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5. Transition to, and establishment of, democracy (to 1982)
Between Franco's death in 1975 and the mid 1980s Spain's political system underwent a dramatic transformation - from a brutal dictatorship to a liberal democracy. This page examines some of the factors...
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b. Economic, social and cultural policies
As well as politically consolidating his rule, Franco’s aimed to rebuild Spain’s economy. He also aimed to promote Spanish nationalism, Catholicism and traditional values through his socio-cultural policies...
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b. Leadership and economic factors
As you will have seen from the previous page, foreign intervention had two main effects: • It both lengthened and intensified the war • It meant that the Spanish issues that caused the war were overtaken...
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10: Democracy, authoritarianism and conflict in Spain (circa 1920–2020)
The Spanish Civil war is an example of a European civil war which whose outcome was determined largely by foreign intervention. More than half a million people would die in a war described by Antony Beevor...
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7. Spain: Essay planning
This page contains a variety of essay writing exercises and essay plans for this topic. Each essay will give an argument in the question and you will need to evaluate this argument by presenting and evaluating...
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b. Miguel Primo de Rivera's regime
General Primo de Rivera came to power in the political, social and economic turmoil that had been building to a crisis after the First World War. Primo de Rivera ruled until January 1930 and his dictatorial...
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2. The Americas Free
There are 12 possible areas of study for The Americas. You will cover TWO of these areas. Each regional study has six inquiry topics and within each inquiry topic there are four bullet points of content...
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4. Spain: Essay planning
See below for essay frames and hints for essays on Spain. Task One: Essay planning Plan the following essay: Discuss the role of political and economic conditions in causing tension and division in Spain...
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a. Consolidating and maintaining power
The Francoist dictatorship developed from 1936 during the Spanish Civil War and lasted through to 1975. Franco, under the title Caudillo, assumed the powers of the state in September 1936 and kept them...
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