Franco's Spain

by Grugel, Jean; Rees, Tim

• ISBN13: 9780340663233
• ISBN10: 0340663235
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-09-26
• Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers

Summary

Franco's Spain looks beyond the mythology surrounding the origins of the dictatorship to provide a critical overview of the regime. From its emergence from a bloody uprising against a democratic government; through the 'high period' of francoism with its poverty, hunger and fear, followed bya complex period of change and economic growth; to the final demise of the dictatorship, amid open opposition and internal defections.Economics and society are as integral a part of the story in Franco's Spain as politics, and international relations find their place alongside purely domestic issues. The book also peers beyond the grave, examining the transition to democracy after the dictator's death in 1975.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix	(4)
Map	xiii
I THE POLITICS OF FRANCOISM	1	(100)
1 Forging the Francoist State, 1936-1939	3	(20)
The emergence of Francoist rule	3	(6)
The Nationalist Crusade	9	(4)
Political organisation: the making of the single party	13	(4)
Wartime government and early policies	17	(2)
Conclusion	19	(1)
Notes	20	(3)
2 Francoism Triumphant, 1939-1950	23	(24)
Reshaping Spain	24	(6)
Internal structures and organisation	30	(7)
The evolution of internal disputes	37	(6)
Conclusion	43	(1)
Notes	44	(3)
3 The Search for Continuity and Consolidation, 1950-1966	47	(27)
Inside the authoritarian alliance	51	(8)
The struggle for power	59	(8)
The emergence of social opposition	67	(4)
Conclusion	71	(1)
Notes	72	(2)
4 The Death of the Regime, 1966-1976	74	(27)
The political crisis of late Francoism	76	(8)
Internal disagreements and the development of a `civilised right'	84	(4)
The politics of opposition	88	(5)
The disintegration of the regime, 1973-1976	93	(5)
Conclusion	98	(1)
Notes	99	(2)
II THE POLICIES OF FRANCOISM	101	(92)
5 The Political Economy of Francoism	103	(25)
Development and crisis: the economic background to Francoism	103	(3)
The economic foundations of the New State	106	(3)
Spain's economic winter, 1939-1950	109	(3)
The breakdown of autarky, 1951-1959	112	(3)
The new economic foundations of the state	115	(2)
Development and crisis, 1959-1975	117	(5)
Conclusion	122	(1)
Notes	123	(5)
6 Culture and Society under Francoism	128	(29)
The Francoist vision of society	128	(5)
Making society Francoist, 1936-1957	133	(9)
The limits of Francoist cultural and social policy	142	(5)
The dilemmas of the development years, 1958-1975	147	(5)
Conclusion	152	(1)
Notes	153	(4)
7 The International Relations of Francoism	157	(24)
Understanding Francoist foreign policy	158	(3)
From Axis supporter to cold war warrior	161	(4)
Normalisation of foreign relations	165	(3)
Residues of nationalism and the search for international integration	168	(4)
The remnants of empire: the `special relationships' of Latin America and North Africa	172	(3)
International relations at the end of the dictatorship	175	(3)
Conclusion	178	(1)
Notes	179	(2)
8 After Franco: the Transition to Democracy and the Legacy of Francoism	181	(12)
Notes	190	(3)
Select Bibliography	193	(6)
Index	199