POLITICAL TRANSITION SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND LEGAL MOBILIZATION IN SPAIN

In: American political science review, Band 83, Heft 3, S. 817-834

Abstract

THE AUTHORS EXAMINE COURT USAGE IN SPAIN BETWEEN 1960 AND 1980. DURING THIS PERIOD SPAIN EXPERIENCED RAPID ECONOMIC GROWTH WITH ITS ATTENDANT SOCIAL CHANGE AND DRAMATIC POLITICAL TRANSITION FROM AUTHORITARIANISM TO DEMOCRACY. BOTH THE MOVEMENT TOWARD DEMOCRACY AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ARE FOUND TO BE POSITIVELY LINKED TO INCREASES IN LEGAL MOBILIZATION.