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 Studies Quarterly, 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 many others. 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. His research 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 Ministers and Political Leadership in European Democracies, (2018, Co-Ed).

• Past and Present


• 1: Robert M. Fishman: From Problematic Laggard to Star of the South? The Comparative Significance of the Portuguese Case


• 2: António Costa Pinto and André Paris: Democratization and its Legacies


• 3: Filipa Raimundo: Dealing with the Authoritarian Past


• 4: Luciano Amaral: Social, Economic, and Demographic Change during the Portuguese Democracy (1974-2020)


• 5: Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo and José Pedro Monteiro: Empire and Decolonization in Portuguese Africa


• 6: André Freire: The Centre-Left and the Radical Left in Portuguese Democracy


• 7: Riccardo Marchi and André Azevedo Alves: The Right and Far-Right in the Portuguese Democracy


• Political Institutions


• 8: Octavio Amorim Neto: Semi-Presidentialism in Portugal: Academic Quarrels Amidst Institutional Stability


• 9: Eunice Goes and Cristina Leston-Bandeira: The Role of the Portuguese Parliament


• 10: Pedro Silveira and Patrícia Silva: Executive Politics


• 11: Nuno Garoupa and Lydia Tiede: Judicial Politics in Portugal


• 12: Jorge M. Fernandes: Electoral System


• 13: António F. Tavares: Bureaucracy and Public Administration


• 14: Filipe Teles: Decentralization and Local Politics


• Mass Politics and Voters


• 15: José Sobral and Jorge Vala: Portuguese National Identity: Historical Constructions and Contemporary Expressions


• 16: Pedro C. Magalhães: Citizens and Politics: Support and Engagement


• 17: José Santana-Pereira: Election Campaigns


• 18: Ignacio Lago: Voting Behaviour


• 19: João Cancela: Electoral Turnout


• 20: Susana Salgado: Mass Media and Political Communication


• Parties and Party System


• 21: Carlos Jalali and Edalina Rodrigues Sanches: Candidate Selection in Portugal


• 22: Pedro Tavares de Almeida: Political Elites and Executive Leadership


• 23: Fernando Bizzarro and Mafalda Pratas: Political Parties and Party System


• 24: Ana Maria Belchior and Conceição Pequito: Parties and Political Representation


• 25: Ingrid van Biezen and Fernando Casal Bértoa: Plus Ça Change? Party Regulation in Portugal (1974-2020)


• Society


• 26: Ana Espírito-Santo and Ana Catalano Weeks: Gender and Politics in Portugal


• 27: Marco Lisi and João Loureiro: Interest Groups, Business Associations and Unions


• 28: João Carvalho: Emigration and Immigration in Portugal


• 29: Guya Accornero and Pedro Ramos Pinto: Movements at the Border. Conflict and Protest in Portugal


• 30: Madalena Meyer Resende: The Relations Between the Catholic Church and the Political Arena in Portugal


• 31: Carlos Farinha Rodrigues: Social and Economic Inequality


• Governance and Public Policies


• 32: Amílcar Moreira and Miguel Glatzer: The Portuguese Welfare State


• 33: Alexandre Afonso: Portuguese Labour Market Governance in Comparative Perspective


• 34: Fernando Alexandre and Pedro Bação: The Portuguese Macroeconomic Policy Framework


• 35: Ana Balcão Reis: Education Policies


• 36: Céu Mateus: Health Policies


• 37: Luís de Sousa and Susana Coroado: Political Corruption in Portugal


• 38: Mariana Lopes da Fonseca: Taxation and Accountability at the Local Level


• 39: João Amador: Portugal and the Challenges of Economic Globalization


• Portugal and the European Union


• 40: Margarida Duarte: Portugal and the European Monetary Union


• 41: Laura Ferreira-Pereira: Portugal in the European Union: Chronicling a Transformative Journey


• 42: Marina Costa Lobo: Politicising Europe: How It Affects Domestic Political Competition in Portugal


• 43: Catherine Moury and Elisabetta De Giorgi: Bailout Politics in Portugal (2008-2020)


• Foreign Policy and Defence


• 44: Maria Raquel Freire: Portuguese Foreign Policy


• 45: Andrés Malamud and Pedro Seabra: Portugal and Brazil


• 46: Ricardo Soares de Oliveira: Portugal and Africa


• 47: Bruno Oliveira Martins and Daniel Pinéu: Security and Geostrategy


• 48: Helena Carreiras: The Military and Defence Policies