Portuguese elections: Portugal is now a country caught between stability and disaffection

de Sousa, Luís and Casal Bértoa, Fernando (2015) Portuguese elections: Portugal is now a country caught between stability and disaffection. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) Blog (09 Oct 2015). Website.

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The governing centre-right coalition in Portugal won parliamentary elections on 4 October, but lost its majority in the Portuguese parliament. Luís de Sousa and Fernando Casal Bértoa assess what the results mean for the country’s party system. They write that Portugal has had an exceptionally stable party system in recent years and that this trend has continued, despite the financial crisis badly damaging the Portuguese economy. Nevertheless, there are high levels of disaffection among citizens, evident in the election’s record low turnout.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/
Additional Information:	© 2015 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Date Deposited:	27 Mar 2017 13:07
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 14:23
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/70930

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