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MARIANO TORCAL
Full Profesor in Political Science
Department of Political Science
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
C/ Ramon Trias Fargas 25-27
08005 Barcelona
Spain
Phone 34-93-542-2374
Fax 34-93-542-2372.
E-mail: [email protected]
1. EDUCATION:
2002 PhD. Ohio State University (USA). (Political Science).
1995 Ph.D. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain). (Political Science). Dissertation
awarded National Center for Sociological Research (CIS) annual prize for Best
Quantitative Dissertation in Social Sciences in Spain.
1992 M.A. Ohio State University, (Political Science).
1992-1995 Travelling Scholar at the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
and The Institute for Social Research (University of Michigan).
1989 M.A. Instituto Universitario José Ortega y Gasset, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
(Spain); (International Relations).
1988 B.A. Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain). (Sociology).
1986 B.A. Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain). (Political Science).
2. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2.1. TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2006-Present Full Professor, Department of Political Science, Universitat Pompeu
Fabra (Spain).
2006-Present Senior Adjunt Faculty, Josep Korbel Graduate School of International
Studies (GSIS), Denver University.
2017 Jean Monet Center of Excellence Visiting Scholar, University of North
Carolina.
2016 Visiting Scholar at the CISE - Centro Italiano Studi Elettorali at the LUISS
University, Rome, Italy.
2016 Visiting Professor at the Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische
Sozialforschung (MZES), University of Mannheim.
2016 26th PhD Summer School of the ECPR Standing Group in Political Parties,
University of Nottingham, 11-26 September 2016.
1997- 2000 Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Universidad
Autónoma de Madrid (Spain).
1993-1996 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Universidad
Autónoma de Madrid (Spain).
2009 Visiting Professor, Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane (SUM) Florence-
Italy. From October to December, 2009. Course: “Comparative Political
Behaviour.”
2009-2010 Visiting Professor of the Escuela de Formación Electoral y Civil (EFEC),
Junta Central Electoral, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana.
1996-1997 Assistant Professor, Instituto Avanzado en Ciencias Sociales, Fundación
Juan March, Madrid (Spain).
1996 Visiting Professor, Department of Political Science, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor.
2.2. ACADEMIC AND SERVICE/ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSABILITIES:
Academic Responsibilities
2009-Present Director of the Research and Expertise Centre for Survey Methodology
(RECSM), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.
2010- Present Member of the Scientific Commission of the Study “México, las Américas y el
Mundo 2010”, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE)
2016- Present Member of the 2016/17 LAPOP AmericasBarometer Planning Caucus.
2016 Organizer of the WAPOR Regional Congress “Political Trust in Contemporary
Democracies, Barcelona, 24-25 October.
2016 Member of the Scientific Committee of the Latin American WAPOR Congress
(World Association for Public Opinion Research), Monterrey, México, 12-14
October.
2001-2013 National Coordinator of the European Social Survey.
2005 Co-organizer of the I ESRA (European Survey Research Association) Congress,
Barcelona 18-22 July.
2013 President and organizer of the I Southern European and VII National Congress in
Survey Methodology, Barcelona 16-20 December.
2014 Member of the Scientific Committee of the Latin American WAPOR Congress
(World Association for Public Opinion Research), Santiago de Chile, 18-20 June.
2009 Organization of the Intune Winter School. Barcelona, 12-14 January
2009-2010 Consultant to the UNDP and AECID to create the OBSEROB (Observatorio de
Opinión Pública) of the Dominican Republic, design and implementation of a
post-electoral survey.
Service Administrative Positions:
2004-2007 Department Chair for the Political Science Department at the Universitat Pompeu
Fabra
2004-2007 Director of the PhD Program, Department of Political and Social Sciences at the
Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
2003-2004 Associate Dean for the Political Science Department at the Universitat Pompeu
Fabra.
1994-1996 Assistant to the Chair of the Department of Political Science at the Universidad
Autónoma de Madrid.
Member of Journal Editorial Boards:
2006-Present Member of the Editorial Board of Survey Research Methods.
2006-Present Member of the Editorial Board of Southern European Society and Politics.
2008-Present Member of the Editorial Board of The Journal of Politics in Latin America, at the
GIGA Institute of Latin American Studies.
2015-Present Member of the Editorial Board of Revista Latinoamericana de Opinión Pública.
2016-Present Member of the Editorial Board of the European Political Science Review.
1998-2006 Assistant Editor of the Journal Southern European Politics and Society, published
by Frank Cass.
2004-2006 Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal, Revista de Estudios Políticos, at the
Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales.
2004-2010 Member of the Editorial Board of Revista Española de Investigaciones
Sociológicas.
Peer review of the following journals: American Political Science Review,
American Journal of Political Science, Comparative Politics, Comparative
Political Studies, British Journal of Political Research, European Journal of
Political Research, Journal of Politics, Journal of American Politics, Party
Politics, Latin American Politics and Society, Political Research Quaterly,
Electoral Studies, Political Communication, West European Politics, Political
Behavior, Canadian Journal of Political Research, Política y Gobierno and more.
2.2 DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS (in the past five years)
Directed and Defended:
1. Title: “La Escala Izquierda-Derecha en España”. PhD Candidate: Lucía Medina. Program: PhD
in Political Science. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (Dpt.of Political Science), 2012.
2. Title: “The Impact of Political Sophistication on the Use of Cognitive Shortcuts: Evidence from
Experiments and Secondary Data”. PhD Candidate: Lorenzo Brusatin. Program: PhD in Political
and Social Science. Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Dpt.of Social and Political Science), 2012.
3. Title: “Behind Left and Right. The Meaning of Left-Right Self-Identification in European
Countries”. PhD Candidate: Wiebke Katharina Weber. Program: PhD in Political and Social
Science. Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Dpt.of Social and Political Science), January 2013.
4. Title: “Mas Allá de una Distinción Dicotómica del Apoyo a la Democracia”. PhD Candidate:
Lorena Recabarren. Program: PhD in Political and Social Science. Universitat Pompeu Fabra
(Dpt.of Social and Political Science), July 2014.
5. Title: “The Social Mechanisms of Political Intermediation Interpersonal Discussant Networks
and Voting Behavior”. PhD Candidate: Gerardo Maldonado. Program: PhD in Political and
Social Science. Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Dpt.of Social and Political Science). February 2015.
6. Title: “The Link Between Political Participation and Life Satisfaction”. PhD Candidate: André
Barra Gomes Pirralha. Program: PhD in Political and Social Science. Universitat Pompeu Fabra
(Dpt.of Social and Political Science). March 2016.
7. Title: “Trusting People in Times of Crisis. Panel and experimental evidence on political
foundations and consequences of social trust”. PhD candidate: Sergio Martini. PhD in Political
and Social Science. Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Dpt. of Social and Political Science). February
2017.
3. FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS:
2015-present ICREA-ACADEMIA Intense Research award.
2017 Jean Monet Center of Excellence Grant, University of North Carolina.
2012 Edgardo Catterberg Award for the best conference paper “A Dark side of Political
Deliberation? The Media and Political Discussion Effects on Political Interest”, V Latin
American Congress WAPOR (World Association for Public Opinion Research),
Colombia, September 2012.
2007-10 Grant for the Program I3 “Intensity Research Programme” to be on leave for three years
to do research funded by the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Spanish Ministry for
Education and Science, July 2008, Barcelona.
2007 The council of the dean of the University Pompeu Fabra annual award for the Transfer of
Knowledge, Barcelona.
2006 “Best book published during 2006” by the Spanish Association of Political Science
(AECPA) for “Ciudadanos, asociaciones y participación política en España”, Madrid:
Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 2006. (with José Ramón Montero and Joan
Font).
2003 “Best article published during 2003” by the Spanish Association of Political Science
(AECPA).
1997 “Honorable Mention for the Gregory M. Luebbert Prize for best article in Comparative
Politics of 1997,” Comparative Politics section of the American Political Science
Association, for “Elite Strategy, Social Cleavages, and Party Systems in a New
Democracy: Spain”, Comparative Political Studies, 30, February 1997, pp. 27-54.
1997 Post-doctoral Fellowship at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of
Notre Dame, Indiana.
1995 National Center for Sociological Research (C.I.S.) annual dissertation award for Best
Quantitative Dissertation in the Social Sciences, Madrid.
1990-1994 Fulbright Scholarship.
1989 Scholarship of Young Researchers. Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS)
1988-1989 Fundación Ortega y Gasset; M. A. Fellowship in International Relations.
4. PUBLICATIONS:
4.1. BOOKS:
A. Published in English
The Europeanization of National Politics? Citizenship and Support in a Post-Enlargement Union
(Citizenship, Identity and European Integration). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012 (with David
Sanders, Gabor Toka and Paolo Belluci).
Political Disaffection in Contemporary Democracies: Social capital, Institutions, and Politics. London:
Routledge, 2006 (with Jose Ramón Montero)
B. Published in Spanish or Catalan
Institucionalización del Sistema de Partidos en América Latina: medición, origen y consecuencias.
Barcelona: Anthropos/ Buenos Aires: Siglo XXI, 2015. ISBN: 978-84-15260-35-6.
Mariano Torcal, Leticia M. Rodríguez y Gerardo Maldonado, El votante dominicano: Ciudadanos y
elecciones en República Dominicana, Santo Domingo: Junta Central Electoral, 2016. ISBN: 978-9945-
470-56-7
Elecciones Europeas 2009. Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 2012. (with Joan Font).
La ciudadanía europea en el siglo XXI. Estudio comparado de sus actitudes, opinión pública y
comportamiento políticos. Madrid. Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 2010.
Què pensen els Catalans sobre el seu sistema polític i la seva societat?L’Enquesta Social Europea a
Catalunya. Barcelona: Dirección General de Participación Ciudadana, 2010 (with Guillem Rico and
MªJosé Hierro)
Elecciones Generales 2004. Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 2007. (with José Ramón
Montero and Ignacio Lago).
Ciudadanos, Asociaciones y Participación Política en España. Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones
Sociológicas, 2006. (with José Ramón Montero and Joan Font).
España: Sociedad y Política en Perspectiva Comparada. Valencia: Tirant Lo Blanch, 2005. (with
Santiago Pérez-Nievas and Laura Morales).
Utilidades y presentación de Datos con SPSS/PC+, versiones 2.1 a 4.0. Madrid: Alianza Universidad,
1992 (with J.R. Sanchez Carrión).
4.2. ARTICLES IN PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS:
A. Under review.
Mariano Torcal, “Explaining the emergence of new political parties: the exogenous and conditional
effect of political trust in the 2015 Spanish General Election”. European Political Science Review
Mariano Torcal, Clara Riba and Sergio Martini, “The Attitudinal Origins of Survey Cooperation: a
Multilevel Analysis of Paradata from the European Social Survey”. Journal of Survey Statistics and
Methodology
B. Published in English
Pablo Christmann and Mariano Torcal (2017) “The Political and Economic Causes of Satisfaction with
Democracy in Spain: A Twofold Panel Study”. West European Politics, Doi:
10.1080/01402382.2017.1302178. (with Pablo Christmann).
“The Effects of Government System Fractionalization on Satisfaction with Democracy”. Political
Science Research and Methods (accepted February 26th). (with Pablo Christmann).
“Trust across political conflicts: evidence from a survey experiment in divided societies”. Party
Politics, 2016. Doi: 10.1177/1354068816685933 (with Sergio Martini)
“Word on the Street: The Persistence of Leftist-dominated Protest in Europe” West European Politics,
2016 39 (2), pp. 326-350. Doi: 10.1080/01402382.2015.1068525 (with Toni Rodón and María José
Hierro).
“Revisiting the Dark Side of Political Deliberation: The Effects of Media and Political Discussion on
Political Interest” Public Opinion Quaterly, 2014, pp. 1-28, DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfu035 (with Gerardo
Maldonado)
“The Decline of Political Trust in Spain and Portugal: Economic Performance or Political
Responsiveness”. American Behavioral Scientist, 2014, pp. 1-26, DOI: 10.1177/0002764214534662
“The Incumbent Electoral Defeat in the 2011 Spanish National Elections: The Effect of the Economic
Crisis in an Ideological Polarized Party System” Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, vol
24(2), 2014: 224-242.
The Role of Political Parties in Shaping Citizens’ Political Preferences for the Territorial Organization of
the State: The Spanish Case”. European Political Science Review, November 2013, pp 1 - 26
DOI: 10.1017/S1755773913000210 (with Fabiola Mota).
“Institutional trust and multilevel government in the European Union: Congruence or compensation?”
European Union Politics, Volume 12 Issue 4 December 2011, pp. 551-574. (with Jordi Muñoz and
Eduard Bonet)
“Electoral Coordination Strikes Again: The 2008 General Election in Spain” Southern European Society
and Politics, 13 (3) September 2008, pp 363-377 (with Ignacio Lago)
“The 2006 Regional Election in Catalonia: Exit, Voice, and Electoral Market Failures, Southern
European Society and Politics, 12 (2) June 2007, pp 221-235 (with Ignacio Lago and J.R. Montero)
“The Spanish General Election: In the Shadow of Al-Qaeda” Southern European Society and Politics 9
(3) winter 2004: 107-121. (with Guillem Rico)
“The Political Re-crafting of Social Bases of Party Competition: The Case of Chile 1973-1995,” British
Journal of Political Science 33, 2003: pp. 55-84 (with Scott Mainwaring).
“Institutional Disaffection and Democratic History in New Democracies,” Central European Political
Science Review 3 (10), 2002: pp. 40-77.
“Elite Strategy, Social Cleavages and Party Systems in a New Democracy: Spain”, Comparative
Political Studies 30, February, 1997: 27-54 (with Pradeep Chhibber).
Awarded with the “Honorable Mention for the Gregory M. Luebbert Prize for best article in
Comparative Politics of 1997,” Comparative Politics section of the American Political Science
Association.
“Democracy in Spain: Legitimacy, Discontent, and Disaffection”, Studies in Comparative International
Development 32, fall 1997: 124-160 (with J.R. Montero and R. P. Gunther).
“Voters and Citizens in a New Democracy: Some Trend Data on Political Attitudes in Spain”, in
International Journal of Public Opinion Research 2, 1990: 116-140 (with José Ramón Montero).
C. Published in Spanish
“Efectos de la exposición a los medios de comunicación y la discusión en las actitudes hacia la política”,
Revista Latinoamericana de Opinión Pública 4, 2014, pp. 133-197 (with Gerardo Maldonado).
“Los efectos negativos de la polarización política: confianza social, partidismo e identidades
nacionales/territoriales en España”. Anuario de Facultad de Derecho Universidad 17, 2013, pp. 333-
353. (with Sergio Martini).
“¿Fallo institucional o efectos de la crisis económica? Las causas de la crisis del europeísmo en España y
Portugal” Panorama Social 17, 2013, pp. 83-99.
“Estrategia para aumentar la tasa de respuesta de la Encuesta Social Europea”, Revista Internacional de
Sociología, vol.68(3), 2010, pp.603-635 (with Clara Riba y Laura Morales)
“El Origen y la Evolución del Apoyo a la Democracia en España. La Construcción del Apoyo
Incondicional en las Nuevas Democracias”, Revista Española de Ciencia Política, 18, 2008: pp 29-65.
“La Participación Política de los Españoles”, Claves de la Razón Práctica, 173, 2007: 38-45 (with
Ignacio Lago and José Ramón Montero).
“Supervisión y Control de Calidad del Trabajo de Campo de la Encuesta Social Europea en España:
Evaluación y Resultados”, Metodología de Encuestas, 7, 2006: 75-96 (with Laura Morales and Clara
Riba).
“La Participación Política en España: Modos y Niveles en Perspectiva Comparada”, Revista de Estudios
Políticos, 132, 2006: 7-41 (with José Ramón Montero and Jan Teorell).
“La Institucionalización de los Sistemas de Partidos y la Teoría del Sistema Partidista Después de la
Tercera Ola Democratizadora”, Revista América Latina Hoy, 41, 2005:141-173 (with Scott
Mainwaring).
“El conflicto democracia/autoritarismo y sus bases sociales en Chile, 1973-1995: Un ejemplo de
redifinición política de un cleavage”, Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 102, 2003: 51-
82 (with Scott Mainwaring).
“Ciudadanos y partidos en el sur de Europa: los sentimientos antipartidistas”, Revista Española de
Investigaciones Sociológicas, 101, 2003: 9-48 (with José Ramón Montero and Richard Gunther).
“¿Por qué se aleja la gente de los partidos políticos? Los sentimientos antipartidistas en las democracias
representativas”, Responsa Iurisperitorum Digesta 4, 2003: 9-46 (with José Ramón Montero).
“Ideología y voto en España 1979-2000: los procesos de reconstrucción racional de la identificación
ideológica”, Revista Española de Ciencia Política 6, 2002: 57-96 (with Lucia Medina).
“La desafección en las nuevas democracias del sur de Europa y Latinoamérica,” Instituciones y
Desarrollo 8-9, May 2001: 229-280.
“La Desafección Democrática,” Leviatán 84, 2001: 161-183.
“La formación y consecuencias del capital social en España”, Revista Española de Ciencia Política 2,
April 2000: 79-122 (with José Ramón Montero).
“La Desafección Política en España: Un Legado que Condiciona el Presente,” Revista de Occidente 227,
April 2000: 15-30 (with José Ramón Montero).
“La formación y consecuencias del capital social en España”, Revista Española de Ciencia Política, 2,
April 2000, pp. 79-122 (with José Ramón Montero).
“Legitimidad, Descontento y Desafección: El Caso Español”, Estudios Públicos 74, Autumn 1999: 105-
148 (with J.R. Montero and R.P. Gunther).
“Actitudes Hacia la Democracia en España: Legitimidad, Descontento y Desafección”, Revista
Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas 83, September 1998: pp. 9-49 (with J.R. Montero and R.P.
Gunther).
“Cambio Cultural, Conflictos Políticos y Política en España”, Revista de Estudios Políticos 89, 1995: 9-
34 (with J.R. Montero).
"Elites, Cleavages y Sistema de Partidos en una Nueva Democracia Consolidada: España (1986-1992),"
Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 69, 1995, pp. 7-38 (with Pradeep Chhibber).
“Elites, Factores Estructurales y Democratización (Una Discusión de Aportes Recientes en la
Literatura)”, Revista de Estudios Políticos 80, 1993: 329-350 (with Felipe Agüero).
“Política y Cambio Cultural en España: Una Nota sobre la Dimensión Postmaterialista”, Revista
Internacional de Sociología 1, 1992: 61-99 (with J. R. Montero).
“Los Sistemas Electorales en España: Una Recapitulación”, Revista Española de Investigaciones
Sociológicas 58, 1992: 7-56 (with J.R. Montero and F.J. Llera).
“Análisis Dimensional y Estudio de Valores: El Cambio Cultural en España”, Revista Española de
Investigaciones Sociológicas 58, 1992: 97-122.
“Perfiles de la Cultura Política en una Nueva Democracia: España 1975-1990”, Revista Uruguaya de
Ciencia Política 5, 1992: 59-78 (with J.R. Montero).
“Las Comunidades Autónomas como 'Arenas' de Competición Electoral”, Política y Sociedad 8, 1991:
101-112 (with J.R. Montero).
“Autonomías y Comunidades Autónomas en España: Preferencias, Dimensiones y Orientaciones
Políticas”, Revista Española de Estudios Políticos 70, 1990: 33-91 (with J.R. Montero).
“La Cultura Política de los Españoles: Pautas de Continuidad y Cambio”, Sistema 99, 1990: 39-74 (with
J.R. Montero).
“La Dimensión Materialista/Postmaterialista en España: Las Variables del Cambio Cultural” Revista
Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas 47, 1989: 227-254.
D. Published in French
“Les sentiments antipartis en Europe du Sud”, Pôle Sud 20, Mai 2004: 167-190. (with J.R. Montero and
R.P. Gunther).
“La démocratie en Espagne: légitimité, mécontetement et désaffection”, Revue Française de Science
Politique 49, April 1999: 171-204. (with J.R. Montero and R.P. Gunther).
E. Published in Portuguese
“Teoria e institucionalização dos sistemas partidários após a terceira onda de democratização”, Opin.
Publica, Out 2005, vol. 11, nº 2: 249-286. (with Scott Mainwaring).
4.3. CHAPTERS IN BOOKS:
A. Published in English
“Political trust in Western and Southern Europe”. In Sonja Zmerli and Tom van der Meer, eds. Handbook
on Political Trust, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017: ISBN 978 1 78254 510 1.
“Explaining the citizens’ evaluations of democracy”, in Monica Ferrín and Hanspeter Kriesi, eds., How
Europeans View and Evaluate Democracy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016 (with Alexander
Trechsel).
“The Left and the Mobilization of Class Voting in Latin America” in R. Carlin, E. Zechmeister and M. Singer
(eds.), The Latin American Voter. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 2015, pp. 69-98 (with Scott Mainwaring and
Nicolas Somma).
“Trust in the European Parliament: from affective heuristics to rational cueing” in Magalhaes, Pedro C.;
Tóka, Gabor; Sanders, David (eds.), Citizens and the European Polity: Mass Attitudes Towards the
European and National Polities (Citizenship, Identity and European Integration) Oxford University
Press, 2012, pp. 140-168 (with Marina Jordi Muñoz and Eduard Bonet).
“Introduction: Antedecents and Consequences of European Citizenship” in David Sanders, Gabor Tóka,
Paolo Belluci, Mariano Torcal (eds.), The Europeanization of National Politics? Citizenship and
Support in a Post-Enlargement Union (Citizenship, Identity and European Integration). Oxford
University Press, 2012, pp. 1-16 (with Paolo Bellucci, David Sanders and Gábor Tóka).
“Conceptualizing and Measuring European Citizenship and Engagement” in David Sanders, Gabor
Tóka, Paolo Belluci, Mariano Torcal (eds.), The Europeanization of National Politics? Citizenship and
Support in a Post-Enlargement Union (Citizenship, Identity and European Integration). Oxford
University Press, 2012, pp. 17-38 (with Paolo Bellucci, David Sanders and Gábor Tóka).
“Institutional Trust and Responsiveness in the EU” in David Sanders, Gabor Tóka, Paolo Belluci,
Mariano Torcal (eds.), The Europeanization of National Politics? Citizenship and Support in a Post-
Enlargement Union (Citizenship, Identity and European Integration). Oxford University Press, 2012, pp.
91-111 (with Eduard Bonet and Marina Costa-Lobo).
“Conclusions” in David Sanders, Gabor Tóka, Paolo Belluci, Mariano Torcal (eds.), The
Europeanization of National Politics? Citizenship and Support in a Post-Enlargement Union
(Citizenship, Identity and European Integration). Oxford University Press, 2012, pp. 217-233 (with
Paolo Bellucci, David Sanders and Gábor Tóka).
"The Origins of Democratic Support in Post-Franco Spain: Learning to Be a Democrat under Authoritarian
Rule?" in Nigel Townson (ed.), Spain Transformed. The Late Franco Dictatorship, 1959-75.
Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, pp. 195-226.
“Democracy and Intermediation: Some Attitudinal and Behavioural Dimensions”, in Richard P. Gunther,
J. R. Montero and Hans-Jürgen Puhle (eds.), Democracy, Intermediation, and Voting on Four
Continents, Oxford University Press, 2007, pp. 29-74 (with Richard P. Gunther y J. R. Montero).
“Political Disaffection in Comparative Perspective”, in Mariano Torcal and José Ramón Montero, eds.
Political Disaffection in Contemporary Democracies: Social Capital, Institutions and Politics. London:
Routledge, 2006, pp.3-20 (with José Ramón Montero).
“Political Disaffection and Democratization History in New Democracies”, in Mariano Torcal and José
Ramón Montero, eds. Political Disaffection in Contemporary Democracies: Social Capital, Institutions
and Politics. London: Routledge, 2006, pp. 157-189.
“Political Participation, Information, and Accountability: Some Consequences of Political Disaffection
in New Democracies”, in Mariano Torcal and José Ramón Montero, eds. Political Disaffection in
Contemporary Democracies: Social Capital, Institutions and Politics. London: Routledge, 2006, pp.
308-331 (with Ignacio Lago)
“Some Basic Conclusions about Political Disaffection in Contemporary Democracies”, in Mariano
Torcal and José Ramón Montero, eds. Political Disaffection in Contemporary Democracies: Social
Capital, Institutions and Politics. London: Routledge, 2006, pp. 333-343 (with José Ramón Montero).
“Party System Institutionalization and Party System Theory After the Third Wave of Democratization”,
in Richard S. Katz and Willliam Crotty (eds) Handbook of Party Politics. London: Sage Publications,
2006, pp. 204-227 (with Scott Mainwaring)
“Norms of Good Citizenship” in Jan van Deth, Anders Westholm and José Ramón Montero (coord.),
Citizenship, Involvement in European Democracies. A comparative Analysis.. London: Roudletge, 2007
(with Bas Denters and Oscar Gabriel).
“Political Confidence in Representative Democracies: Socio-Cultural Vs. Political Explanations” in Jan
van Deth, Anders Westholm and José Ramón Montero (coord.), Citizenship, Involvement in European
Democracies. A comparative Analysis. London: Roudletge, 2007 (with Bas Denters and Oscar Gabriel).
“Political Participation: Mapping the Terrain”, in Jan van Deth, Anders Westholm and José Ramón
Montero (coord.), Citizenship, Involvement in European Democracies. A comparative Analysis. London:
Roudletge, 2006 (with Jan Teorell and José Ramón Montero).
“Anti-Party Sentiments in Southern Europe”, in Richard P. Gunther, J. R. Montero and Juan J. Linz
(eds) Political Parties: Old Concepts and New Challenges. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002, pp.
257-290. (with Richard P. Gunther and J. R. Montero).
“Facets of Social Capital in New Democracies: The Formation and Consequences of Social Capital in
Spain,” in Paul Whiteley, Kenneth Newton and Jan van Deth (eds) Social Capital in European
Democracy. London: Routledge, 1999, pp. 167-191. (with J.R. Montero).
“Patterns of Political Participation”, in Amparo Almarcha (ed) Spain and EC Membership Evaluated.
New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1993, pp. 257-266. (with J.R. Montero).
B. Published in Spanish
“Ciudadanos y votantes en España: un balance de veinte años de democracia (1982-2012)”. In César
Colino, Jaime Ferri Durá, José A. Olmeda, Paloma Román Marugán and Josefa Rubio Lara (eds.),
Ciencia y política, una aventura vital. Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch, 2016, pp. 397-431. ISBN: 978-84-
9119-865-9.
“Desafección política en España en una perspectiva comparada”. In Francisco Llera Ramo (ed.),
Desafección política y regeneración democrática en la España actual: diagnósticos y propuestas.
Madrid: Centro de Estudios Constitucionales, 2016, pp. 79-113. ISBN: 978-84-259-1699-1
“Confianza Política en Europa y América Latina: Un estudio comparado con datos y causas”. In Ludolfo
Paramio ed., Desafección política y gobernabilidad. Un reto político.”, Madrid, Marcial Pons, 2015, pp.
163-200. (with Matias Bargsted).
“Explicando la Confianza Política: ¿Economía o Política?””. In Ludolfo Paramio ed., Desafección
política y gobernabilidad. Un reto político.”, Madrid, Marcial Pons, 2015, pp. 201-228. (with Matias
Bargsted).
“Bases ideológicas y valorativas del votante Mexicano y su efecto en el voto. Síntomas de una creciente
institucionalización”, in Gustavo Meixueiro and Alejandro Moreno (eds). El comportamiento electoral
mexicano en las elecciones de 2012: Análisis del Proyecto Comparativo de Elecciones Nacionales,
CNEP. México DF: CESOP-ITAM, 2014, pp. 91-116.
“Las Elecciones Europeas de 2009. Un marco de discusión”, in Mariano Torcal and Joan Font (eds.),
Elecciones Europeas 2009, Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 2012, pp.11-38 (with Joan
Font).
“Actitudes hacia la Unión Europea y elecciones al Parlamento Europeo”, in Mariano Torcal and Joan
Font (eds.), Elecciones Europeas 2009, Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 2012, pp.197-
225. (with Jordi Muñoz)
“Lecciones de las Elecciones Europeas”, in Mariano Torcal and Joan Font (eds.), Elecciones Europeas
2009, Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 2012, pp.329-346. (witn Joan Font)
“Los anclajes del voto en las elecciones de 2008” in J.R. Montero and N. Lago (eds), Las elecciones
Generales 2008. Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 2010, pp. 269-302.
“Introducción: comportamiento político y democracia en Europa”, in Mariano Torcal (ed.), La
ciudadanía europea en el siglo XXI. Estudio comparado de sus actitudes, opinión pública y
comportamiento políticos. Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 2010, pp. 9-24
“Cultura política en el Sur de Europa: un estudio comparado en busca de su excepcionalismo”, in
Mariano Torcal (ed.), La ciudadanía europea en el siglo XXI. Estudio comparado de sus actitudes,
opinión pública y comportamiento políticos. Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 2010, pp.
45-84. (with Pedro Magalhaes)
“Conclusiones: reflexiones finales sobre el comportamiento político de los europeos en el inicio del
siglo XXI”, in Mariano Torcal (ed.), La ciudadanía europea en el siglo XXI. Estudio comparado de sus
actitudes, opinión pública y comportamiento políticos. Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas,
2010, pp. 345-361.
“La opinión ciudadana en el Estado Autonómico”. Informe España 2010. Madrid: Fundación Encuentro,
2010, pp. 1-56. (with Fabiola Mota)
“Los Orígenes del Apoyo Democrático en la España Postfranquista” in Nigel Townson (ed.), España en
Cambio. El Segundo Franquismo 1959-1975. Madrid: Siglo XXI, 2009, pp. 167-214.
“Ciudadanos y Votantes en España: Un Balance de los Últimos Veinte Años”, in Jordi Gracia y
Domingo Ródenas de Moya (eds.), Sociedad y Cultura en la España Democrática, 1986-2008. Madrid:
Iberoamerica y Vervuert, 2009, pp. 23-41
“La Desafecció Política a Catalunya: Un Fet Diferencial?”, in Eva Anduiza Perea (dir.) Informe sobre
l’Estat de la Democràcia a Catalunya 2007. Barcelona: Mediterrània i Fundació Jaume Bofill, 2008, pp.
227-242. (in Catalan).
“La Competencia Electoral entre PSOE y PP: El Peso de los Anclajes de Ideología, Religión y Clase.” en
José Ramón Montero, Ignacio Lago y Mariano Torcal (eds.) Elecciones Generales 2004. Madrid: Centro
de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 2007, pp. 275-302 (with Lucía Medina).
“Los Sentimientos Antipartidistas en el Sur de Europa” in José Ramón Montero, Richard Gunther and Juan
J. Linz (eds.) Partidos Políticos: Viejos Conceptos y Nuevos Retos. Madrid: Trotta, Fundación Alonso
Martín Escudero, 2007, pp. 245-276 (with José Ramón Montero and Richard Gunther).
“La Participación Política: Factores Explicativos” in Joan Font, José Ramón Montero and Mariano
Torcal (coords.) Ciudadanos, Asociaciones y Participación Política en España. Madrid: Centro de
Investigaciones Sociológicas, 2006, pp. 133-155 (with Mariona Ferrer and Lucía Medina).
“La Participación Política en España: Modos y Niveles en Perspectiva Comparada” in Joan Font, José
Ramón Montero and Mariano Torcal (eds.) Ciudadanos, Asociaciones y Participación Política. Madrid:
Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 2006, pp. 45-75 (with José Ramón Montero and Jan Teorell).
“Perfiles, Tendencias e Implicaciones de la Participación en España” in Joan Font, José Ramón Montero
and Mariano Torcal (eds.) Ciudadanos, Asociaciones y Participación Política. Madrid: Centro de
Investigaciones Sociológicas, 2006, pp. 325-344 (with Joan Font and José ramón Montero)
“Los Sentimientos Antipartidistas en el Sur de Europa” in Juan Montalbes, Julio Iglesias, Mario Caciagli
y Miguel Beltrán, (eds.). Instituciones y Procesos Políticos. Homenaje a José Cazorla, Madrid: Centro
de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 2005, pp. 607-636 (with José Ramón Montero and Richard Gunther).
“Orientaciones Ideológicas” in Mariano Torcal, Laura Morales and Santiago Pérez-Nievas (eds) España:
Sociedad y Política en Perspectiva Comparada. Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch, 2005, pp. 97-112 (with
Lucía Medina).
“Desafección Institucional” in Mariano Torcal, Laura Morales and Santiago Pérez-Nievas (eds) España:
Sociedad y Política en Perspectiva Comparada. Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch, 2005, pp. 83-96 (with Josep
Pena).
“La Confianza en el Parlamento Español: Tendencias, Causas y Consecuencias”, in Francesc Pau i Vall
(coord.) Ciudadanía y política. X Jornadas de la Asociación Española de Parlamentos. Madrid: Técnos,
2004, pp. 169-194.
“Sentimientos Antipartidistas en el Sur de Europa”, in Angel Valencia (ed.) Participación y
Representación Políticas en las Sociedades Multiculturales. Málaga: Universidad de Málaga, 1998, pp.
131-162. (with R. P. Gunther and J. R. Montero).
“Canvi Cultural, Conflictes Polítics i política a Espanya”, in Maria-Àngels Roque (ed.) Valors i
Diversitat Cultural a les Societats d'Europa i del Magreb. Barcelona: Institut Català de la Mediterrània,
1998, pp. 131-162 (with J.R. Montero). (in Catalan).
“La Cultura Política,” in Rafael del Águila (eds.) Manual de Ciencia Política. Madrid: Trotta, 1997, pp.
231-250.
“Cambio Cultural, Reemplazo Generacional y Política en España”, in Juan Díez Nicolás and Ronald
Inglehart (eds) Tendencias Mundiales de Cambio en los Valores Sociales y Políticos. Madrid: Fundesco,
1994, pp. 177-225 (with J.R. Montero).
“La Opinión Pública ante el Estado de las Autonomías: Una Visión Panorámica”, in Eliseo Aja (dir.)
Informe Pi i Sunyer sobre Comunidades Autónomas 1990. Barcelona: Civitas, 1991, pp 344-364. (with
J.R. Montero).
“Autonomías y Comunidades Autónomas en España: Preferencias, Dimensiones y Orientaciones
Políticas”, in Alberto Figueroa y Eduardo Mancisidor (eds.) Poder Político y Comunidades Autónomas.
Vitoria-Gasteiz: Parlamento Vasco/Eusko Legebiltzarra, 1991, pp. 125-196. (with J.R. Montero).
C. Published in French
“Citoyens et Électeurs en Espagne: un bilan (1986-2013)”. En Hubert Peres y Christophe Roux (eds),
La dëmocretie españogle. Institutions et vie politique. Renes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes, pp. 151-
168. ISBN: 978-2-7535-5034-6
D. Published in Portuguese
”Confiança Institutional nas Novas Democracias Europeias: Outra Dimensao do Apoio Político? in J. A.
Moisés (ed.), Democracia e Confianza Por que os Ciudadaos Desconfiam das Instituçoes Públicas? Sao
Paulo: Livraria Cultura, 2010, pp. 219-242 (with Lorenzo Brusattin).
4.4. OTHER PUBLICATIONS:
A. Published in English
“Beliefs” in Bertrand Badie Dirk Berg-Scholosser and Leonardo Molino (eds.) International
Encyclopedia of Political Science. Sage publications Inc., 2011, vol.1, pp.143-145 (with Jordi Muñoz).
“Dissatisfaction, Political” in Bertrand Badie Dirk Berg-Scholosser and Leonardo Molino (eds.)
International Encyclopedia of Political Science. Sage publications Inc., 2011, vol.3, pp.688-691
“Support Political” in Bertrand Badie Dirk Berg-Scholosser and Leonardo Molino (eds.) International
Encyclopedia of Political Science. Sage publications Inc., 2011, vol.8, pp.2563-2566 (with Paolo
Moncagatta).
Book review: Alejandro Moreno, “The Mexican Voter. Democracy, Political Attitudes and Electoral
behavior”, International Journal of Public Opinion Research 16 (2), summer 2004, pp. 224-226.
“Political Disaffection and Democratization History in New Democracies”, Kellogg Working Paper
Series #308, Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame, October 2003.
“Anti-Party Sentiments in Southern Europe,” Working Paper 170. Madrid: Centro de Estudios
Avanzados en Ciencias Sociales, Instituto Juan March, 2001 (with J.R. Montero and Richard Gunther).
“Social Cleavages, Political Legacies, and Post_Authoritarian Party Systems: Chile in the 1990s”,
Kellogg Institute Working Paper series #278. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame, 2000 (with Scott
Mainwaring).
"Facets of Social Capital in New Democracies: The Formation and Consequences of Social Capital in
Spain," Kellogg Institute Working Paper series # 259. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame, October
1998 (with J.R. Montero).
“Democracy in Spain: Legitimacy, Discontent, and Disaffection,” Working Paper 100. Madrid: Centro
de Estudios Avanzados en Ciencias Sociales, Instituto Juan March, 1997 (with J.R. Montero and
Richard Gunther).
“Party Change and Cleavage Formation: The Effects of Value Change on the Spanish Party System,”
Working Paper. Barcelona: Institut de Ciéncies Polítiques i Socials, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona,
1997 (with J.R. Montero).
“Value Change, Generational Replacement and Politics in Spain”, Working Paper. Madrid: Institute of
Advanced Studies, Fundación Juan March, 1994.
B. Published in Spanish
“El significado y el contenido del Centro Ideológico en España” Madrid: Fundación Alternativas, 2011
“La desafección política de los españoles y sus efectos en la participación”, Temas para el debate, 152,
July 2007, pp. 47-49.
Book review: Paloma Aguilar, Memoria y Olvido de la Guerra Civil Española (Madrid: Alianza
Editorial, 1996). “Transiciones, Memoria Histórica y Generaciones,” Revista de Libros, 6, June 1997,
pp. 23-24.
“Política y Cultural en España: Algunas Implicaciones de la Dimensión Postmaterialista”, in
A.E.D.E.M.O. [Asociación Española de Estudios de Mercado, Marketing y Opinión], 60 Seminar.
Political Research III. Bilbao: AEDEMO, 1992, pp. 7-60 (with J.R. Montero).
“La Cultura Política de los Españoles: Pautas de Continuidad y Cambio”, in A.E.D.E.M.O. [Asociación
Española de Estudios de Mercado, Marketing y Opinión], 53 Seminar. Political Research III. Bilbao:
AEDEMO, 1990, pp. 199-296. (with J.R. Montero).
Book review: La Transición Política Española, (Tezanos, J.F., R. Cotarelo and A. De Blas [eds.].
Madrid: Sistema, 1990), in Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 48, 1990.
5. MOST RECENT AND ACTIVED RESEARCH PROJECTS:
“Participación y Deliberación Política Online en una Democracia en Crisis: una Aproximación
Metodológica Nueva.”
Funding body: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Programa Estatal de Fomento de la
Investigación Científica y Técnica de Excelencia - Subprograma Estatal de Generación de Conocimiento
code # CSO2016-79772-P, (2016-2019). PI
“Acciones de dinamización Europa Investigación. Convocatoria 2013”. Plan Estatal de Investigación
Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016. Funding to prepare and coordinate a Proposal for the
Horizon 2020 R+D of the European Commission. Principal Investigator (PI).
Funding body: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Programa Nacional de Internacionalización de
la I+D+i. code # EUIN2013-50768. PI
PI and Coordinator of the “Grup de Recerca: Political Behavior, Public Opinion and Survey
Methodology”, code#SGR 2014-54 (2014-2017).
Funding body: Catalan Agency of Research (AQU)
“Crisis y retos en la ciudadanía en España: actitudes y comportamiento político de los españoles ante la
crisis económica y de representación política.”
Funding body: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Programa Estatal de Fomento de la
Investigación Científica y Técnica de Excelencia - Subprograma Estatal de Generación de
Conocimiento, code # CSO2013-47071-R, (2013-2016). PI
“Diseño y Aplicación de la Sexta Ola de la European Social Survey en España”
Funding body: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. Programa Nacional de Internacionalización de la I+D
code # AIC-A-2011-0672, (2011-2013). PI
“Ciudadanía Europea en España: Comportamiento Político y actitudes Políticas hacia el Proceso de
Integración Europea.” Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Plan Nacional de I+D+i, code # CSO2009-
14434 (2010-2013). PI
“Diseño y Aplicación de la Quinta Ola de la European Social Survey en España”
Funding body: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Programa Nacional de Internacionalización de la
I+D, code # AIC10-A-000399 (2010-2012). PI
“Grup de Recerca en Opinió Pública, Vot i Metodologia d'Enquestes.”
Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca, code#2009 SGR 1368 (2009-2013). PI
“Integrated and United? A Quest for Citizenship in an ‘Ever Closer Europe’ INTUNE,” code # CIT3-
CT-2005-513421. European Commission – 6º Framework Programme (2005-2009).
“Providing an Infrastructure for Research on Electoral Democracy in the European Union (PIREDEU). “
Collaborative Project. European Commission. 7th Framework Programme for Research, Technological
Development and Demonstration (2008-2011).
PI and Coordinator of the “Grup de Recerca: Political Behavior, Public Opinion and Survey
Methodology”, code#SGR 2009-729 (2009-2013).
Funding body: Catalan Agency of Research (AQU)
Diseño y aplicación de la Cuarta Ola de la European Social Survey en España
Acción Complementaria del Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, code#SEJ2007-29562-E (2008-2010).
PI
Inmigració, política i opinió pública: anàlisi comparativa de l’impacte de la política en les percepcions i
actituds vers la inmigració. Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca,
code#2006ARAI00021 (2006-2008).PI
Diseño y aplicación de la Tercera Ola de la European Social Survey en España
Acción Complementaria del Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, code # SEJ2004-22162-E (2005-
2007). PI
Ciudadanos y democracia en Europa: Análisis comparado de los datos de la primera ola de la Encuesta
Social. Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, Plan Nacional de I+D+I, code # SEC2002-03364 (2002-
2005). PI.
6. PARTICIPATION IN PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS:
1. WAPOR regional Congress, Political Trust in Contemporary Representative Democracies, paper
presented: “Are Citizens Becoming more Critical? A Comparative Analysis of Political Trust
Across time in Europe and Latin America”, Barcelona 25th November.
2. VI Latin American Congress WAPOR (World Association for Public Opinion Research),
“Political Discussions and the Vote Choice in Germany and Spain: Testing the Two-Stage
Theory of Discussant Influence in Multiparty System. Panel: Electoral Behavior and Political
Intermediation. Monterrey, Mexico, October 13th. (with Schmitt-Beck).
3. VI Latin American Congress WAPOR (World Association for Public Opinion Research),
Coordinator of Round Table: ¿Hacia donde va América Latina?” Monterrey, Mexico, October
14th.
4. American Political Science Association. Paper Presented: “Measuring Protest: A comparison of
Surveys and Variables”, in Research coffee, September 1st, 2016, Philadelphia.
5. American Political Science Association. Paper Presented: “Political Trust and Political and
Social Performance in Contemporary Democracies”, in panel: Political Trust across Democracies
Old & New: Causes, Consequences, Comparisons September 2nd, 2016, Philadelphia. (with
Matias Bargsted).
6. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Paper presented: “The Structure of
Political Participation in Contemporary Latin America: A Cross-National Latent Class Analysis
Approach”. April 7th- 10th, 2016, Chicago, Illinois (with Emily Carty).
7. The 2nd Barcelona-Gothenburg Workshop on Experimental Political Science. Paper presented:
“Informational cueing” and EU issues in Spanish European Elections. A survey experiment.
CUIMPB Barcelona, 4-5 Mayo 2016 (with Lluis Orriols and Sergio Martini).
8. Final Conference of the European Election Study 2014, University of Mannheim, Germany,
November 6-8, 2015. Paper presented: “The nationalization of EU politics vs the
Europeanization of national politics in the EU elections. A comparative analysis of Germany,
Italy, and Spain.
9. 22nd International Conference of Europeanists Paris, France • July 8-10, 2015. Panel: Dynamism
of Party Politics in Europe. Paper presented: “Electoral Volatility. a Proposal to Create a New
Index of Party System Institutionalization.” Chair: Tim Haughton. (with Ignacio Lago).
10. 68th Annual WAPOR Conference, 17-20 June 2015, Universidad de Febrero, Buenos Aires.
Paper: “Party and Ideological cueing in Issue Voting in Spain. A Survey experiment”, in panel
“Methodology: How to ask”, Panel Chair: Juan Piovani.
11. 68th Annual WAPOR Conference, 17-20 June 2015, Universidad de Febrero, Buenos Aires.
Chair of the panel: “Discussions on our Industry”.
12. ECPR General Conference, 3-6 September 2014, University of Glasgow; Section on Political
Psychology in Europe: Advances, Theoretical Debates and Empirical Applications (Section
Chair: Tereza Capelos, Co-Chair: Henk Dekker); Panel P278 on Political Trust, Protest and
Collective Action (5th of September 09:00-10:40, Panel Chair: Jacquelien van Stekelenburg, Co-
Chair: Emma A. Bäck).
13. V Latin American Congress WAPOR (World Association for Public Opinion Research), Panel:
Factores Determinantes del Voto en América Latina. Paper presented: “The Left and
Mobilization of Class Voting in Latin America”, Santiago de Chile, 20th June 2014 (with Scott
Mainwaring and Nicolas Somma).
14. Southern Political Science Association 85th Annual Conference. Section: Comparative Politics
of Industrial Nations. Panel: Trust across Countries. Paper presented: “Economic Crisis, Party
Polarization and the Partisan Trust Gap: Panel Study of Spain” (with Greg Love and Ryan
Carling). Los Ángeles (USA), January 9th -11th, 2014.
15. 1sr Southern European Conference on Survey Methodology (SESM) and VI Congreso de
Metodología de Encuestas. President of the Organizing Committee. Session: Multilevel models-
practical applications in social science researchers. Presentation: “Attitudinal Origins of Survey
Cooperation: a Multilevel Analysis of Paradata from the European Social Survey”. Barcelona
(Spain), 12-14 december, 2013.
16. International Seminars in Political Science. Presentation: “Democracia, Institucionalización de
Sistemas de partidos y Voto de clase en América Latina” and “Actitudes, Opinión pública y
Comportamiento Político en Europa”. Faculdade de Folosofia e Ciências Humanas (FAFICH),
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Belo Horizonte - MG (Brasil), 5-6 december,
2013.
17. 3rd Annual General Conference of the European Political Science Association (EPSA). Session:
Political Participation. Paper presented: “Political protest and governments ideology across
Europe”. Parlament de Catalunya. Barcelona (Spain), 20-22 june 2013. (with María José Hierro
and Antoni Rodón).
18. European Social Survey International Conference. Session: Trust/Social Capital. Paper
presented: “Attitudinal origins of Nonresponse in Contemporary Representative Democracies”.
European University Cyprus. Nicosia, Cyprus, November, 23-25, 2012 (with Clara Riba and
Sergio Martini).
19. European Social Survey International Conference. Session Chair: Education. European
University Cyprus. Nicosia, Cyprus, November, 23-25, 2012.
20. V Latin American Congress WAPOR (World Association for Public Opinion Research), “A
Dark side of Political Deliberation? The Media and Political Discussion Effects on Political
Interest”, Bogotá, 21st September 2012 (with Gerardo Maldonado).
21. The International Political Science Association (IPSA) Word Congress Madrid 2012, Chair and
Discussant of the panel LOC01.247 “Contextualizing Social Trust: Party Systems, State
Institutions, and Multilevel Governance”, July 8 to 12th, 2012.
22. The International Political Science Association (IPSA) Word Congress Madrid 2012, Chair and
Discussant of the panel LOC01.705 “Trust and Disaffection: Party Systems, State Institutions,
and Multilevel Governance”, July 8 to 12th, 2012.
23. The International Political Science Association (IPSA) Word Congress Madrid 2012, “Party
System Institutionalization and Political Disaffection” in the panel LOC01.705 “Trust and
Disaffection: Party Systems, State Institutions, and Multilevel Governance”, July 8 to 12th, 2012
(with Ignacio Lago).
24. “A Comprehensive Framework for Undertanding Party System Change”, Co-organizer and
coordinator of the ECPR Research Sessions, Florence, EUI, June 19-22nd 2012.
25. “The effect of the economic crisis in the 2011 elections”, in the conference Political
Consequences of the Economic Crisis. Voting and Protesting in Europe since 2008. Organized
by the BMW Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University, Washington,
April, 17th-18th 2012.
26. 6th Conference The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)
“The role of political parties in shaping citizens political preferences for devolution; the case of
the evolving Spanish State of Autonomies” Section: ‘Themes and Challenges to Multi-level and
Regional Politics’. Panel: ‘Balancing and Rebalancing Federal Systems: A Comparative and
Cross-National Analysis’ (with Fabiola Mota) University of Iceland, August, 25 - 27, 2011
27. “Spanish Public Opinion on the Models of the State: The role of partisan elite in shaping public
opinion”. International Symposium: WAPOR-World Association for Public Opinion Research
“Transnational Connections-Challenges and Opportunities in Communication and Public
Opinion Research” Segovia, Spain, march, 17-18, 2011
28. “Political Culture in Southern: Searching for Exceptionalism”. En el Institute of Markets
Technologies in Lucca, Italy, December, 10, 2010
29. “What can we learn from the international comparative trends?, in: Immigration and political
community: The impact of immigration and political trust, organized by Barrow Cadbury Trust y
Policy Network, London, September ,21, 2010
30. “Trust in the European Parliament: From Affective Heuristics to Rational Cueing”. European
University Institute, Florence, November, 20, 2009
31. Auditing Electoral Democracy in the European Union (PIREDEU Final User Community
Conference): “The role of politization in the relationship between support for the EU, voter’s
preferences and turnout”, panel sesión V.1, Brussels, November, 18-19, 2010.
32. XXIX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Organizer and Chair of
the panel (workshop): “La institucionalización de los sistemas de partidos: concepto, causas y
consecuencias” (DEM-6362). Toronto, Canadá, October 6-9, 2010.
33. 2010 ECPR Joint Sessions. Paper presented: “Institutional trust and multilevel government in the
EU: congruence or compensation?”, Workshop: The Interrelationship between Institutional
Performance and Political Support in Europe: Discussing Causes and Consequences (with Jordi
Muñoz and Eduard Bonet). Munster, Germany, March 22-27, 2010
34. “Los problemas de representación en las nuevas democracias: los efectos de la desafección y la
falta de institucionalización de los partidos”. Inaugural Discourse of the II Diplomado de la
Escuela de Formación Electoral y Civil (EFEC), Junta Central Electoral, Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic, May, 20, 2009.
35. “Los problemas de la desafección y la falta de institucionalización de partidos en América
Latina”, Junta Electoral Central, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, May, 15, 2009
36. “Opinión Publica y Democracia: El papel de los medios de comunicación en America Latina”.
Panel 1: “El rol de la televisión en la generación de la opinión publica”, organized by the
Universidad Diego Portales. Chile, November 3-4, 2008
37. 104rd Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA). Boston,MA. 28-31
August, 2008. Panel 14-10: “Citizenship, Identity, Representation and Scope of Governance in
the European Union”. Paper Presented: “Confidence in the European Institutions: A National
Phenomenon?” (with Marina Costa and Eduard Bonet)
38. XIX Congreso Nacional y II Internacional de Estudios Electorales, de Jalisco, 21-23 de
noviembre de 2007. "Redes sociales y participación política en México: la elección presidencial
de 2006" (with Gerardo Maldonado), round table with Leonardo Valdés (coord).
39. 103rd Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA). Chicago,IL 31
August-2 September, 2007. Panel 15-12: "Thirty years of Spanish Democracy: Evaluating
Institucional and Party Theories". Panel discussant.
40. “The Vail International Workshop in Democracy in the global world”: The problem of equality
democracy: The problems of democracies representatives organized by the Graduate school of
international studies. University of Denver, Denver, 14-16 de December de 2006.
41. Undertanding European Public Opinion, A Conference of the European Commission/DG
Communication. Madrid, 26-27 October, 2006. Paper Presented: “How to improve our surveys
and the problems with the Eurobarometer”.
42. 102nd Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA). Philadelphia
August 31st-September 3rd, 2006. Panel 12-5: Party Systems and Party Systems in Developing
Democracies. Paper Presented: "Political Mobilization of Class Voting: Latin America and
Western Europe in the 1990s" (with Scott Mainwaring).
43. Primer Foro Internacional “México: Escenarios presentes y futuros”. México, 22-23 February,
2006. Paper presented: “Los efectos de la desafección democrática”.
44. LASA2006 Congress. Puerto Rico, USA. 15-18 March, 2006. Workshop: “What the Publics have
to Say: Public Opinion on Politics”. Paper presented: “Class Voting: Latin America and Western
Europe in the 1990s” (with Scott Mainwaring).
45. 101st Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA). Washington 1-4
September, 2005. Panel 12-17: Party Systems and Institutionalization in Comparative Context.
Paper presented: "Party System Institutionalization and Party System Theory after the Third
Wave of Democratization" (with Scott Mainwaring).
46. CNEP II Conference, Columbus (Ohio), 4- 7 September, 2003. Paper Presented: “Democracy
and Intermediation: Some Attitudinal and Behavioral Dimensions” (with Richard Gunther and
José Ramón Montero).
47. 99th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Philadelphia, August
28-31, 2003. Panel 15-17: “Cleavages from Below or from Above? Lipset and Rokkan
revisited”. Panel discussant.
48. 99th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Philadelphia, August
28-31 2003. Panel 11-10: Cleavages and Party Systems in Post-1978 Democracies. Paper
Presented: “Class Voting. Latin America and Western Europe” (with Scott Mainwaring).
49. Third General Meeting of the ESF-network “Citizen, Involvement and Democracy,” Madrid,
November 14-17. Papers presented: “Political Participation” (with Jan Teorell and José Ramon
Montero; “Support for Democratic Government and Social Capital” (with Oscar Gabriel and Bas
Denters); and “The Ideals of Good Society and Good Citizens: Social Capital, Values and
Norms” (with Oscar Gabriel and Bas Denters).
50. 98th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Boston, August 27-
September 2nd , 2002. Panel 45-10: Cleavages in Comparative Perspective: Lessons from Third-
wave Democracies. Paper presented: “Social Cleavages, the Anchoring of the Vote, and Electoral
Volatility: Latin America and Western Europe” (with Scott Mainwaring).
51. 60th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April, 27-28, 2002.
Panel 2-7: Voting Behavior and Party Systems in Comparative Perspective. Paper presented:
“Social Cleavages, the Anchoring of the Vote, and Electoral Volatility: Latin America and
Western Europe” (with Scott Mainwaring).
52. 1st ECPR General Conference, University of Kent at Canterbury, 6-10 September, 2001. Paper
presented: “Social Cleavages, the Anchoring of the Vote, and Party System Institutionalization:
Latin America and Western Europe” (with Scott Mainwaring).
53. 97th American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (APSA), San Francisco, August 30th
to September 2nd, 2001. Paper presented: “Political parties and the structuring of the ideological
space in new democracies: Chile, Greece, Hungary, Spain and Uruguay in comparative
perspective” (with Felipe Agüero).
54. Seminar La Reinvención de la Política y la Ciudadanía: la Gobernabilidad Democrática para el
Desarrollo en América Latina, organized by the Instituto Internacional de Gobernabilidad,
Barcelona 22nd-23rd January 2001. Paper presented: “Desafección Política y Partidos Políticos
en América Latina”.
55. Ten years of Freedom. Transition and the Consolidation of Democracy. The case of Central
Europe (1990-2000), Budapest October 30th-November 1st 2000. Paper presented: “The
Problem of Democratic Disaffection in New Democracies”.
56. Co-director of the seminar “Political Desaffection and Political Culture en European
Democracies,” in The Construction of Europe, Democracy and Globalization, Santiago de
Compostela, Spain, Funded by the UNESCO and the University of Santiago. October, 19-21,
2000.
57. 58th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April, 26-29, 2000.
Panel 2-9: “Understanding the voter”. Discussant.
58. 58th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April, 26-29, 2000.
Panel 2-5: “The making and Unmaking of National Political Parties”. Paper presented: “The
Political Re-crafting of Social Bases of Party Competition: The Case of Chile 1973-1995 (with
Scott Mainwaring).
59. XXII Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Chicago, September, 24-27,
1998. Paper presented: “Social Cleavages, Political Heritages, and Post-Authoritarian Party
Systems: Chile in the 1990s.” (with Scott Mainwaring).
60. XXI Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Guadalajara, Mexico, April 17-
19, 1997. Paper presented: “Political Attitudes and Participation in Spain: Change and
Continuity.”
61. Society for Comparative Research and L'Université Libre de Bruxelles, “Erosion of Confidence
in Advanced Industrial Societies, ”Brussels, November 7-9, 1996, paper presented: "Democracy
in Spain: Legitimacy, Efficacy and Disaffection" (with J.R. Montero and R. Gunther).
62. Universitá di Milano, conference “On Social Capital,” Milano (Italy), October 3-6, 1996, paper
presented: "Social Capital in Spain: Exploring Political Attitudes and Participation Between
Continuity and Change" (with J.R. Montero).
63. Social Science Research Council, “Democracy and Culture in The New Southern Europe,
”Mallorca (Spain) June 26-30, 1996, paper presented: "Change and Persistence of Political
Attitudes in Southern Europe."
64. Social Science Research Council, "Democracy and cultural change in the new Southern Europe,"
Elounda (Crete), July 6-10, 1995, paper presented: "Change and Persistence of Political Attitudes
in Southern Europe."
65. Center of Advances Studies in Social Sciences, Juan March Institute, conference "Political
Parties: Changing Roles in Contemporary Democracies," Madrid, December 15-17, 1994, paper
presented: "Anti-Party Sentiments in Southern Europe: A Preliminary Exploration," (with
Richard P. Gunther and José R. Montero).
66. 90th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), New York
(U.S.A.), September 1-4, 1994, paper presented: "Elite Strategy, Social Cleavages and Party
Systems in a New Democracy: Spain," (with Pradeep Chhibber).
67. First World Congress on Changing Social and Political Values: A Global Perspective, El Escorial
and El Paular (Spain), September 27-October 1, 1993, paper presented: “Value Change,
Generational Replacement and Politics in Spain".
68. XV World Congress of Political Science (IPSA), Buenos Aires (Argentina), July 21-25, 1991,
paper presented: "Electoral Systems in Spain: An Assessment," (with J.R. Montero and F.J.
Llera).
7. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
Spanish Professional Association of Political Scientists (AECPA).
American Political Science Association (APSA).
Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
World Association of Public Opinion Research (WAPOR)
9. LANGUAGE ABILITIES:
Spanish - (native).
English - reading, writing and speaking.
Italian – reading and speaking.
Portuguese - reading.
French - reading.
Catalan – reading, writing and Speaking.