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Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Ciencia Política y de la Administración, Faculty Member

Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Ciencias Sociales, Faculty Member

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Xavier Coller, journalist and sociologist, is PhD in Sociology (Yale University). He has taught in several universities in Europe and the US and has been visiting fellow at Warwick University (UK), University of California (Berkeley), Yale, Harvard, Georgetown, and Université de Montpellier 1. He is the Seventh Prince of Asturias Chair, Georgetown University (2005-07), Professor of Sociology at the Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Seville, Spain), director of the research group Democracy and Autonomies: Society and Politics (http://www.upo.es/democraciayautonomias/) and has been director of the School of High Public Administration of Andalusia (2010-2011). He has authored over hundred works on social theories, research methods, collective identities, political elites, and complex organizations. His areas of expertise are organizations (multinationals) and political sociology (political elites, nationalism). He is the winner of several international awards, among them the 2003 Sussman Dissertation Award (Yale University), and an honourable mention in the 2003 Seymour Martin Lipset Award (Society for Comparative Research, Princeton University). His last books are Canon sociológico (Madrid: Tecnos, 2003), and Análisis de organizaciones (Madrid: CIS, 2004, with Roberto Garvía). He can be contacted at [email protected]. More information in http://www.upo.es/xaviercoller
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Political elites and Parliaments by xavier Coller

CURRICULUM VITAE

Social Distance and Ideological Congruence between MPs and Citizens: Iberian Legislatures before and after the Great Recession

The Iberian Legislatures in Comparative Perspective, 2019

This chapter examines descriptive and substantive representation in the Iberian Legislatures from... more This chapter examines descriptive and substantive representation in the Iberian Legislatures from two perspectives: historic and territorial. We ground our comparative analysis in two historical periods-before and after the Great Recession. Focusing on two of Pitkin's four dimensions of representation we explore whether the level of ideological congruence or social resemblance between parliamentarians and citizens has increased. Using mass and elite surveys, census data, and parliamentarians' biographies, we find that the level of congruence and resemblance has increased. This may be the result of the Great Recession or the intensification of a historical trend that other studies have previously identified.

Unstable preferences and policy changes: Spain

The politics of the Eurozone crisis in Southern Europe: A comparative reappraisal, 2019

This chapter provides an account of the positions of the Spanish authorities towards the major de... more This chapter provides an account of the positions of the Spanish authorities towards the major debates related to the recent European crisis and, furthermore, how these positions were developed through interactions with the leading actors. The chapter focuses on the Greek bailout, the creation of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), and the incorporation of the Golden Rule into the Constitution. Attention is paid to the how, the why and the 'major influences', against the backdrop of the Great Recession. Liberal Intergovernmentalism is combined with New (and Historic) Institutionalism and Garbage Can Theory to interpret and explain decisions taken. Support for the narrative developed here comes from the triangulation of primary sources (interviews to key insiders present in the decision making process) and secondary sources (newspaper clippings, official reports, memoirs of the main actors, academic literature, and political debates in Congress). Introduction. The crisis scenario.

The Iron Law of Oligarchy and New Ways of Selecting Candidates

This chapter summarizes the findings of the book Cordero, Guillermo and Xavier Coller, (eds)(2018... more This chapter summarizes the findings of the book Cordero, Guillermo and Xavier Coller, (eds)(2018), Democratizing Candidates Selection. New Methods, Old Receipts?, London: Palgrave.ISBN: 978-3-319-76550-1.

This is a book about the effects of candidate selection when considering Intra-Party Democracy (IPD) practices. The book initiates with a discussion of primaries and its extension to semi-presidential democracies, and it soon deals with four usually uncovered and relevant topics on the effects of implementing inclusive methods on candidate selection—the use of internet and its potential to foster oligarchic tensions in parties; the study of MPs discourses about how they were selected and how it should be changed; the effects of different methods of candidate selection on the social profile of MPs; and the impact of candidate selection on discipline in parliamentary behavior. Taken together, all these chapters touch upon several corners of Michels’ Iron Law of Oligarchy qualifying or reinforcing it.

Chapter 11. Candidate Selection and Party Discipline in Europe: a Comparative Perspective

by xavier Coller, Guillermo Cordero, and Patrik Öhberg

The normal functioning of democracies depends in large part on party representatives voting in ac... more The normal functioning of democracies depends in large part on party representatives voting in accordance with the joint party position. A Member of Parliament (MP) needs to be able to balance the interest of her constituents not only to her own views, but also-or even mainly-to the views of her party. It seems reasonable that representatives interpret their mandate to act differently depending on who supported them as candidates to begin with. Or put differently, the party whip should be more useful (or maybe not even necessary) on candidates who feel grateful towards party leadership, while candidates who are selected in broader membership votes should be less loyal towards the party leadership. Can party loyalty be enhanced through candidate selection procedures? In this paper we theorize and empirically show that exclusiveness of the selectorate affects candidates' assessments of the importance of party loyalty. We go beyond existing work in that we focus on candidates' outspoken views of the importance of party loyalty. So far, the research on how candidate selection impacts candidates' party loyalty has measured voting blocs as proxies of party discipline

The Socio-Political Profile of Parliamentary Representatives in Greece, Italy and Spain before and after the 'Eurocrisis': A Comparative Empirical Assessment

by xavier Coller, Manina Kakepaki, and Fani Kountouri

Tis paper compares the social profile of parliamentarians in Greece, Italy and Spain focusing on ... more

MPs of traditional parties' perceptions on candidate selection in times of political crisis and reform

by xavier Coller and Manuel Jimenez-Sanchez

From an empirical stance, this chapter analyzes a usually neglected voice in the literature: the ... more From an empirical stance, this chapter analyzes a usually neglected voice in the literature: the perceptions of MP on the selection process. The chapter unveils the criteria mobilized to select candidates in Spain and how these could be improved, paying special attention to the central IPD mechanism: the use of primaries. While there are some exceptions usually associated to conservative parties, the common position is that primaries are right to select candidates but some corrective mechanisms are needed in order to guarantee some equilibriums related to gender, territory, expertise, and internal party support.

Lights and Shadows of Democratizing Candidate Selection

by xavier Coller and Guillermo Cordero

This paper introduces and summarizes the major findings of the book published as: Cordero, Guill... more

Elites políticas en España. ¿Convergencia o divergencia con la sociedad?

This paper analyzes patterns of converence and divergence beetween political elites and society f... more This paper analyzes patterns of converence and divergence beetween political elites and society from 1979 to 2016 in Spain. The social disproportion index is used to analyze these patterns and then the Synthetic Index of Social Disproportion is used to find a measure to systematically compare the social structure of elites and society across territories and time.

Chapter 16. The Effects of the Great Recession on Candidate Selection in America and Europe

This chapter deals with the conclusiones of the book: Coller, Xavier, Guillermo Cordero and Anton... more

Economic crisis and the selection of candidates

by xavier Coller, xavier coller, and Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo

This chapter provides an overview of the goals covered by the book lead by three basic questions:... more This chapter provides an overview of the goals covered by the book lead by three basic questions: Are new parties emerging during the crisis implementing open and inclusive ways of selecting legislative candidates? These " new " selection mechanisms have been incorporated by mainstream parties in a " contagion " effect? Are these new selection practices producing changes in the social structure of parliaments? The Great Recession is understood as the background from which the research questions originate. The chapter uses New Institutionalism in organizational theory to frame changes introduced in parties qua organizations to select their legislative candidates. Offering a plan of the book the chapter ends with a summary of each chapter putting results in a comparative perspective.

Chapter 14. New Parties and New Ways of Candidate Selection in Spain

This chapter analyzes empirically how candidate selection has evolved in recent times in the case... more This chapter analyzes empirically how candidate selection has evolved in recent times in the case of Spain. As other Southern European countries, Spain has witnessed a sharp decline in institutional confidence and growing political disaffection in the wake of the Great Recession. The sharp decline in vote share of the two major parties (PP and PSOE) has eroded an imperfect bipartisanship, given rise to a more complex scenario in which two recently created parties (Ciudadanos on the center and Podemos on the left) compete to be pivotal players in the political process. This has had a major impact on the process of candidate selection. First, as the new parties were built on an anti-establishment discourse targeting the power of traditional political apparatus, both Podemos and Ciudadanos have put in place more inclusive ways of selecting candidates although with some mechanisms of control of the party elites. Secondly, in an attempt to reconnect with their traditional electorates, the established parties (PP and PSOE) have moved in the direction of opening new ways of participation. Although these changes are still in the making, the process of candidate selection in Spain is expected to change even more substantially in the years to come.

Ch 16. Distant politicians.pdf

The 21st century Spanish parliamentary elite is not an exception to the patterns set forth in the... more The 21st century Spanish parliamentary elite is not an exception to the patterns set forth in the preceding paragraphs. It is fundamentally comprised of males born in the regional communities they represent, of average age over 50 years, with a university degree and a profession related to the law (basically, lawyers) and teaching. Nevertheless, it seems that the regional MPs are more open than those of the Cortes Generales (Senate and Congress of Deputies) when it comes to the incorporation of more women, more young politicians and more natives of autonomous communities. It is probable that most of the regional chambers are an entry point or the continuation of a political career, rather than a terminus.

Ch 10 National identities

One of the most important phenomena in Spain's recent history is the expansion and transformation... more One of the most important phenomena in Spain's recent history is the expansion and transformation of collective identities. After several decades of centralised government, the democratisation in Spain ran parallel to the country's decentralisation as it became a semi-federal state (Lijphart, 1999, p. 189) or one of imperfect federalism (Moreno, 1994). The progressive construction of a state made up of different autonomous communities (Comunidades Autónomas) paralleled the recognition and promotion of regional identities, to such an extent that different studies have highlighted (albeit with territorial variations and differing intensities) the consolidation of regional and dual identities (combining Spanish and regional identity) to the detriment of an exclusively This phenomenon is to be expected in a context of federalisation that, for some authors, is not necessarily detrimental to the unity of the country (Linz, 1989). However, no previous studies have analysed the collective identity of Spanish members of parliament (MPs). A snapshot of their identitarian attachments could help to explain, to some degree, the strategies and political actions developed within (and by)

Introdcution. Studying parliamentarians

Introduction to the book Coller, Xavier, Antonio Jaime y Fabiola Mota (eds) (2018), Political pow... more

Chapter 5. Recruitment and selection

mitos y realidades de las elites políticas.pdf

by xavier Coller, Maria Navarro, and Manu Portillo

Los estudios sobre elites políticas están renaciendo a partir de un creciente interés por conocer... more Los estudios sobre elites políticas están renaciendo a partir de un creciente interés por conocer a los inquilinos de las instituciones de gobierno de las democracias. Este interés se fundamenta en un cierto deterioro institucional, en una preocupación por la calidad de la democracia, y en los cambios sociopolíticos que conducen a demandas de transparencia, participación y renovación. Pero los estudios sobre elites no son nuevos. Este capítulo pretende diseccionar sintéticamente algunas aportaciones desde las ciencias sociales al estudio de las elites. Comienza con una definición de “elite política” y con los métodos para su identificación, sigue con un análisis de las aportaciones de los clásicos en las que se han fundamentado buena parte de los trabajos de autores contemporáneos. Se presta atención a si la elite política es un todo homogéneo y en el último capítulo se revisa la situación en España.

Harguindeguy, Jean B., Xavier Coller y Alistair Cole (2016), “Why is the Spanish Upper Chamber so Difficult to Reform?”, Parliamentary Affairs

by xavier Coller and alistair cole

As in other countries, the Spanish upper chamber is facing harsh criticisms. It has failed to ful... more As in other countries, the Spanish upper chamber is facing harsh criticisms. It has failed to fulfil its constitutional task as a chamber of territorial representation. Notwithstanding a number of proposed reforms, the Senado has remained almost unchanged since its creation in 1978. So why is it so difficult to restructure this chamber? This research aims to explain the impasse of the reform of the Senate through evaluating three approaches. After stressing the qualities and defects of the legal inheritance and party bargaining frameworks, this article argues that the joint-decision trap perspective can help to understand the two-fold dynamic of institutional obstruction and incremental change that has affected the Spanish Senate for the last 20 years.

Seleccion y reclutamiento.pdf

identidad nacional y regional en los parlametnarios españoles.pdf

Collective identities in spanish MPs after the first survey to a representative sample of MPs.

CURRICULUM VITAE

Social Distance and Ideological Congruence between MPs and Citizens: Iberian Legislatures before and after the Great Recession

The Iberian Legislatures in Comparative Perspective, 2019

This chapter examines descriptive and substantive representation in the Iberian Legislatures from... more This chapter examines descriptive and substantive representation in the Iberian Legislatures from two perspectives: historic and territorial. We ground our comparative analysis in two historical periods-before and after the Great Recession. Focusing on two of Pitkin's four dimensions of representation we explore whether the level of ideological congruence or social resemblance between parliamentarians and citizens has increased. Using mass and elite surveys, census data, and parliamentarians' biographies, we find that the level of congruence and resemblance has increased. This may be the result of the Great Recession or the intensification of a historical trend that other studies have previously identified.

Unstable preferences and policy changes: Spain

The politics of the Eurozone crisis in Southern Europe: A comparative reappraisal, 2019

This chapter provides an account of the positions of the Spanish authorities towards the major de... more This chapter provides an account of the positions of the Spanish authorities towards the major debates related to the recent European crisis and, furthermore, how these positions were developed through interactions with the leading actors. The chapter focuses on the Greek bailout, the creation of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), and the incorporation of the Golden Rule into the Constitution. Attention is paid to the how, the why and the 'major influences', against the backdrop of the Great Recession. Liberal Intergovernmentalism is combined with New (and Historic) Institutionalism and Garbage Can Theory to interpret and explain decisions taken. Support for the narrative developed here comes from the triangulation of primary sources (interviews to key insiders present in the decision making process) and secondary sources (newspaper clippings, official reports, memoirs of the main actors, academic literature, and political debates in Congress). Introduction. The crisis scenario.

The Iron Law of Oligarchy and New Ways of Selecting Candidates

This chapter summarizes the findings of the book Cordero, Guillermo and Xavier Coller, (eds)(2018... more This chapter summarizes the findings of the book Cordero, Guillermo and Xavier Coller, (eds)(2018), Democratizing Candidates Selection. New Methods, Old Receipts?, London: Palgrave.ISBN: 978-3-319-76550-1.

This is a book about the effects of candidate selection when considering Intra-Party Democracy (IPD) practices. The book initiates with a discussion of primaries and its extension to semi-presidential democracies, and it soon deals with four usually uncovered and relevant topics on the effects of implementing inclusive methods on candidate selection—the use of internet and its potential to foster oligarchic tensions in parties; the study of MPs discourses about how they were selected and how it should be changed; the effects of different methods of candidate selection on the social profile of MPs; and the impact of candidate selection on discipline in parliamentary behavior. Taken together, all these chapters touch upon several corners of Michels’ Iron Law of Oligarchy qualifying or reinforcing it.

Chapter 11. Candidate Selection and Party Discipline in Europe: a Comparative Perspective

by xavier Coller, Guillermo Cordero, and Patrik Öhberg

The normal functioning of democracies depends in large part on party representatives voting in ac... more The normal functioning of democracies depends in large part on party representatives voting in accordance with the joint party position. A Member of Parliament (MP) needs to be able to balance the interest of her constituents not only to her own views, but also-or even mainly-to the views of her party. It seems reasonable that representatives interpret their mandate to act differently depending on who supported them as candidates to begin with. Or put differently, the party whip should be more useful (or maybe not even necessary) on candidates who feel grateful towards party leadership, while candidates who are selected in broader membership votes should be less loyal towards the party leadership. Can party loyalty be enhanced through candidate selection procedures? In this paper we theorize and empirically show that exclusiveness of the selectorate affects candidates' assessments of the importance of party loyalty. We go beyond existing work in that we focus on candidates' outspoken views of the importance of party loyalty. So far, the research on how candidate selection impacts candidates' party loyalty has measured voting blocs as proxies of party discipline

The Socio-Political Profile of Parliamentary Representatives in Greece, Italy and Spain before and after the 'Eurocrisis': A Comparative Empirical Assessment

by xavier Coller, Manina Kakepaki, and Fani Kountouri

Tis paper compares the social profile of parliamentarians in Greece, Italy and Spain focusing on ... more

MPs of traditional parties' perceptions on candidate selection in times of political crisis and reform

by xavier Coller and Manuel Jimenez-Sanchez

From an empirical stance, this chapter analyzes a usually neglected voice in the literature: the ... more From an empirical stance, this chapter analyzes a usually neglected voice in the literature: the perceptions of MP on the selection process. The chapter unveils the criteria mobilized to select candidates in Spain and how these could be improved, paying special attention to the central IPD mechanism: the use of primaries. While there are some exceptions usually associated to conservative parties, the common position is that primaries are right to select candidates but some corrective mechanisms are needed in order to guarantee some equilibriums related to gender, territory, expertise, and internal party support.

Lights and Shadows of Democratizing Candidate Selection

by xavier Coller and Guillermo Cordero

This paper introduces and summarizes the major findings of the book published as: Cordero, Guill... more

Elites políticas en España. ¿Convergencia o divergencia con la sociedad?

This paper analyzes patterns of converence and divergence beetween political elites and society f... more This paper analyzes patterns of converence and divergence beetween political elites and society from 1979 to 2016 in Spain. The social disproportion index is used to analyze these patterns and then the Synthetic Index of Social Disproportion is used to find a measure to systematically compare the social structure of elites and society across territories and time.

Chapter 16. The Effects of the Great Recession on Candidate Selection in America and Europe

This chapter deals with the conclusiones of the book: Coller, Xavier, Guillermo Cordero and Anton... more

Economic crisis and the selection of candidates

by xavier Coller, xavier coller, and Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo

This chapter provides an overview of the goals covered by the book lead by three basic questions:... more This chapter provides an overview of the goals covered by the book lead by three basic questions: Are new parties emerging during the crisis implementing open and inclusive ways of selecting legislative candidates? These " new " selection mechanisms have been incorporated by mainstream parties in a " contagion " effect? Are these new selection practices producing changes in the social structure of parliaments? The Great Recession is understood as the background from which the research questions originate. The chapter uses New Institutionalism in organizational theory to frame changes introduced in parties qua organizations to select their legislative candidates. Offering a plan of the book the chapter ends with a summary of each chapter putting results in a comparative perspective.

Chapter 14. New Parties and New Ways of Candidate Selection in Spain

This chapter analyzes empirically how candidate selection has evolved in recent times in the case... more This chapter analyzes empirically how candidate selection has evolved in recent times in the case of Spain. As other Southern European countries, Spain has witnessed a sharp decline in institutional confidence and growing political disaffection in the wake of the Great Recession. The sharp decline in vote share of the two major parties (PP and PSOE) has eroded an imperfect bipartisanship, given rise to a more complex scenario in which two recently created parties (Ciudadanos on the center and Podemos on the left) compete to be pivotal players in the political process. This has had a major impact on the process of candidate selection. First, as the new parties were built on an anti-establishment discourse targeting the power of traditional political apparatus, both Podemos and Ciudadanos have put in place more inclusive ways of selecting candidates although with some mechanisms of control of the party elites. Secondly, in an attempt to reconnect with their traditional electorates, the established parties (PP and PSOE) have moved in the direction of opening new ways of participation. Although these changes are still in the making, the process of candidate selection in Spain is expected to change even more substantially in the years to come.

Ch 16. Distant politicians.pdf

The 21st century Spanish parliamentary elite is not an exception to the patterns set forth in the... more The 21st century Spanish parliamentary elite is not an exception to the patterns set forth in the preceding paragraphs. It is fundamentally comprised of males born in the regional communities they represent, of average age over 50 years, with a university degree and a profession related to the law (basically, lawyers) and teaching. Nevertheless, it seems that the regional MPs are more open than those of the Cortes Generales (Senate and Congress of Deputies) when it comes to the incorporation of more women, more young politicians and more natives of autonomous communities. It is probable that most of the regional chambers are an entry point or the continuation of a political career, rather than a terminus.

Ch 10 National identities

One of the most important phenomena in Spain's recent history is the expansion and transformation... more One of the most important phenomena in Spain's recent history is the expansion and transformation of collective identities. After several decades of centralised government, the democratisation in Spain ran parallel to the country's decentralisation as it became a semi-federal state (Lijphart, 1999, p. 189) or one of imperfect federalism (Moreno, 1994). The progressive construction of a state made up of different autonomous communities (Comunidades Autónomas) paralleled the recognition and promotion of regional identities, to such an extent that different studies have highlighted (albeit with territorial variations and differing intensities) the consolidation of regional and dual identities (combining Spanish and regional identity) to the detriment of an exclusively This phenomenon is to be expected in a context of federalisation that, for some authors, is not necessarily detrimental to the unity of the country (Linz, 1989). However, no previous studies have analysed the collective identity of Spanish members of parliament (MPs). A snapshot of their identitarian attachments could help to explain, to some degree, the strategies and political actions developed within (and by)

Introdcution. Studying parliamentarians

Introduction to the book Coller, Xavier, Antonio Jaime y Fabiola Mota (eds) (2018), Political pow... more

Chapter 5. Recruitment and selection

mitos y realidades de las elites políticas.pdf

by xavier Coller, Maria Navarro, and Manu Portillo

Los estudios sobre elites políticas están renaciendo a partir de un creciente interés por conocer... more Los estudios sobre elites políticas están renaciendo a partir de un creciente interés por conocer a los inquilinos de las instituciones de gobierno de las democracias. Este interés se fundamenta en un cierto deterioro institucional, en una preocupación por la calidad de la democracia, y en los cambios sociopolíticos que conducen a demandas de transparencia, participación y renovación. Pero los estudios sobre elites no son nuevos. Este capítulo pretende diseccionar sintéticamente algunas aportaciones desde las ciencias sociales al estudio de las elites. Comienza con una definición de “elite política” y con los métodos para su identificación, sigue con un análisis de las aportaciones de los clásicos en las que se han fundamentado buena parte de los trabajos de autores contemporáneos. Se presta atención a si la elite política es un todo homogéneo y en el último capítulo se revisa la situación en España.

Harguindeguy, Jean B., Xavier Coller y Alistair Cole (2016), “Why is the Spanish Upper Chamber so Difficult to Reform?”, Parliamentary Affairs

by xavier Coller and alistair cole

As in other countries, the Spanish upper chamber is facing harsh criticisms. It has failed to ful... more As in other countries, the Spanish upper chamber is facing harsh criticisms. It has failed to fulfil its constitutional task as a chamber of territorial representation. Notwithstanding a number of proposed reforms, the Senado has remained almost unchanged since its creation in 1978. So why is it so difficult to restructure this chamber? This research aims to explain the impasse of the reform of the Senate through evaluating three approaches. After stressing the qualities and defects of the legal inheritance and party bargaining frameworks, this article argues that the joint-decision trap perspective can help to understand the two-fold dynamic of institutional obstruction and incremental change that has affected the Spanish Senate for the last 20 years.

Seleccion y reclutamiento.pdf

identidad nacional y regional en los parlametnarios españoles.pdf

Collective identities in spanish MPs after the first survey to a representative sample of MPs.

La Empresa Flexible: Estudio Sociológico Del Impacto De La Flexibilidad En El Proceso De Trabajo

Análisis De Organizaciones

Ce livre présente en détail les formes sociologiques d&#x27;étude des organisations. Il aide ... more Ce livre présente en détail les formes sociologiques d&#x27;étude des organisations. Il aide le lecteur à développer sa propre analyse. Il passe en revue les concepts et les variables fondamentales des perspectives de la Sociologie des Organisations, et comment ils s&#x27;appliquent aux ...

Organizational Structures, Cultures and Identities: Overlaps and Divergences

in Steven B.Andrews y David Knoke (special editors), Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Vol. 16, Greenwich (Ct): JAI Press, pp:213-35. , 1999

Managing Flexibility In the Food Industry: a Cross-National Comparative Case Study In European Multinational Companies

European Journal of Industrial Relations, Jan 1, 1996

Structure, Politics and the Diffusion of Employment Practices In Multinationals

European Journal of Industrial …, Jan 1, 1999

Transnational Management Influence Over Changing Employment Practice: a Case From the Food Industry

by xavier Coller and Paul Marginson

Industrial Relations Journal, Jan 1, 1998

Organizational Structures, Cultures, and Identities: Overlaps and Divergences

Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Jan 1, 1999

Managing Flexibility In the Food Industry'

European Journal of Industrial Relations, Jan 1, 1996

National Industrial Relations Systems and Cross-Border Restructuring: Evidence From a Merger In the Pharmaceuticals Sector

European Journal of …, Jan 1, 2006

'Safe Enclaves'? American Multinationals and Spanish Trade Unionism

Labor History, Jan 1, 2010

Reorganización Productiva En Los Puestos De Trabajo

Sociologia del Trabajo, Jan 1, 1997

The Limits of Convergence

The Economic Crisis from Within: Evidence from Southern Europe

American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 58, nº 12., 2014

The effects of the crisis. Why Southern Europe?

The late 2000s economic crisis has transformed Europe. Scholars and politicians concur with the l... more The late 2000s economic crisis has transformed Europe. Scholars and politicians concur with the longstanding economic, political, and social consequences of this crisis.
The financial meltdown shrunk traditionally large economies and left a few of them at the verge of bankruptcy. The South of Europe, in particular, is one of the regions in the world where the consequences of the crisis have become most salient. Governmental efforts to face the crisis have generated deep institutional changes and historical turning points for the welfare state, democratic representation, labor relations, and social protests. The economic crisis has shifted the structure of the political field, allowing the rise of new political actors and novel alignments on both new and old political issues. In the midst of these transformations, we have attempted to compile a collection of scholarly analyses that seek to examine the most important institutional and social shifts taking place today in Southern Europe.

Bound by blood: the ethnic and civic nature of collective identities in the Basque Country, Catalonia and Valencia

Nations and nationalism , 2017

This paper explores the factors determining collective identities in the Basque Country and Catal... more This paper explores the factors determining collective identities in the Basque Country and Catalonia, paying special attention to language and birth as key domains of ethnolinguistic divide. We will also make a comparison to the case of Valencia, a region with a native language that nevertheless has not developed a nationalist movement. We have performed a cluster analysis to compare the differences between collective identities in these regions using data from the survey on National Identity in Spain, and discriminant analysis is used to test the validity of our model. Results show that an ethnolinguistic division, based on parental origin and linguistic skills, defines peripheral identities in the Basque Country and Catalonia, but this singularity cannot be found for Valencia. Finally, our model corroborates the relevance of ethnolinguistic factors in defining collective identities in the Basque and Catalan regions, while the civic factor may be more relevant in Valencia.

identidad nacional y regional en los parlametnarios españoles.pdf

Perspectivas sobre la identidad andaluza. Políticos, intelectuales y ciudadanía

by xavier Coller, Marta Paradés, and Anna Zamora-Kapoor

Spanish nationalism in valencia. A counterintuitive case?

Nationalism among political elites in Valencia

Los políticos valencianos en el contexto español ción parlamentaria reduce el grado de consenso e... more

Fragmented Identifies and Political Conflict

Ann Arbor, MI, UMI, Jan 1, 2003

Las Bases Sociales De La Identidad Dual: El Caso Valenciano

Reis, Jan 1, 1999

Collective identities and failed nationalism. The case of Valencia in Spain.

ESCUELAS Y PERSPECTIVAS DE LA SOCIOLOGÍA ,

REference: Coller, Xavier (2010), “Escuelas y perspectivas de la sociología”, en Julio Iglesias d... more

LOS HOMBROS DE LOS GIGANTES: MARX, DURKHEIM Y WEBER,

Reference: Coller, Xavier (2016), “LOS HOMBROS DE LOS GIGANTES: MARX, DURKHEIM Y WEBER,”, en Juli... more

La singladura de la sociología

Canon Sociológico

Estudio De Casos

The ‘Unusual’ Professors. The Experiences and Impact of Foreign Professors in Post-Franco Spain

Two foreign professors and a Spanish student tell what teaching and learning was like in Post-Fra... more

Juan Linz in memoriam

Papers. Revista de sociologia

Con el fallecimiento del profesor Juan José Linz se marcha una figura señera de las ciencias soci... more Con el fallecimiento del profesor Juan José Linz se marcha una figura señera de las ciencias sociales cuyo legado intelectual es inmenso: siete volúmenes de obras escogidas (se han quedado algunas sin publicar en castellano), docenas y docenas de alumnos y colaboradores en los cinco continentes (65 tesis doctorales dirigidas), y multitud de reflexiones y hallazgos útiles que, en algunos casos, han permitido a las ciencias sociales avanzar por derroteros nuevos, como su categoría de regímenes autoritarios o la pregunta sobre identidades múltiples tan usada en España. Su obra es variada, intensa, amplia, producto de la investigación y reflexión de décadas dedicadas a analizar problemas relevantes de las sociedades modernas: la democracia, los fascismos, el estado, los nacionalismos, los regímenes políticos, los intelectuales, el empresariado, la transición a la democracia, las élites políticas. Como trasfondo siempre estaba la democracia (y sus actores) como escenario deseable para el mundo moderno. El lector interesado que desee aproximarse a la obra de Linz sin prejuicios ideológicos puede hacerlo leyendo sus trabajos en castellano compilados como Obras escogidas por José Ramón Montero y Jeff Miley y editados por el Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales. Allí encontrarán también el texto actualizado de Houchang Chehabi «Una bibliografía de Juan J. Linz», donde se da cuenta de sus trabajos (útilmente clasificados por temas) y de los que tratan sobre Juan Linz (entrevistas, análisis, notas biográficas, volúmenes conmemorativos). En esta nota no entraré en el tratamiento de su obra más que en algunos aspectos. Quiero arrojar luz sobre algunas facetas menos conocidas de Linz como profesor y como investigador.

University, knowledge and society: A conversation with Juan J. Linz

Gabriel Castro y Jesús M. de Miguel (eds.), Spain in America. The first decade of Prince of Asturias Chair at Georgetown University, Madrid: Fundación Endesa, pp: 461-476, 2010

"How Professors Think" in Spain (English). Simposium.

by xavier Coller, Amparo Lasén, and Michèle Lamont

Un Parlament atípico

by xavier Coller, manuel portillo, and pablo dominguez

Un parlamento más poroso

Fotografía social de la décima legislatura del Parlamento de Andalucía.

Disciplina y electorado

Entrevista 3 (El Mundo)

Entrevista 2 (el diario.es)

Entrevista 1 (diario de sevilla)

El tercer problema de España

La educación de nuestros políticos

Consenso político

Foto del Parlamento de Andalucía (2012)

Image of catalonia at the press during the 92 games

Miquel de Moragas y Miquel Botella (eds.) Les claus de l'èxit, Barcelona, UAB, pp: 98-114 , 1995

Politics and Society in Spain

Miguélez, F y Prieto, C. (Ds.) (1991). Las relaciones laborales en España

Papers. Revista de Sociologia, 1992

Las relaciones laborales en Espa fia Madrid, Siglo XXI, 1991, 426 páginas.

Howard S. Becker. "Writing for Social Scientists. How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book or Article

Papers Revista De Sociologia, 1993

Royston M. Roberts. "Serendipia. Descubrimientos accidentales en la ciencia

Papers Revista De Sociologia, 1992

Más a menudo de 10 que se puede imaginar, el trabajo de reflexión y la in

Roberts, Royston M. (1992). Serendipia. Descubrimientos accidentales en la ciencia

Papers. Revista de Sociologia, 1992

Más a menudo de 10 que se puede imaginar, el trabajo de reflexión y la in

Luis Sarries Sanz. "Sociolog�a de las relaciones industriales en la sociedad postmoderna

Estudio de casos

Political Elites in Federalized Countries: The Case of Spain (1980-2005). CES Working Paper, no. 146, 2008

... XAVIER COLLER Georgetown University Universitat de Barcelona ... 08008 Barcelona (España) htt... more

F. Miguélez y C. Prieto. "Las relaciones laborales en España

Papers Revista De Sociologia, 1992

Las relaciones laborales en Espa fia Madrid, Siglo XXI, 1991, 426 páginas.

Difusion e Isomorfismo en las Organizaciones : el caso de las Multinacionales

Revista Espanola De Investigaciones Sociologicas, 1999

Aunque la sociología de las organizaciones y del trabajo se ocupa cada vez más de estudiar las em... more

La homogeneidad social de la elite pol�tica. Los parlamentarios de los PANE (1980-2005)

F. Migu�lez y C. Prieto. "Las relaciones laborales en Espa�a

La empresa flexible: estudio sociológico del impacto de la flexibilidad en el proceso de trabajo

... Información General. Autores: Xavier Coller; Editores: Madrid : Siglo XXI de España, 1997; Añ... more

Closing the Gap between Elites and Society? Regional Politicians in Spain

Reseña "Sociologie politique des élites" de William Genieys

Reis Revista Espanola De Investigaciones Sociologicas, 2013

Plus d'informations de cet article Site Web du journal dans redalyc.org Système d'Information Sci... more

P.K. Edwards. "El conflicto en el trabajo. Un análisis materialista de las relaciones laborales en la empresa

Papers Revista De Sociologia, 1992

Canon sociológico / X. Coller

Obra que plantea una visión de conjunto de la sociología a través del análisis de las principales... more Obra que plantea una visión de conjunto de la sociología a través del análisis de las principales teorías que han ido generando los más importantes científicos sociales desde el nacimiento de esta disciplina hasta la actualidad. Entre ellos destacan Saint-Simon, Comte, Herbert Spencer, Tocqueville, Marx, Pareto, Durkheim, Ferdinand Tönnies, Simmel, Weber, Alfred Schütz, C. Wright Mills, Bourdieu y Giddens.

Juan J. Linz in memoriam

Papers. Revista de Sociologia, 2013

Con el fallecimiento del profesor Juan José Linz se marcha una figura señera de las ciencias soci... more Con el fallecimiento del profesor Juan José Linz se marcha una figura señera de las ciencias sociales cuyo legado intelectual es inmenso: siete volúmenes de obras escogidas (se han quedado algunas sin publicar en castellano), docenas y docenas de alumnos y colaboradores en los cinco continentes (65 tesis doctorales dirigidas), y multitud de reflexiones y hallazgos útiles que, en algunos casos, han permitido a las ciencias sociales avanzar por derroteros nuevos, como su categoría de regímenes autoritarios o la pregunta sobre identidades múltiples tan usada en España. Su obra es variada, intensa, amplia, producto de la investigación y reflexión de décadas dedicadas a analizar problemas relevantes de las sociedades modernas: la democracia, los fascismos, el estado, los nacionalismos, los regímenes políticos, los intelectuales, el empresariado, la transición a la democracia, las élites políticas. Como trasfondo siempre estaba la democracia (y sus actores) como escenario deseable para el mundo moderno. El lector interesado que desee aproximarse a la obra de Linz sin prejuicios ideológicos puede hacerlo leyendo sus trabajos en castellano compilados como Obras escogidas por José Ramón Montero y Jeff Miley y editados por el Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales. Allí encontrarán también el texto actualizado de Houchang Chehabi «Una bibliografía de Juan J. Linz», donde se da cuenta de sus trabajos (útilmente clasificados por temas) y de los que tratan sobre Juan Linz (entrevistas, análisis, notas biográficas, volúmenes conmemorativos). En esta nota no entraré en el tratamiento de su obra más que en algunos aspectos. Quiero arrojar luz sobre algunas facetas menos conocidas de Linz como profesor y como investigador. El profesor Como profesor, Juan Linz era un docente extraordinario por su erudición y conocimientos de primera mano. Sus clases tendían a ser largas, muchas veces sobrepasando el límite establecido pero manteniendo a la audiencia interesada

Women MPs in Spanish Regional Parliaments: Critical Mass, Parliamentary Experience and Political Influence

by Andrés Santana, xavier Coller, SUSANA AGUILAR FERNÁNDEZ, and xavier coller

Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 2015

This article analyzes the evolution in the proportion of women representatives in the 17 Spanish... more This article analyzes the evolution in the proportion of women representatives in the 17 Spanish regional chambers along 1980-2011. We test whether the attainment of the ?critical? threshold of 30% of women in a chamber implies that the share of women is not going to fall below this threshold. Two hypotheses about the political presence of women are then tested: parliamentary experience reduces gender differences in the prospects of obtaining a seat; and women are confi ned to less infl uential political positions in the legislative.

'Safe Enclaves'? American multinationals and Spanish trade unionism

by Luis Ortiz and xavier Coller

How important are national industrial relations systems in shaping restructuring in multinational companies?

by Luis Ortiz and xavier Coller

Candidate Selection in a Multilevel State: the Case of Spain (American Behavioral Scientist)

by Guillermo Cordero and xavier Coller

The intra-party mechanisms for MPs selection has been only partially analyzed by the literature. ... more The intra-party mechanisms for MPs selection has been only partially analyzed by the literature. Most works focus on parties’ written rules regarding the selection of candidates for the national chamber(s). However, party statutes hide these mainly informal procedures. In this paper we analyze how candidate selection is implemented in parties using survey data for a representative sample of 580 MPs, completed with 58 in-depth interviews of MPs and gatekeepers. With this data we analyze how the selection of candidates is implemented in a multi-level democracy such as Spain.

Selecting Candidates in Multilevel Democracies (American Behavioral Scientist)

by Guillermo Cordero and xavier Coller