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Title
From dictatorship to democracy in twentieth-century Portugal / Raphael Costa.
ISBN
9781137583680 (electronic book)
1137583681 (electronic book)
9781137583673
1137583673
Published
London, United Kingdom : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xviii, 271 pages)
Call Number
DP675
Dewey Decimal Classification
946.904
Summary
This book examines Portugal's transition from dictatorship to democracy by focusing on Lourinhã's urbanization and economic development since 1966. Since 1966, Lourinhã's urban landscape has transformed as Portugal democratized. From a rural town with little infrastructure and few institutions in 1966, Lourinhã emerged by 2001 as a modern European town. This work highlights key areas of economic and urban development and argues that Lourinhã's political culture became more institutional, creating a withering expectation of citizen participation in local development, as Portugal transitioned from dictatorship to democracy. Raphael Costa asks whether Portugal was on the path towards democracy before 1974, and if the rapid shift to democracy was the blessing it appeared to be by the 1990s. Did democratization ultimately disenfranchise the Portuguese in important ways? This work uses Lourinhã's development as an example of the Portuguese experience to argue that the Carnation Revolution, although a watershed in Portugal's politico-cultural evolution, should not be understood as the moment when democracy came to Portugal.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed March 1, 2017).
Preface; Acknowledgement; Contents; List of Figures; Chapter 1: Introduction: Lourinhã inßtheßHistory ofßPortugal andßEurope's Twentieth Century; Notes; Chapter 2: Government, Citizens, andßAgricultural Modernization inßtheßLate Twentieth Century; Notes; Chapter 3: Economic Development, Infrastructure, Civil Society, andßtheßRural World inßtheßAge ofßMass Tourism; Notes; Chapter 4: Lourinhã's Cooperatives asßAgents ofßDevelopment; Notes; Chapter 5: Electricity, Water andßCivic Organization forßInfrastructure; Notes; Chapter 6: A European Lourinhã; Notes.
Chapter 7: Conclusion: Lourinhã-Portugal-EuropeNotes; Archives andßArchival Collections Consulted; Bibliography ; Published Primary Sources; Conference Papers; Secondary Sources; Index.
