The Making of Portuguese Democracy [Paperback]

The first comprehensive assessment of the origins of the present-day democratic regime in Portugal.This vividly-written book is the first comprehensive assessment of the origins of the present-day democratic regime in Portugal to be placed in a broad international historical context. After a vivid account of the collapse of the old regime in 1974, it studies the complex revolutionary period that followed, and the struggle in Europe and Africa to define the future role of Europe's then poorest country. International repercussions are examined and comparisons are drawn with the more general collapse of communist in the late 1980s.This vividly-written book is the first comprehensive assessment of the origins of the present-day democratic regime in Portugal to be placed in a broad international historical context. After a vivid account of the collapse of the old regime in 1974, it studies the complex revolutionary period that followed, and the struggle in Europe and Africa to define the future role of Europe's then poorest country. International repercussions are examined and comparisons are drawn with the more general collapse of communist in the late 1980s.This vividly-written book is the first comprehensive assessment of the origins of the present-day democratic regime in Portugal to be placed in a broad international historical context. After a vibrant account of the collapse of the old regime in 1974, it studies the complex revolutionary period that followed, and the struggle in Europe and Africa to define the future role of Europe's then poorest country. International repercussions are examined and comparisons are drawn with the more general collapse of communism in the late 1980s.Acknowledgments; Glossary; Introduction; 1. Prisoners of history; 2. The praetorian guards; 3. Coup d'?tat; 4. Conflicts and confusions; 5. African dilemmas; 6. Revolution; 7. Counter-revolution; 8. The revolution tamed; 9. Picking up the pieces; Conclusion; Bibliographical essay. MaxwellsP