The Portuguese Revolution: State and Class in the Transition to Democracy

by Ronald H. Chilcote

Book Overview

Building on decades of research, leading scholar Ronald H. Chilcote provides a definitive analysis of the 1974-1975 Portuguese revolution, which captured global attention and continues to resonate today. His study revisits a key historical moment to explain the revolution and its aftermath through periods of authoritarianism and resistance as well as representative and popular democracy. Exploring the intertwined themes of class, state, and hegemony,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742567931
• ISBN13: 9780742567931
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"