Making Democratic Citizens in Spain: Civil Society and the Popular Origins of the Transition, 1960-78

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
List of Tables......Page 13
Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgments......Page 16
List of Abbreviations and Glossary......Page 18
Introduction......Page 20
Introduction: A multi-factor model—State policies, structural changes, and social capital......Page 38
The role of the state: Creating a new legal and discursive framework......Page 44
The role of structural change: Economic growth and urban crisis......Page 52
Social capital: The building blocks of mobilization......Page 56
Conclusion......Page 81
Introduction: Associations and the revival of civil society......Page 83
A point of departure: Associational life in the 1940s and 1950s......Page 86
A new era of associationism: The 1960s–1970s......Page 89
Conclusion......Page 127
Introduction: Gender, citizenship and the equality/difference paradox......Page 128
Invisible citizens: Women in the Asociaciones de Vecinos......Page 133
Problematic citizens: Women in the Asociaciones de Amas de Casa......Page 147
Conclusion......Page 172
Introduction: The associational milieu as a discursive “field”......Page 174
Constituting the discourse of “Familiarismo”: Venues and media channels......Page 177
The blueprint for Familiarista discourse: The ACF statutes......Page 179
Defining the boundaries of a culture of civic participation......Page 183
The family association movement during the transition......Page 205
Conclusion......Page 207
5 Women and Familiarismo: The Civic Discourse of the Homemaker Associations......Page 209
Defining the subject of the Asociaciones de Amas de Casa: Family, homemaker or woman?......Page 212
Debating the role of women in society: Between feminism and “immobilism”......Page 216
The AAC in civil society: Citizens and consumers......Page 221
State/civil society relations: Debating the terms of the collaborationist model......Page 228
The homemaker association discourse in the “general” public sphere......Page 234
The “dissident” AAC associations......Page 240
The homemaker association discourse during the Transition......Page 245
Conclusion......Page 252
6 The Civic Discourse of the Neighborhood Associations of Madrid: From Community Improvement to “Citizen Movement”......Page 254
The discourse of the Asociaciones de Vecinos: A conversation in statutes......Page 255
The roots of AV discourse in Madrid: From homeowners to vecinos......Page 259
Constituting the civic community in the AV Discourse: The horizontal axis......Page 263
The end of experimentation: The boilerplate statutes of April 1977......Page 276
The statutes of the AV versus the ACF......Page 278
The Asociaciones de Vecinos in the transition: The birth of the “citizen movement”......Page 280
Conclusion......Page 289
7 The Civic Community in Practice: Family and Neighborhood Associations as “Schools of Democracy”......Page 291
Introduction: When did associations function as “schools of democracy”?......Page 292
The “private” functions of the associations: From mutual aid society to social club......Page 294
The “civic” activities of the associations: From community fiestas to Auto-Soluciones......Page 300
The “civic” activities of the Associations: Performing self-government......Page 306
“Political” functions of the associations: Negotiating with the state......Page 316
Conclusion......Page 335
Conclusion/Epilogue......Page 338
Notes......Page 351
Bibliography......Page 415
Index......Page 425