Imagine an electoral system based upon open-list proportional representation, large multimember districts, candidate selection at the level of politically significant subnational units, and no limits to reelection. What would be the nature of constituencies? How would votes distribute spatially? What would determine campaign strategies? Scholars have undertaken little research on the strategic ...

This study focuses on the 1922 legislative elections that took place in six electoral districtsof Alentejo (Portugal).It addresses topics related to political contextualization, choice of candidates for deputies, campaign, clientelism, fraud and agreements.It also presents a review results Alentejo, moving away from numbers followed by Portuguese historiography

aim of the present research was to design a proper model for management of knowledge in environmental organizations of country. in study of the model, suitability of the proposed model was researched by asking views of directors, deputies, managers of groups and scientific board members of environmental organizations of country. for this purpose, with review of research literature, insight pro...

In August 2006, Portugal approved a new quota law, called the parity law. According to this, all candidate lists presented for local, parliamentary, and European elections must guarantee a minimum representation of 33 per cent for each sex. This article analyses the proximate causes that led to the adoption of gender quotas by the Portuguese Parliament. The simple answer is that the law’s passa...