Robert FishmanRobert M. Fishman

Professor of Sociology
(PhD, Yale University, 1985)
(on leave spring 2012)
230 Hesburgh Center
574-631-8531
email: rfishman@nd.edu
http://www.nd.edu/~rfishman/

Geographic focus: Europe

Thematic interests: Democracy and democratic practice, state and regime transformations, politics and culture, and consequences of inequality

Current research: Writing a book analyzing differences in democratic practice and societal outcomes between “third wave” pioneers Portugal and Spain, the Iberian Peninsula neighbors which, through nearly polar opposite pathways of change, initiated the late 20th century’s worldwide expansion of democratic rule.

Selected publications: “Democratic Practice after the Revolution: The Case of Portugal and Beyond,” Politics And Society 39, 2 (June 2011); “Portugal’s Unnecessary Bailout,” New York Times Op-Ed (April 12, Online; April 13, Print, 2011); The Year of the Euro: The Cultural, Social, and Political Import of Europe’s Common Currency (coeditor with Anthony Messina, 2006); Democracy’s Voices: Social Ties and the Quality of Public Life in Spain (2004, also translated into Spanish), winner of 2005 Honorable Mention for Best Book in Political Sociology; Working Class Organization and the Return to Democracy in Spain (1990, also translated into Spanish).

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Working papers: #317: On the Continuing Relevance of the Weberian Methodological Perspective (with Applications to the Spanish Case of Elections in the Aftermath of Terrorism), #118: Labor and the Return of Democracy to Spain