1. Civil Society After Dictatorship: a Comparison of Portugal and Spain, 1970s–1990s
- Author:
- Tiago Fernandes
- Publication Date:
- 03-2012
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Kellogg Institute for International Studies
- Abstract:
- This paper explains variations in patterns of civil society among third-wave democracies by comparing the cases of Portugal and Spain. In the former a civil society developed that had a tendency to be more oriented toward national issues and politics, whereas in the latter civil society tended to be more local, social, and disconnected from politics. Portugal, although having both a less developed economy and historically a weaker democratic tradition than Spain's, was a democracy that between the early 1970s and the mid-1990s offered more opportunities for the organized civic expression of popular interests.
- Topic:
- Civil Society, Democratization, Government, Human Rights, and Markets
- Political Geography:
- Europe, Spain, and Portugal