In few places, contends Professor Arango, do illusions obscure reality as they do in Spain. The Spaniard as well as the foreigner has believed and sustained the myths; the scholar as well as the poet. For the Spaniard, myth became the substitute for action in a world in which Spain was increasingly a nonparticipant. It replaced the reality of Spain

Based on more than 500 hours of interviews with key political elites (under both the Franco regime and the current democracy), extensive analyses of public opinion and electoral behavior surveys, and other original research, the book sheds important new light on Spain's democractic regime and its key institutions."--BOOK JACKET.

Jordi Sevilla dirige una propuesta de reforma de la Administración General del Estado que proporcione un mejor servicio al ciudadano desde la apertura y la transparencia.

"A critical report about the origins, present state and future perspectives of sociology in Spain."--Page 4 of cover.