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

Current Issue

No. 25 (2026)

Published 30 September 2026

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.

Call for Papers - Political Observer - Revista Portuguesa de Ciência Política | Portuguese Journal of Political Science.

O Médio Oriente em Policrise: Conflito e Reconfiguração da Ordem Regional * The Middle East in Polycrisis: Conflict and the Reconfiguration of Regional Order (até | until 31.12.2026)

Cristina Montalvão Sarmento

Ter Voz e Ter Lugar | To Have a Voice and a Place

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.59071/2795-4765.RPCP2026.25/pp.9-19

Articles

Auxiliadora Santos

23-38

O Direito de Ter Lugar e Voz no Mundo: uma Perspetiva Humanista | The Right to Have a Place and a Voice in the World: a Humanist Perspective

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Joyce Esther Cortez Coroso

39-48

Garantías Constitucionales y Reflexiones Desde Diversos Contextos Legales | Constitutional Guarantees and Reflections from Various Legal Contexts

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.59071/2795-4765.RPCP2026.25/pp.39-48

Áurea Canas

49-63

Desafios da Cidadania Europeia no Contexto do Brexit | Challenges of European Citizenship in the Context of Brexit

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.59071/2795-4765.RPCP2026.25/pp.49-63

João Tavares

67-83

Portugal na relação da Europa com a América Latina | Portugal in Europe’s relationship with Latin America: A neorealist perspective on the importance of the trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur for Portugal

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.59071/2795-4765.RPCP2026.25/pp.67-83

Sofia Aureliano

85-102

Institutionalizing Nudging: The Case for a Behavioural Public Policy Unit in Portugal | Institucionalizando o Nudging: A Necessidade de uma Unidade de Políticas Públicas Comportamentais em Portugal

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.59071/2795-4765.RPCP2026.25/pp.85-102

Rui Jorge Botelho Félix

104-116

Islands, Power and Conflict: A Classical Geopolitical Reading of the Azorean Civil War (1821–1831) | Ilhas, Poder e Conflito: Uma Leitura Geopolítica Clássica da Guerra Civil Açoriana (1821–1831)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.59071/2795-4765.RPCP2026.25/pp.103-116

Bitone Viage

121-143

Voto Uninominal em Contextos de Vulnerabilidade: Análise Empírica da Relação entre Pobreza, Literacia e Participação Eleitoral em Moçambique | Single-Member District Voting in Contexts of Vulnerability

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.59071/2795-4765.RPCP2026.25/pp.121-143

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