Political Institutions and Democracy in Portugal [electronic resource] : Assessing the Impact of the Eurocrisis /
Costa Pinto, António.editor.
Pequito Teixeira, Conceição.editor.
This book examines how patterns of political representation, party system, and political culture have changed in Southern Europe following the "Great Recession" of 2008. It draws on the experience of Portugal to argue that austerity measures have significantly deepened the legitimacy crisis of democratic institutions, but the resilience of party system is remarkable in comparison. The case of Portugal present some interesting differences from other southern European democracies, since on one hand it suffered a deep economic crisis and the consequent bailout from the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and the European Union, but on the other hand the party system remained stable. Nevertheless the impact of the crisis did reinforce a centre-periphery cleavage within the European Union, and especially in the Eurozone, Portugal is a central element of this new cleavage notoriously aggravated by the Brexit.
1. Portugal before and after the "Great Recession". A resiliente Democracy? -- 2 The Political Economy of Portuguese Crisis Years: The Road not Taken -- 3. The President of the Republic and the Management of the Eurocrisis -- 4. Electoral Systems and Political Reforms: Portugal in Comparative Perspective -- 5. The Portuguese Party System: Evolution in Continuity? -- 6. The Centrality of the Portuguese Parliament: Reform, Troika and "Contraption" -- 7. The Portuguese Constitutional Court and its Austerity Case Law -- 8. New challenges, Old Parties: Party Change in Portugal after the European crisis -- 9. Trade Union Representation and Industrial Relations in Portugal before, during and following the Economic and Financial Crises -- 10. Portugal and Spain in the international protest cycles: from global justice movement to anti-austerity protests -- 11. Political Discontentment and "Democrats with Adjectives" in Portugal post-Troika: Risks and Opportunities.
This book examines how patterns of political representation, party system, and political culture have changed in Southern Europe following the "Great Recession" of 2008. It draws on the experience of Portugal to argue that austerity measures have significantly deepened the legitimacy crisis of democratic institutions, but the resilience of party system is remarkable in comparison. The case of Portugal present some interesting differences from other southern European democracies, since on one hand it suffered a deep economic crisis and the consequent bailout from the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and the European Union, but on the other hand the party system remained stable. Nevertheless the impact of the crisis did reinforce a centre-periphery cleavage within the European Union, and especially in the Eurozone, Portugal is a central element of this new cleavage notoriously aggravated by the Brexit.
Europe-Politics and government.
Elections.
Comparative politics.
Democracy.
European Politics.
Electoral Politics.
Comparative Politics.
Democracy.