SPANISH RURAL SOCIETY IN TRANSITION

The main features of contemporary Spanish rural society are described in this article. It also offers an account of the most relevant change s during the last decades. Differences in climate, soil types and hist orical processes of iud appropriation have resulted in significant reg ional differences. The last part is devoted to an analysis of the tran sformation of rural society, the old problems that still remain and th e new ones that have emerged after the major social and economic chang es.