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The Revolution before the Revolution: Late Authoritarianism and Student Protest in Portugal
Guya Accornero
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Description for The Revolution before the Revolution: Late Authoritarianism and Student Protest in Portugal
Hardback. Portugal's 1974 Carnation Revolution was in many ways the culmination of a much longer history of resistance originating in universities and other sectors of society. Combining careful research with insights from social movement theory, this book traces these convulsions in Portuguese society over the course of the long 1960s. Series: Protest, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 188 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
Histories of Portugal's transition to democracy have long focused on the 1974 military coup that toppled the authoritarian Estado Novo regime and set in motion the divestment of the nation's colonial holdings. However, the events of this Carnation Revolution were in many ways the culmination of a much longer process of resistance and protest originating in universities and other sectors of society. Combining careful research in police, government, and student archives with insights from social movement theory, The Revolution before the Revolution broadens our understanding of Portuguese democratization by tracing the societal convulsions that preceded it over the ... Read more
Histories of Portugal's transition to democracy have long focused on the 1974 military coup that toppled the authoritarian Estado Novo regime and set in motion the divestment of the nation's colonial holdings. However, the events of this Carnation Revolution were in many ways the culmination of a much longer process of resistance and protest originating in universities and other sectors of society. Combining careful research in police, government, and student archives with insights from social movement theory, The Revolution before the Revolution broadens our understanding of Portuguese democratization by tracing the societal convulsions that preceded it over the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Protest, Culture and Society
Condition
New
Weight
401g
Number of Pages
186
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785331145
SKU
V9781785331145
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About Guya Accornero
Guya Accornero is a senior researcher fellow in political science at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology, Lisbon University Institute (IUL) - with a grant of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT, grant number FCT-IF/00223/2012) - and invited professor at the same University. She collaborates with the 'Barometer of News' of the IUL Journalism School. She ... Read more
Reviews for The Revolution before the Revolution: Late Authoritarianism and Student Protest in Portugal
[This volume] is methodologically solid, empirically rich and theoretically innovative and will be an indispensable read to anyone interested in the history of authoritarianism and social movements in postwar Europe, scholarly or not. Democratization