Political Representation
and Citizenship in
Portugal
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Political Representation
and Citizenship in
Portugal
From Crisis to Renewal
Edited by Marco Lisi, Andr Freire,
and Emmanouil Tsatsanis
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Names: Lisi, Marco, 1975- editor. | Freire, Andr, editor. | Tsatsanis, Emmanouil, 1976- editor.
Title: Political Representation and Citizenship in Portugal: From Crisis to Renewal / edited by Marco Lisi, Andr Freire, and Emmanouil Tsatsanis.
Description: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: This volume analyzes key dimensions of political representation and participation in Portugal, examining the impact of the economic crisis on the linkage between voters and elected representatives, contributing to assessing the significant changes that representative democracies have experienced and the factors that may boost their renewalProvided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020003385 (print) | LCCN 2020003386 (ebook) | ISBN 9781793601155 (cloth) | ISBN 9781793601162 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Political participationPortugal. | Representative government and representationPortugal. | CitizenshipPortugal. | Global Financial Crisis, 20082009Political aspectsPortugal. | PortugalPolitics and government21st century.
Classification: LCC JN8605 .P65 2020 (print) | LCC JN8605 (ebook) | DDC 323/.04209469dc23
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Contents
Marco Lisi, Andr Freire, and Emmanouil Tsatsanis
Elisabetta De Giorgi and Joo Cancela
Guya Accornero and Pedro Ramos Pinto
Emmanouil Tsatsanis and Ana Maria Belchior
Andr Freire, Vicente Valentim, Viriato Queiroga, and Francisco Graa
Andr Freire and Augusta Correia
Ana Prata, Andr Freire, and Sofia Serra-Silva
Marco Lisi and Vera Ramalhete
Enrico Borghetto and Marco Lisi
Marco Lisi, Andr Freire, and Emmanouil Tsatsanis
Figures
Party Placement According to MPs and Experts |
Attitudes toward Socioeconomic Issues and the EU |
Perceptions of Attitudes of Austerity of Different Parties According to MPs |
Evolution of Approved Laws by Policy Sector and Voting Behavior of RLPs |
Protest Event Count, Portugal January 2010 to July 2013 (three days/week sample) |
Mixed-effects Models for Diffuse and Specific Support (2008, 2012, 2016) |
Predictive Margins of Diffuse Support of Different Cohorts by Year (2008, 2012, 2016) |
Ideological Congruence, 2008, 2012, and 2016, for Portuguese Voters and MPs, by Party |
Socioeconomic Policy Congruence, 2008, 2012, and 2016, for Portuguese Voters and MPs, by Party |
Candidates Attitudes toward Europe and Intraparty Dissent (20082016) |
Distribution of Parliamentary Activities on EWS Issues by Party and Legislature |
Portuguese MPs Attitudes toward European Union |
Tables
Results of the 2015 and 2019 Legislative Elections |
Favorable Votes to Government-Initiated Proposals by Party and Legislature |
Voting and Abstention According to Self-Reported Participation in Lawful Demonstrations (LD), ESS, Portugal 2012 (%) |
Components of Political System Support, Portugal (2016) |
Conventional Participation in Each of the Six Countries (2008, 2012, and 2016) and Statistical Significance of Differences (t-test) Using ESS Data |
Unconventional Participation in Each of the Six Countries (2008, 2012, and 2016) and Statistical Significance of Differences (t-test) Using ESS data |
Conventional and Unconventional Participation in Portugal (2008, 2012, and 2016) and Statistical Significance of Differences (t-test) Using Data from the Survey to the Portuguese Population |
Summary Table of Ideological and Political Congruence before and after Economic Crisis |
Differences between Male and Female Political Elites and Voters in Terms of Policy Preferences, in Each Year |
Explaining Variation in Policy Preferences of Voters in 2008 (OLS Regressions) |
Explaining Variation in Policy Preferences of Voters and Political Elites in 2016 (OLS Regressions) |
Candidates Attitudes toward Europe, by Party and Year (20082016) |
Explaining Candidates Intraparty Dissent (OLS Regression) |
MPs Parliamentary Activity in Portugal, 20072018 |
Explaining MPs Activity on ESW Issues |
Policy Sectors and EU Involvement |
Logistic Regression Coefficients |
CDS-PP | Centro Democrtico e Social-Partido Popular | Social Democratic Center-Popular Party |
CDU | Coligao Democrtica Unitria | Unitary Democratic Coalition |
CGTP | Confederao Geral dos Trabalhadores Portugueses | General Confederation of the Portuguese Workers |
CNE | Comisso Nacional de Eleies | National Electoral Commission |
BE | Bloco de Esquerda | Left Bloc |
IL | Iniciativa Liberal | Liberal Initiative |
L | Livre | Free |
MoU | Memorando de Entendimento | Memorandum of Understanding |
PF | Portugal Frente | Portugal Forward |
PAN | Pessoas-Animais-Natureza | People-Animals-Nature Party |
PCP | Partido Comunista Portugus | Portuguese Communist Party |
PEV | Partido Ecologista Os Verdes | The Greens |
PS | Partido Socialista | Portuguese Socialist Party |