (Social sciences) Spain Andalusia.en_US
dc.subjectElite (Social sciences) Spain Galicia.en_US
dc.subjectSpain Politics and government 1975-1982en_US
dc.subjectDemocratization Spain.en_US
dc.subjectPolitical Science, General.en_US
dc.thesis.degreePh.D.en_US
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineDepartment of Political Scienceen_US
dc.titleDemocratic stabilizing strategies: Public and private sector elites in Spanish regime politics.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
ou.groupCollege of Arts and Sciences::Department of Political Science
ou.identifier(UMI)AAI3076355en_US

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