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Political Representation and Citizenship in Portugal: From Crisis to Renewal

Edited by Marco Lisi, Edited by AndrÃ© Freire, Edited by Emmanouil Tsatsanis, Contributions by Guya Accornero, Contributions by Ana Maria Belchior, Contributions by Enrico Borghetto, Contributions by JoÃ£o Cancela, Contributions by Augusta Correia, Contributions by Elisabetta De Giorgi, Contributions by AndrÃ© Freire

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Representative democracies are facing huge challenges that stem from long trends of citizensâ€™ dissatisfaction and weakening of political legitimacy, on the one hand, and the effects of global economic and financial crisis on electoral alignments and the patterns of government, on the other. This volume uses the Portuguese case as an important case study to examine the long-term debate on the crisis of representative democracies with the attempt to assess the impact of the Great Recession. In particular, this study examines two relevant dimensions, namely citizensâ€™ participation and mobilization, as well as longitudinal evolution of the linkages between voters and MPs, highlighting both continuities and changes. Through a wide and rich data collection and the comparative perspective adopted, this study furthers our understanding of how Portuguese democracy has bounced back and has emerged as a peculiar case among European democracies, especially if we look at innovate democratic practices - at both citizensâ€™ and elitesâ€™ level â€“ that have been adopted after the Great Recession.