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

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

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-212) and index.

An introduction to southern European transitions from authoritarian rule : Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey / Philippe C. Schmitt er -- 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 / Josâe Marâia Maravall and Juliâan Santamarâia -- Regime overthrow and the prospects for demo cratic transition in Portugal / Kenneth Maxwell -- Regime change and th e prospects for democracy in Greece, 1974-1983 / P. Nikiforos Diamandou ros -- Democracy in Turkey : problems and prospects / Ilkay Sunar and S abri Sayari.