Portuguese Far Right - Between Late Authoritarianism and Democracy (1945-2015)

The book discusses the far right in the contemporary Portugal (1945-2015) within three different periods: the end of the authoritarian regime of António de Oliveira Salazar (1945-1974), the transition to democracy after the coup d'état of April 25th (1974-1982) and the democratic regime until the present (1982-2015).

List of contents

Introduction
Part I - The Far Right at the end of the authoritarian regime (1945-1974)
Chapter 1 - The far right intellectual milieu at the end of the World War II (1945-1960)
Chapter 2 - The far right at the outbreak of the War in Africa (1961-1968)
Chapter 3 - The right-wing opposition to the Marcello Caetano Government (1968-1974)
Part II - The Far Right during the transition to democracy (1974-1982)
Chapter 1 - The far right resistance during the revolution (1974-1975)
Chapter 2 - The far right resurgence in the 'democratic normalization' (1976-1982)
Chapter 3 - The metapolitics as the new strategy to modernize the far right (1982-1985)
Part III - The Far Right during the consolidated democracy (1982-2015)
Chapter 1 - A new cycle in democracy: the groupuscular and subcultural far right (1985-1999)
Chapter 2 - The new party strategy at the dawn of the new millennium (1999-2015)
Chapter 3 - The identitarian movement in Portugal

About the author

Riccardo Marchi is Senior Research Fellow at the Center for International Studies at the University of Lisbon, Portugal.

Summary

The book discusses the far right in the contemporary Portugal (1945-2015) within three different periods: the end of the authoritarian regime of António de Oliveira Salazar (1945-1974), the transition to democracy after the coup d’état of April 25th (1974-1982) and the democratic regime until the present (1982-2015).

Product details

• Authors: Riccardo Marchi, Riccardo (Instituto Universitario De Lisbo Marchi
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.11.2018
• EAN: 9781138218987
• ISBN: 978-1-138-21898-7
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Portugal, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Leadership, Nationalism, Fascism & Nazism, Political structures: democracy, Far-right political ideologies and movements, HISTORY / Europe / Spain, Political structures / systems: democracy, Nationalism and nationalist ideologies and movements