Laurence Whitehead is a professor at Nuffield College at Oxford University.

• ForewordPreface1. An Introduction to Southern European Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey2. Political Economy, Legitimation, and the State in Southern Europe3. The Demise of the First Fascist Regime and Italy's Transition to Democracy: 1943-19484. Political Change in Spain and the Prospects for Democracy5. Regime Overthrow and the Prospects for Democratic Transition in Portugal6. Regime Change and the Prospects for Democracy in Greece: 1974-19837. Democracy in Turkey: Problems and ProspectsNotesIndex

The essays appearing in the collection Transitions from Authoritarian rule... will serve as reference points for students of redemocratization for years to come. Other essays will serve as classic case studies... the volumes deserve to be read time and again. -- Nancy Bermeo Comparative Politics

Laurence Whitehead is a professor at Nuffield College at Oxford University.

• ForewordPreface1. An Introduction to Southern European Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey2. Political Economy, Legitimation, and the State in Southern Europe3. The Demise of the First Fascist Regime and Italy's Transition to Democracy: 1943-19484. Political Change in Spain and the Prospects for Democracy5. Regime Overthrow and the Prospects for Democratic Transition in Portugal6. Regime Change and the Prospects for Democracy in Greece: 1974-19837. Democracy in Turkey: Problems and ProspectsNotesIndex

The essays appearing in the collection Transitions from Authoritarian rule... will serve as reference points for students of redemocratization for years to come. Other essays will serve as classic case studies... the volumes deserve to be read time and again. -- Nancy Bermeo Comparative Politics

Laurence Whitehead is a professor at Nuffield College at Oxford University.

• ForewordPreface1. An Introduction to Southern European Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey2. Political Economy, Legitimation, and the State in Southern Europe3. The Demise of the First Fascist Regime and Italy's Transition to Democracy: 1943-19484. Political Change in Spain and the Prospects for Democracy5. Regime Overthrow and the Prospects for Democratic Transition in Portugal6. Regime Change and the Prospects for Democracy in Greece: 1974-19837. Democracy in Turkey: Problems and ProspectsNotesIndex

The essays appearing in the collection Transitions from Authoritarian rule... will serve as reference points for students of redemocratization for years to come. Other essays will serve as classic case studies... the volumes deserve to be read time and again. -- Nancy Bermeo Comparative Politics