Policy Brief 2018: The Quality of Democracy in Portugal – Experts Opinion Results
OQD´s Policy Brief 2018 is now available online! Researchers from the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon present the main results of the survey applied to experts on the quality of democracy in Portugal. See document
Policy Brief 2017: A Proposal of an Index of Quality of Democracy
It is available online the OQD´s Policy Brief 2017, in which researchers from the Social Sciences Institute of University of Lisbon suggest the creation of an Index of Quality of Democracy (IQD) to analyze the performance of the Portuguese democracy. See document
Publication “Electoral Participation and Independent Candidature in Local Elections”
In the recent number of the review “Portugal Social em Mudança” (2017), researchers from ICS-ULisboa present a brief reflexion on Portuguese democracy in the local level, pointing out to several dynamics and features of local elections. See document
Local elections in Portugal 2017: the strength of independent candidacies
Candidacies led by citizen groups were the fourth political force in the last elections. The expectation is that this trend will be repeated in the local elections this year.
Eurobarometer 86 shows an increase in Portuguese confidence in institutions
Results of the Eurobarometer 86 national report, prepared by researchers from ICS-ULisboa and University of Aveiro, show an increase in Portuguese confidence in the Government and Parliament.See link
Eurobarometer 86: Portugal is optimistic regarding the European Union
José Santana Pereira, researcher at ICS-ULisboa, points out that the Portuguese public opinion has calmed down regarding a period of great pessimism and great negativity. See Link
Portugal in relation to the populist wave in Europe and around the world
Susana Salgado, reseacher at ICS-ULisboa, says that «portuguese parties have integrated what could be fuel for populism».See link