Part I. Interpreting the Spanish Transition to Democracy: 1. Introduction

2. Theories of transition and transitions in theory

3. Spain: a history of divisions and democracy

Part II. The Symbolic Basis of Spanish Consensus: 4. The spirit of consensus: the core representations of the Spanish transition

5. The curtain rises: the first democratic elections: 6. The 1977 Moncloa pacts and ritualization of communality

Part III. Conflict and Consensus in the Institutionalization of Spanish Democracy: 7. Democratic reaggregation and the 1978 Constitution

8. The Basque exception: questions of communality and democracy

9. Conclusion and epilogue.