Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xii
5. Chapter 1 Introduction 1
6. 2 Spanish Exceptionalism: The Absence of a Tradition of Democratic Stability 21
7. 3 Institutional Crystallization and Democratic Consolidation 79
8. 4 A New Political Culture 131
9. 5 Elections and Parties: The Stabilization of Electoral Behavior 198
10. 6 The Many Spains: From Authoritarian Centralism to the Estado de las Autonomias 280
11. 7 Public Policy and Decision Making: From Dictatorship to Democracy 335
12. Notes 399
13. References 429
14. Index 463