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ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD The Portuguese Revolution State and Class in the Transition to Democracy 2012 Edition by Ronald H. Chilcote
Building on decades of research, leading scholar Ronald H. Chilcote provides a definitive analysis of the 1974-1975 Portuguese revolution, which captured global attention and continues to resonate today. His study revisits a key historical moment to explain the revolution and its aftermath through periods of authoritarianism and resistance as well as representative and popular democracy. Exploring the intertwined themes of class, state, and hegemony, Chilcote builds a powerful framework for understanding the Portuguese case as well as contemporary political economy worldwide. Table of contents :- Preface: Portugal and Comparative InquiryIntroductionChapter 1: Capitalism and the Bourgeois RevolutionPart I: State Forms, Enterprise, and Continuity in the Consolidation of CapitalismChapter 2: Origins and Evolution of the StateChapter 3: Economic Groups, Public Enterprises, and Multinationals: Links to the StateChapter 4: Continuity of the State in the Political EconomyPart II: Class and Movement in the Struggle for a Socialist Transition and Popular DemocracyChapter 5: Class and Movement in the Struggle for a Socialist Transition and Popular DemocracyChapter 6: The April 25 CoupChapter 7: Institutional Conflict and the MFAChapter 8: The New Popular and Social MovementsChapter 9: Social Classes in StruggleChapter 10: Legacies of the RevolutionChapter 11: The AftermathConclusion: Assessment and Implications