Transitions from authoritarian rule Southern Europe

Papers originally commissioned for conferences or meetings sponsored by the Latin American Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars between 1979 and 1981.

Also published as part 1 in the one-vol. work Transitions from authoritarian rule.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 187-212.

An introduction to southern European transitions from authoritarian rule : Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey / Philippe C. Schmitter -- Political economy, legitimation, and the state in southern Europe / Salvador Giner -- The demise of the first Fascist regime and Italy's transition to democracy, 1943-1948 / Gianfranco Pasquino -- Political change in Spain and the prospects for democracy / José María Maravall and Julián Santamaría -- Regime overthrow and the prospects for democratic transition in Portugal / Kenneth Maxwell -- Regime change and the prospects for democracy in Greece, 1974-1983 / P. Nikiforos Diamandouros -- Democracy in Turkey : problems and prospects / Ilkay Sunar and Sabri Sayari.