Democratic Practice

Robert M. Fishman is CONEX-Marie Curie Professor of Political Science and Sociology at Madrid's Carlos III University. He works on democracy and democratization, social protest movements and political inclusion, culture and politics, and historical approaches to social science. His previous faculty positions were at the University of Notre Dame and at Harvard University.

• PrefaceChapter 1. How Democratic Practice Varies by Country: Legacies of Historical Pathways to DemocracyChapter 2. Messages of Transition: Fundamental Contrasts between Portugal and SpainChapter 3. Democratic Practice in ActionChapter 4. How Democratic Practice MattersChapter 5. How the Cultural Frameworks Underpinning Democratic Practice Shaped the Politics of Crisis: Testing the Argument in the Age of AusterityChapter 6: Does National Conflict within Spain Undermine or Reinforce the Argument? The Catalan Crisis and its AntecedentsChapter 7. Change or Continuity in Cultures? Theorizing the Iberian Peninsula ExperienceConclusions: On the Global Significance of the Iberian Divide in Political Inclusion

Democratic Practice is a fundamental read for any student of comparative politics and democratization, and for any reader interested in the fascinating topic of how the defining issues of present-day politics can originate in past processes.