This volume focuses on the rise of transnational constitutional laws, primarily created by the
interaction between national and international courts, and by the domestic transformation of …

The Portuguese rural world no longer resembles the one described in the literature, mostly
because people no longer live or work there. Farmers became brand managers and tour …

During one of the worst economic crises that Portugal has faced in the last decades, with a
considerable debt to deal with, emigration, population loss, ageing and unemployment …

The Portuguese landscape and its rural areas are the result of thousands of years of human
presence, particularly since the late nineteenth century, when protectionist public policies …

In Portugal important legal innovations have been introduced in local government, related to
the problems of negative images associated with longevity and corruption, and a decrease …

In 1974, Portugal's Carnation Revolution, initiated by the military, received huge popular
support. Army officers, mostly of the rank of captain, started the Revolution, but then the …

Quem são os nossos autarcas e o que fazem com os poderes que lhe são conferidos?
Quais as diferenças que o regime democrático introduziu no poder local e como foram …

O mundo rural português teve uma evolução dramática desde a década de 1960, quando
os jovens abandonaram as suas terras de origem à procura de uma vida melhor no …

Nos últimos anos os países mediterrânicos, e particularmente o sul de Portugal e Espanha,
encontram-se em seca extrema. Devido às alterações climáticas, o ciclo regular da …

A crise económica da última década obrigou a medidas extremas que produziram
consequências na população e na atividade económica, agravadas nos territórios …