HOWARD J. WIARDA is Professor of Political Science and the Leonard J. Horwitz Professor of Iberian and Latin American Studies at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst. He also is Senior Associate of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. A prolific scholar, he is the author of numerous studies, including American Foreign Policy, Introduction to Comparative Politics, Latin Amerian Politics and Development, Transitions to Democracy in Spain and Portugal, and Politics in Iberia.MARGARET MacLEISH MOTT is Professor of Political Science and Writing at Marlboro College. She has published in the Journal of Church and State and has twice walked across Spain on the Road of St. James.

• Preface Introduction The Long Sweep of Iberian History The Franco and Salazar Regimes The Transitions to Democracy Political Culture: The Iberian Melody Interest Groups and the Political Process Political Parties and Elections Government and the Role of the State Public Policy: Domestic and Foreign Conclusion: Roots and Flowers

HOWARD J. WIARDA is Professor of Political Science and the Leonard J. Horwitz Professor of Iberian and Latin American Studies at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst. He also is Senior Associate of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. A prolific scholar, he is the author of numerous studies, including American Foreign Policy, Introduction to Comparative Politics, Latin Amerian Politics and Development, Transitions to Democracy in Spain and Portugal, and Politics in Iberia.MARGARET MacLEISH MOTT is Professor of Political Science and Writing at Marlboro College. She has published in the Journal of Church and State and has twice walked across Spain on the Road of St. James.

• Preface Introduction The Long Sweep of Iberian History The Franco and Salazar Regimes The Transitions to Democracy Political Culture: The Iberian Melody Interest Groups and the Political Process Political Parties and Elections Government and the Role of the State Public Policy: Domestic and Foreign Conclusion: Roots and Flowers

HOWARD J. WIARDA is Professor of Political Science and the Leonard J. Horwitz Professor of Iberian and Latin American Studies at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst. He also is Senior Associate of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. A prolific scholar, he is the author of numerous studies, including American Foreign Policy, Introduction to Comparative Politics, Latin Amerian Politics and Development, Transitions to Democracy in Spain and Portugal, and Politics in Iberia.MARGARET MacLEISH MOTT is Professor of Political Science and Writing at Marlboro College. She has published in the Journal of Church and State and has twice walked across Spain on the Road of St. James.

• Preface Introduction The Long Sweep of Iberian History The Franco and Salazar Regimes The Transitions to Democracy Political Culture: The Iberian Melody Interest Groups and the Political Process Political Parties and Elections Government and the Role of the State Public Policy: Domestic and Foreign Conclusion: Roots and Flowers