Portugal in the 21st Century provides a thorough yet accessible picture of contemporary Portugal in the first two decades of the twenty-first century. It examines and elucidates Portugal’s recent trajectory its current position and the main challenges it faces through an examination of the principal dimensions of cultural economic political and social development in the country. Bringing together some of the foremost Portuguese experts in each of these areas it draws on a diverse knowledge across the social sciences and humanities – including anthropologists art historians economists historians legal scholars literary scholars political scientists biologists and sociologists – to create a multidimensional portrait of contemporary Portuguese society. Key features: Organised into nine substantive chapters – each of which covers a major area of Portugal’s contemporary existence – from its national identity and political system to its economy scientific literary and artistic production. Opens with a general introduction providing historical context and a chapter on Portuguese national identity. Thematic chapters focus on social political economic and cultural developments of the last two decades. This book provides a comprehensive erudite yet accessible introduction to contemporary Portugal and is essential reading for students scholars and readers interested in Portugal Portuguese and Southern European politics and culture Iberian or Iberian-American studies and more broadly to European and Comparative Politics. The Open Access version of this book available at www.taylorfrancis.com has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivatives (CC-BY-ND) 4.0 license.
