April 1993, Volume 4, Issue 2
Labor in Post-Franco Spain
A review of Working-Class Organization and the Return to Democracy in Spain, by Robert M. Fishman.
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Country: Spain: Spain
April 2019, Volume 30, Issue 2
Catalonia: The Perils of Majoritarianism
Spain’s system of Autonomous Communities had functioned fairly smoothly for decades following the country’s democratic transition, but events in Catalonia are putting it under unprecedented strain.
January 2014, Volume 25, Issue 1
Mediterranean Blues: The Crisis in Southern Europe
Beset by economic and political crises, democracy in southern Europe has been eroding, along with support for the EU. These developments stem largely from the design of the euro, which denies key economic-policy tools to national governments.
January 2024, Volume 35, Issue 1
Why Separatism Is No Match for Democracy
Separatists encounter a fundamental paradox: The very political flexibility that allows their aspirations to flourish in a democratic setting also provides the tools to snuff out their movements. It explains why they almost never succeed.
April 2012, Volume 23, Issue 2
Discovering the “State-Nation”
A review of Crafting State-Nations: India and Other Multinational Democracies by Alfred Stepan, Juan J. Linz, and Yogendra Yadav.