António Costa Pinto
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António Costa Pinto (born 1953 in
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, Portugal) is a
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at the Institute of Social Sciences,
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, and Professor of Politics and Contemporary European History at ISCTE – Lisbon University Institute, Portugal.


Career

He obtained a BA in history from the Faculty of Letters, University of Lisbon (1982) and holds his doctorate from the
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,
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(1992). He has been a visiting professor at
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(1993),
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(2004), a senior associate member at
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(1995), and a senior visiting fellow at
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(1996) and at the
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(2000 and 2010). From 1999 to 2003 he was a visiting professor at the
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. He has been an assistant director of the Contemporary Portuguese History Research Centre since its creation in 1998. He was president of the Portuguese Political Science Association (2006-2010) and his research interests include
authoritarianism Authoritarianism is a political system characterized by the rejection of political plurality, the use of strong central power to preserve the political '' status quo'', and reductions in the rule of law, separation of powers, and democratic vot ...
,
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,
democratization Democratization, or democratisation, is the transition to a more democratic political regime, including substantive political changes moving in a democratic direction. It may be a hybrid regime in transition from an authoritarian regime to a ful ...
and transitional justice in new democracies, the
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, and the comparative study of political change in
Southern Europe Southern Europe is the southern regions of Europe, region of Europe. It is also known as Mediterranean Europe, as its geography is essentially marked by the Mediterranean Sea. Definitions of Southern Europe include some or all of these countrie ...
.


Selected publications

* Latin American Dictatorships in the Era of Fascism: The Corporatist Wave (London: Routledge, 2020). * Political Institutions and Democracy in Portugal: Assessing the Impact of the Eurocrisis (Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). * Authoritarianism and Corporatism in Europe and Latin America: Crossing Borders (London: Routledge, 2019) (edited with Federico Finchelstein). * Corporatism and Fascism. The Corporatist Wave in Europe (London: Routledge, 2017). * ''The Ends of European Colonial Empires: Cases and Comparisons (Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series)'' (Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015)(edited with Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo). * ''Rethinking Fascism and Dictatorship in Europe'' (Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014)(edited with
Aristotle Kallis Aristotle Kallis (born 1970) is a British historian who specialises in modern European history, with an emphasis on the study of inter-war German and Italian fascism, as well as propaganda in Nazi Germany. He is an author and editor of several b ...
). * ''The Portuguese Republic at One Hundred'' (Berkeley: Institute of European Studies-UC Berkeley, 2012). * ''The Nature of Fascism Revisited'' (New York, NY: SSM-Columbia University Press, 2012). * ''The Europeanization of Portuguese Democracy'' (New York, NY: SSM-Columbia University Press, 2012) (edited with Nuno Severiano Teixeira). * ''Dealing with the Legacy of Authoritarianism: The "Politics of the Past" in Southern European Democracies'' (London: Routledge, 2011) (edited with Leonardo Morlino). * ''Rethinking the Nature of Fascism'' (New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011). * ''Contemporary Portugal. Politics, society and culture, 2nd Edition'' (New York, NY: SSM-Columbia University Press, 2011). * ''Ruling Elites and Decision-Making in Fascist-Era Dictatorships '' (New York, NY: SSM-Columbia University Press, 2009). * ''Charisma and Fascism in Inter-war Europe'' (London: Routledge, 2007) (edited with Roger Eatwell and Stein U. Larsen). * ''The Last Empire: Thirty Years of Portuguese Decolonisation'' (Bristol: Intellect, 2003) (edited with Stewart Lloyd-Jones). * ''Who Governs Southern Europe? Regime Change and Ministerial Recruitment'' (London: Routledge, 2003) (edited with Pedro Tavares de Almeida and Nancy Bermeo). * ''Southern Europe and the Making of the European Union'' (New York, NY: SSM-Columbia University Press, 2003) (edited with
Nuno Severiano Teixeira Henrique Nuno Pires Severiano Teixeira (born November 5, 1957, in Portuguese Guinea) is a Portuguese academic and politician. Severiano Teixeira is a full professor at New University of Lisbon, and was also the vice rector of the same institution ...
). * ''The Blue Shirts: Portuguese Fascism in Inter-war Europe'' (New York, NY: SSM-Columbia University Press, 2000). * ''Salazar’s Dictatorship and European Fascism: Problems of Interpretation'' (New York, NY: SSM-Columbia University Press, 1995).


External links


webpage

Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade de Lisboa


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pinto, Antonio Costa Academic staff of the University of Lisbon University of Lisbon alumni 1953 births Living people