Politics as usual? The Trials and Tribulations of the Law of Historical Memory in Spain

Blakeley, Georgina (2008). Politics as usual? The Trials and Tribulations of the Law of Historical Memory in Spain. Entelequia. Revista Interdisciplinar, 7 pp. 315–330.

URL: http://www.eumed.net/entelequia/en.art.php?a=07a19

Abstract

The aim of this article is to evaluate the Law of Historical Memory from a political perspective where politics is understood as "the art of the possible". It will be argued that the Law of Historical Memory is a product of the compromises which characterise the process of politics as usual in a functioning democracy. An analysis of the Law of Historical Memory, therefore, can illuminate the way in which politics functions in Spain today. Two main issues are focused on: the primacy of electoral considerations and the interaction between state and civil society.

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