Democracy, Dictatorship and Political Change: The Argument of Historicity (or the Case of Contemporary Portugal)

Authors

  • Rui Cunha Martins Universidade de Coimbra

Keywords:

Dictatorship, democracy, political transition, Contemporary Portugal, historiography

Abstract

Taking for analysis the case of contemporary Portugal (and especially the historiographical treatment of Portugal under Salazar), this article aims to: a) assess the theoretical mobilization of the two concepts of dictatorship and democracy; b) discuss their use in terms of a logic of continuity and rupture; c) produce a critical understanding of the concept of political transition

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Issue

No. 14 (2011): Cercles. A Journal of Cultural History 14.

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