From Anti-Colonial Revolutions to Revolution in the Metropolis

Varela, Raquel

doi:10.1080/03017605.2015.1051791

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“…The Revolution led to a process of social and economic reforms -widespread nationalizations, agricultural reforms, increasing of wages, reforms of old-age pensions and unemployment insurance, creation of public free health care and education services, and programs of social housing (Cardoso, Santos, Baptista & Clemente, 2012;Guillén et al, 2003;Varela, 2011Varela, , 2015.…”

Section: The Democratic Revolution Of 1974mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These social conflicts occurred between May 1974 and November 1975, a period known as PREC (Processo Revolucionário em Curso). Varela (2015) explains that PREC had episodes of social conflict and protest involving about 3 million people out of a population at the time of 9 million. During that period, Portugal had six governments composed of communists, social democrats and liberals, and three attempted coups (Birmingham, 2003;Santos, 1984;Varela, 2011Varela, , 2015.…”

Section: The Democratic Revolution Of 1974mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Despite the variety of new democratic political forces composing the first democratic government, the streets were flooded by workingclass people demanding an increase in wages. The workers' movements were demanding minimum wages between 4000 and 6000 escudos, but the government only approved 3300 escudos (Cabral & Soromenho-Marques, 2014;Varela, 2011Varela, , 2015.…”

Section: The Democratic Revolution Of 1974mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Regulation of housing rents and of essential food items was also established (Varela, 2011(Varela, , 2015Varela & Guedes, 2011). Another example is the educational system; before 1974, education was only available to the elites.…”

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“…The new regime introduced a new curriculum, improvements in working conditions for teachers and other staff members, they created a school transportation network, and built new schools, cafeterias and residences. School bursaries were also created and distribution of milk in the schools was also implemented (Cabral & Soromenho-Marques, 2014;Varela. 2015;Varela & Guedes, 2011).…”

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The Politics of Austerity and Social Citizenship Rights: A Case Study of the Impact of the 2008 Financial Crisis on the Welfare State in Portugal

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This dissertation focuses on the process and degree of welfare retrenchment under the paradigm of austerity following the 2008 financial crisis. It provides a detailed account of the austerity measures on cash benefits of social citizenship rights -minimum income, unemployment insurance and old-age pensions -adopted in Portugal between 2010 and 2014. This dissertation also offers a comprehensive framework for defining the rights of social citizenship in 21 st century capitalist market economies derived from two theoretical approaches: Marshall's social citizenship framework and Esping-Andersen's approach on welfare provision and redistribution. The author puts forward the thesis that the austerity measures adopted in Portugal between 2010 and 2014 have considerably eroded the degree of decommodification of the public welfare provision of cash benefits which are part of social citizenship rights in Portugal. It is argued that the reduction in public spending and the cumulative effect of multiple policy changes in exchange for a €78 billion financial bailout were very damaging to the entitlements of social protection. Furthermore, the dissertation also confirms that EU policies of balanced budgets that constitutionalize lower public deficits undermine the constitutional principles of social citizenship fulfillment between the state and its citizens. The austerity measures, either proposed or fully adopted by the Portuguese authorities between 2010 and 2014, were based on certain ideological assumptions and economic beliefs that do not serve the interests of the most vulnerable and working-class people. The recommendations explore both directions for policy, as well as for future research. A more egalitarian redistribution of cash benefits for citizens from European member states within the Eurozone, like Portugal, is being proposed because questions of public debt, sustainability of public expenditure, inflation, budgetary consolidation and unemployment, will continue to arise within the European Union.ii

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Section: The Democratic Revolution Of 1974mentioning

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