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Abstract
This book addresses the changing relationships among political participation, political representation, and popular mobilization in Spain from the 1766 protest in Madrid against the early Bourbon reforms until the citizen revolution of 1868 that first introduced universal suffrage and led to the ousting of the monarchy.
Popular Participation and the Democratic Imagination in Spain shows that a notion of the “crowd” internally dividing the concept of “people” existed before the advent of Liberalism, allowing for the enduring subordination of popular participation to representation in politics.
In its wider European and colonial American context, the study analyzes semantic changes in a range of cultural spheres, from parliamentary debate to historical narrative and aesthetics. It shows how Liberalism had trouble reproducing the legitimacy of limited suffrage and traces the evolution of an imagination on democracy that would allow for the reconfiguration of an all-encompassing image of the people eventually overcoming representative government.
Popular Participation and the Democratic Imagination in Spain shows that a notion of the “crowd” internally dividing the concept of “people” existed before the advent of Liberalism, allowing for the enduring subordination of popular participation to representation in politics.
In its wider European and colonial American context, the study analyzes semantic changes in a range of cultural spheres, from parliamentary debate to historical narrative and aesthetics. It shows how Liberalism had trouble reproducing the legitimacy of limited suffrage and traces the evolution of an imagination on democracy that would allow for the reconfiguration of an all-encompassing image of the people eventually overcoming representative government.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | London |
Publisher | Palgrave |
Number of pages | 377 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-030-52596-5 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-3-030-52595-8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 20 Nov 2020 |
Keywords
- Political participation
- Early Modern History
- Modern History
- Political representation
- Mobilization
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Revolutions
- Popular culture
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Exploratory Project: Exploring the temporality of imperial postdecadence and its influence over modern culture and politics
Léon, Pablo Sánchez (Recipient), 1 Jun 2022
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Monarchy, aristocracy, democracy
Pablo Sánchez Léon (Organiser)
26 Sept 2022 → 27 Sept 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Dinámicas radicales: culturas políticas e identidades populares en las juntas urbanas (España, décadas de 1830 y 1840)
Pablo Sánchez Léon (Invited speaker)
25 Mar 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Povos escravizados, nativos e roceiros
Pablo Sánchez Léon (Invited speaker)
9 Jun 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course