ABSTRACT
Since the restoration of democracy, Spain seems to have become a modern capitalist economy, a liberal democratic state and a tolerant, pluralist society, based in principle on respect for values common to other Western societies, including individual freedom and human rights. This has been the result of a deep institutional and cultural transformation of which the most exceptional aspect has been the democratic transition (Pérez-Díaz, 1993). However, it is not so clear that the set of values, attitudes and feelings that constitute political culture has been transformed in the same positive direction. In this chapter we argue that current Spanish political culture still contains many elements of subjection.
