Portugal: From Monarchy to Pluralist Democracy

ISBN-13: 9780367299392 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 177 str.

Walter C. Opello Jr

Opis

This book is a survey of Portugal's evolution from an absolute monarchy into a nascent pluralist democracy, documenting the effects of absolutism, imperialism, centralization, class and regional cleavages, and late industrialization on the Portuguese people, their polity, economy, and society.

Spis treści

Introduction -- Topography and Climate -- Portuguese Society -- From Castilian Province to Portuguese Republic -- Corporatists and Monarchists Versus Republicans -- Downfall of the New State -- Consolidation of Democracy -- The Economy -- Portugal and the Wider World -- Whither Portugal?

O autorze

Walter C. Opello, Jr. is professor and chair of political science at the State University of New York at Oswego. His works also include Portugal’s Political Development (Westview).