Democratization and Social Settlements

Daniel Nataf is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He is the coauthor of Transitions from Dictatorship to Democracy: Comparative Studies of Spain, Portugal, and Greece.

• List of Tables and Figures 1. Portuguese Democracy from a Comparative and Theoretical Perspective 2. The End of the Dictatorship and Its Hegemonic Project 3. Democratic Consolidation under Dishegemony 4. The Rise of the PSD and Emergence of a National Hegemonic Project among the Mass Public 5. Party Strategies and the Social Bases of Contesting Hegemonic Projects 6. Labor and the Search for a Social Settlement 7. The Politics of Accumulation and Dishegemony 8. Portugal and Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century Notes Bibliography Index

"This constitutes the first book-length study of the Portuguese transition within a political economy framework that situates the country properly in its international economic and political setting and that incorporates fully a discussion of the relevant social and economic groups. The book's major contribution is to demonstrate how the Portuguese case, which is one of the most significant ruptures with the prior polity and economy, ultimately has led to the consolidation of a democratic regime and a market economy." — Lawrence Graham, author of The Portuguese Military and the State: Rethinking Transitions in Europe and Latin America"This book is rich in empirical detail and at the same time develops an interesting and highly abstract theoretical argument. The author's command of the intricacies of Portuguese politics is obvious." — William Crowther, University of North Carolina at Greensboro