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
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: 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
Youth and politics in Portugal
The OQD project has focuses on the Youth in Portugal and their political attitudes and behaviour.
Book “The Quality of Democracy in Portugal: The Citizens’ Point of View”
What do the Portuguese people expect from democracy? How do they evaluate its multiple dimensions? This book answers these questions.
How do the Portuguese view the Revolution of 1974, forty years on?
OQD project seeks to understand how the past influences political attitudes and behavior in Portugal: does the memory of democratization impact the way citizens view politics today?