Political Observer | Revista Portuguesa de Ciência Política (Portuguese Journal of Political Science)

Current Issue

No. 23 (2025)

Published 30 September 2025

Political Observer | (Former) Portuguese Journal of Political Science is an electronic and print journal of the Observatório Político that provides a space for interdisciplinary and international research on the meaning, function and impact of politics. The journal publishes articles that reflect the social sciences, from any relevant discipline, and that make an original scientific and academic contribution to the study of political science.

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The call for papers for Political Observer 2026 is now open

Cristina Montalvão Sarmento

9-13

Da Periferia da Europa para o Mundo | From the Periphery of Europe to the World

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.59071/2795-4765.RPCP2025.23/pp.9-13

Articles

Teresa Ruel

17-37

From Land-Tenure Cleavage to Contentious Politics – the Intertwined Role of Catholic Church Hierarchy and Politics in Madeira Island | Da Clivagem Fundiária à Política Contenciosa

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.59071/2795-4765.RPCP2025.23/pp.17-37

Auxiliadora Conceição dos Santos

39-55

The Voice and Place of Regions in the Context of the European Union: the Case of the Azores | A Voz e o Lugar das Regiões no Contexto da União Europeia: o Caso dos Açores

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.59071/2795-4765.RPCP2025.23/pp.39-55

Saulo Felipe Costa, Cletiane Medeiros Costa de Araújo, Italo Fittipaldi, Ana Cristina Cordeiro da Fonseca

59-83

Is this the Real Life? Ideology, Inequality, and Political Cycles in Latin America | Isto é a Vida Real? Ideologia, Desigualdade e Ciclos Políticos na América Latina

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.59071/2795-4765.RPCP2025.23/pp.59-83

Hlalele Matebese

85-101

Politics: Legal and Obstinate Poison to Humankind | Política: Veneno Legal e Obstinado para a Humanidade

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.59071/2795-4765.RPCP2025.23/pp.85-101

Essays

Bruno Gonçalves Bernardes

105-124

Descontinuidades Contínuas ou o Bem-Estar Social na América Latina entre Modelos de Inserção Internacional: Um Ensaio

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.59071/2795-4765.RPCP2025.23/pp.105-124

Margarida P.C.C. Teixeira

125-137

Possibilismo Geográfico – Um Estudo sobre a Tempestade Solar de Maio de 1967 | Geographic Possibilism – A Study of the May 1967 Solar Storm

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.59071/2795-4765.RPCP2025.23/pp.125-137

Book Reviews

Carlos Vargas

141-146

Gramsci Aujourd’hui: Entre Fidélité Théorique et Actualisation Critique | Gramsci Hoje: Entre a Fidelidade Teórica e a Actualização Crítica: Douet, Yohann. L’hégémonie et la revolution. Gramsci penseur politique. Paris: Éditions Amsterdam, 2023, 312 pp. ISBN 9782354802776.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.59071/2795-4765.RPCP2025.23/pp.141-146

Renato Lira Brito, Ana Cristina Cordeiro da Fonseca, Carolina Gabriela Dolléans

147-153

The Case Study at the Core of Qualitative Empirical Inquiry | O Estudo de Caso no Centro da Investigação Empírica Qualitativa: Gomes Neto, J. M. W., Albuquerque, R. B., & Silva, R. F. (2024). Estudos de caso: Manual para a pesquisa empírica qualitativa. Recife, Brasil: Editora Vozes

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.59071/2795-4765.RPCP2025.23/pp.147-153

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