António Costa Pinto is a research professor at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon and a Professor of Politics at Lusófona University, Portugal. He has been a visiting professor at Stanford University and Georgetown University, USA, a Senior Associate Member at St Anthony's College, Oxford, UK, and a Senior Visiting Fellow at Princeton University and at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. His research interests include authoritarianism, political elites, democratization, and transitional justice in new democracies.

• List of illustrations, The Contributors, Introduction, 1. Portuguese Democracy at 50, 2. European Misfit: The Portuguese Economy after EU Membership, 3. Social Movements and Political Protests in Portugal during and after the Austerity Crisis, 4. European Economic Narratives and the Emergence of a European Public Sphere in Portugal: An Analysis of National Mainstream Newspapers, 5. Presidents and Governments in Portugal: Variations on a Constitutional Theme (2008–2022), 6. Patterns of Ministerial Recruitment, Partisanship and Financial Crisis, 7. Continuity and Change in Portuguese Politics: Towards a more Polarized Party System?, 8. The Populist Radical Right in 21st-Century Portugal, 9. Cultural and Religious Diversity in Portugal, 10. Portuguese Foreign Policy and Crisis Diplomacy in a Period of German Hegemony: Bandwagoning or Soft Balancing?, 11. Portugal’s Role in the EU since 2007: Small State or Equal Partner?, 12. Portuguese Participation in the EU PESCO and NATO as an Interoperability Hub, Index