{"product_id":"portugal-in-the-21st-century","title":"Portugal In The 21st Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePortugal in the 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e Century\u003c\/i\u003e provides a thorough yet accessible picture of contemporary Portugal in the first two decades of the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt examines and elucidates Portugal’s recent trajectory, its current position, and the main challenges it faces through an examination of the principal dimensions of cultural, economic, political, and social development in the country. Bringing together some of the foremost Portuguese experts in each of these areas, it draws on a diverse knowledge across the social sciences and humanities – including anthropologists, art historians, economists, historians, legal scholars, literary scholars, political scientists, biologists, and sociologists – to create a multidimensional portrait of contemporary Portuguese society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKey features:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrganised into nine substantive chapters – each of which covers a major area of Portugal’s contemporary existence – from its national identity and political system to its economy, scientific, literary, and artistic production.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpens with a general introduction providing historical context, and a chapter on Portuguese national identity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThematic chapters focus on social, political, economic, and cultural developments of the last two decades.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a comprehensive, erudite yet accessible introduction to contemporary Portugal and is essential reading for students, scholars, and readers interested in Portugal, Portuguese and Southern European politics and culture, Iberian, or Iberian-American studies and more broadly to European and Comparative Politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Open Access version of this book, available at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.taylorfrancis.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ewww.taylorfrancis.com\u003c\/a\u003e, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivatives (CC-BY-ND) 4.0 license.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57214008361342,"sku":"NW9781032784632","price":39.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781032784632.jpg?v=1778534394","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/portugal-in-the-21st-century","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}