This article argues that patterns of civil society in post-authoritarian democracies are the
result of divergent pathways to democracy. Through a comparison between contemporary …

This book is as much the result of intent as of serendipity. It began life as a research project
on the interaction between history, community and urban regeneration in Lisbon. I was …

This book offers a critical overview on the literature on party change and provides original
data on several dimensions of party organizations, focusing in particular on Portuguese …

The recent economic crisis has created momentum for party system change in most
European democracies. While Portugal has shown more predictable patterns of interparty …

Political parties are increasingly confronted with electoral volatility. However, the support for
some parties is more stable than that of others. Although it has been established that parties' …

Do democratic social revolutions strengthen civil society in the long-run? We answer this
question by comparing the trajectories of three civil society sectors (social welfare …

Uma sociedade civil robusta é condição essencial para o aprofundamento da democracia.
Através de uma reflexão sobre a história europeia, este ensaio mostra como a sociedade …

Political parties created Portuguese democracy in 1975 and have made it work ever since.
Today, Portugal is home to an institutionalized, consolidated, and nationalized party system …

The connections between political parties and civil society are central to parties'
representative performance. Several explanations exist for cross-party variations in the …

This chapter aims to examine the relationship between interest groups and parliament in
Portugal and Spain over the democratic period. This study provides a systematic …