Domesticated in the Yangtze River valley some 13,000 to 14,000 years ago (Sweeney &
McCouch, 2007), Asian rice (Oryza sativa L.) is by far the most successful of the world's two …

Over the last years, the olive oil produced in the Mediterranean countries has obtained
growing success in international markets. Olive oil has benefited from the growing appetite …

Scholars have long recognized that reform policies shape mass politics. We theorize how
reform impacts two key but underexamined groups–eligible nonbeneficiaries and ineligible …

Portugal went through substantial social and economic changes since the onset of
democracy in 1974. Many of these changes followed on from trends that could be identified …

The first decade of the 21st century marked an important period in global demographics. For
the first time in human history more people were living in urban than in rural areas. Rural …

Most scholarship concludes that major redistributive programs garner support for
incumbents. But redistribution can backfire when incumbents lose office and have issue …

No final da década de 1960, quando a concentração industrial em Portugal se acumulava
progressivamente junto dasgrandes áreas urbanas, uma fábrica de produção de borracha …

This paper analyses the stages of structural change between the three main sectors of the
Iberian economies. We also measure the contribution of structural change to economic …

Situado en el sur de la Península Ibérica, el Alentejo, la más extensa de las regiones
portuguesas, está sometido a condiciones agroecológicas que condicionan la actividad …

The period between the end of World War II and 1973 was the best ever in terms of growth of
the Portuguese economy. Growth rates had never been higher and would never be in the …