Oxford Handbook of Portuguese Politics

The Oxford Handbook of Portuguese Politics brings together the best scholars in the field offering an unrivalled coverage of the politics (broadly defined) of the country over the past 50 years. The Handbook includes eight sections. First, it looks at the past and present by making an overview of Portuguese political developments since democratization in the 1970s. Second, it looks at political institutions as the building blocks of Portuguese democracy. Thethird section examines mass politics and voters, that is, a thorough analysis of the demand-side of mass politics. The fourth section turns to the supply side of mass-politics by looking at parties and the party system. The fifth section looks at the Portuguese society by unpacking a plethora of societalaspects with direct implications for politics. The sixth section examines governance and public policies, with a view to understanding how a constellation of public policies has an impact on the quality of governance and in fostering well-being. The seventh section looks at Portugal and the European Union. The eighth and final section unpacks Portuguese foreign policy and defence.

Jorge M. Fernandes is an Assistant Research Professor, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon. He holds a Ph.D. in Social and Political Sciences from the European University Institute (2013). His research interests include representation, electoral systems, political parties, legislatures, and coalitions. His work has appeared in journals such as Comparative Political Studies, European Journal of Political Research, Political Behavior, Legislative StudiesQuarterly, Party Politics, and many others. He is the co-editor of The Politics of Legislative Debates (Oxford University Press, 2021) and co-authored a chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Political Representation in Liberal Democracies.Pedro C. Magalhães is a Research Fellow, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Ohio State University (2003). His research interests include public opinion, elections, and judicial politics. His work has appeared in journals such as the American Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, European Journal of Political Research, Political Research Quarterly, West European Politics, Experimental Economics, and manyothers. He has co-edited volumes for Oxford University Press and authored or co-authored chapters in three Oxford Handbooks (Executive Politics, Political Representation, and Spanish Politics).António Costa Pinto is a Research Professor, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon. He has been a visiting professor at Stanford University (1993), Georgetown University (2004), a senior associate member at St Antony's College, Oxford (1995), and a senior visiting fellow at Princeton University (1996), at the University of California, Berkeley (2000 and 2010), and at New York University (2017). He is a past president of the Portuguese Political Science Association. Hisresearch interests include authoritarianism, democratisation and transitional justice, political elites, and the comparative study of political change. Among his publications are Political Institutions and Democracy in Portugal: Assessing the Impact of the Eurocrisis (2019, Co-Ed.) and Technocratic Ministersand Political Leadership in European Democracies, (2018, Co-Ed).