Revealing New Truths About Spain's Violent Past
Fernandez, Paloma Aguilar; Payne, Leigh A.
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Hardback. xxx Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 121 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBAH; HBJD; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 293.
The foundation of a stable democracy in Spain was built on a settled account: an agreement that both sides were equally guilty of violence, a consensus to avoid contention, and a pact of oblivion as the pathway to peace and democracy. That foundation is beginning to crack as perpetrators’ confessions upset the silence and exhumations of mass graves unbury new truths. It has become possible, even if not completely socially acceptable, to speak openly about the past, to disclose the testimonies of the victims, and to ask for truth and justice. Contentious coexistence that put political participation, contestation, and expression ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
121
Condition
New
Series
St Antony's Series
Number of Pages
110
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137562289
SKU
V9781137562289
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99-15
About Fernandez, Paloma Aguilar; Payne, Leigh A.
Paloma Aguilar is Associate Professor of Political Science at UNED, Madrid, Spain. She is the author of Memory and Amnesia: The Role of the Spanish Civil War in the Transition to Democracy (2001) and coeditor of The Politics of Memory: Transitional Justice in Democratizing Societies (2001). She was Tinker Professor at the University of Wisconsin and Visiting Professor at Princeton ... Read more
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