On 25 April 1974 the Armed Forces Movement (MFA Movimento das Foras Armadas) rose against the dictatorial regime that had governed Portugal for 48 years. This event was the beginning of a turbulent transition process that was to culminate in the approval of a new constitution in April
1976 and in the instauration of a Western style pluralist democracy. There are many political scientists and historians who note the original and unexpected nature of this transition; however, there are very many different interpretations with respect to the roles played by each of the actors
in the process: the armed forces, the parties and political movements and the social forces/movements. The aim of this paper is to clarify this matter through an examination of the principal events of the revolution.
FAREWELL TO EMPIRE: HISTORY, MEMORY AND DECOLONIZATION, M. MACHAQUEIRO, P. A. OLIVEIRA AND F. ROSAS (2015)
O Adeus ao Império: 40 Anos de Descolonização Portuguesa/Farewell to Empire: 40 Years of Portuguese Decolonization, Lisbon: Nova Vega. ISBN: 9789897500404, 260 pp., €21.20 (p/bk)
Como se sabe, uno de los elementos que distinguen a los estados capitalistas de excepción de otras formas de Estado capitalista, es la dimensión y magnitud de la represión física. Es decir, el dominio político directo. Claramente, el tránsito a regímenes democrático-parlamentario burgueses establece un marco social, político e institucional diferente. No hay lugar a dudas, las diferencias son notorias, la excepcionalidad indica que, en un contexto específico de concentración de contradicciones, el Estado puede intervenir de manera directa en la lucha de clases. Leia o texto completo no formato em PDF.
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