Contemporary Portugal: Politics, Society, and Culture (Social Science Monographs) [Hardcover]

Antonio Costa Pinto (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0880339969 | ISBN-13: 978-0880339964 | Publication Date: December 31, 2003

This book present san introduction to the evolution of Portuguese politics, society and culture in the twentieth century. Eminent historians, political scientists and experts in literature and art, explore a wide spectrum of topics: international relations, authoritarianism, and transition to democracy, social change, economic development, colonialism and decolonization, patterns of emigration, problems of national identity, and the main trends of twentieth century Portuguese literature and art.

(12/1/2005)

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A major scholarly contribution to Protugese studies.

(Walter C. Opello Mediterranean Historical Review )

About the Author

Antonio Costa Pinto is Professor and Director of the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Lisbon.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 300 pages
• Publisher: East European Monographs (December 31, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0880339969
• ISBN-13: 978-0880339964
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,436,018 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Antonio Costa Pinto is a Professor of Politics and Contemporary European History at the Institute of Social Science, University of Lisbon, Portugal. He holds his doctorate from the European University Institute, Florence (1992). 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) and at the University of California, Berkeley (2000). From 1999 to 2003 he was a visiting professor at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris. He is currently president of the Portuguese Political Science Association. His research interests include fascism and authoritarianism, democratisation and transitional justice in new democracies, the European Union, and the comparative study of political change in Europe

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This review is from: Contemporary Portugal: Politics, Society and Culture, Second Edition (Social Science Monographs) (Hardcover)

The textbook was necessary for my class in Portugal. However, I found that some of the articles were hard to follow. I got bogged down by details. Also, many of the authors wrote their articles as if only experts on Portuguese history were reading the text.