RT Journal Article
T1 Civil resistance and democracy in the Portuguese Revolution
A1 Palacios Cerezales, Diego
AB During the summer of 1975, a year after the Carnation Revolution, thousands of Portuguese men and women took to the streets in order to prevent what they feared could be a communist takeover. A military-led government had trumpeted the transition to socialism and the Armed Forces Movement was discussing the sidelining of the recently elected constitutional convention. This article offers a new account of the significance and political impact of the anti-communist rallies, demonstrations and riots during 1975 and provides an interpretation of the mechanisms by which anticommunist mobilization empowered moderate leaders and reversed the balance of power within the military, playing a crucial role in the triumph of electoral democracy.
PB Sage journals
YR 2016
FD 2016-07-27
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/129758
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/129758
LA eng
NO Palacios Cerezales, Diego. «Civil Resistance and Democracy in the Portuguese Revolution». Journal of Contemporary History, vol. 52, n.o 3, julio de 2017, pp. 688-709. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1177/0022009416641496.
DS Docta Complutense
RD 12 ene 2026