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Designed To Evaluate The Paradigmatic View Of The Spanish Transition As An Ideal Model For Political And Social Change, This New And Innovative Volume Appraises Spain's Movement To Democracy From A Variety Of Important Perspectives. The Spanish Model Revisited / Richard Gunther -- The Selection Of An Electoral System: Less Consensus, More Heresthetics / José Ramón Montero And Ignacio Lago -- Interparty Consensus And Partisanship In Spain's Transition To Democracy / Bonnie N. Field -- Radicalism Without Representation: On The Character Of Social Movements In The Spanish Transition To Democracy / Pablo Sánchez León -- Children Of A Lesser God: The Political And The Pastoral Action Of The Spanish Catholic Church / Gregorio Alonso -- Salvation By Betrayal: The Left And The Spanish Nation / Alejandro Quiroga -- The Basque Experience Of The Transition To Democracy / Diego Muro -- The Pacto De Olvido / Carsten Humlabaek -- Cinema And Television In The Transition / Paul Julian Smith -- The Role Of The Eec In The Spanish, Portuguese And Greek Transitions / José M. Magone -- Democratizing Spain: Lessons For International Democratic Promotion / Omar Encarnación. Edited By Gregorio Alonso And Diego Muro. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.