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Policy congruence in Europe: Testing three causal level models at the individua...

Over the last decades, a number of empirical studies have approached representation essentially on the basis of descriptive analyses of political or ideological MP-voter congruence. Only few studies attempted to explain why parties are more or less correspondent to their electorates and none has adopted a comprehensive theoretical approach to that explanation. Trying to respond to this gap, the article begins b...

Human exposure to indoor radon: a survey in the region of Guarda

Radon ((222)Rn) is a radioactive gas, abundant in granitic areas, such as the city of Guarda at the northeast of Portugal. This gas is recognised as a carcinogenic agent, being appointed by the World Health Organization as the second leading cause of lung cancer after tobacco smoke. Therefore, the knowledge of radon concentrations inside the houses (where people stay longer) is important from the point of view ...

Away inside: emigrants and transnationalism through the eyes of political parties

This article examines how political parties in Portugal organize concerning emigrants and the subject of migration outflow, uncovering the issues and strategies that they favour. The 2009 Portuguese legislative elections offer a privileged site for empirical inquiry. Not only are emigrants able to elect members of the national parliament through particular voting districts, but also a complete period of elector...

Effects of trichodorids and TRV on potato growth and yield

Potato production impacts of the association trichodorids and TRV in naturally ...

An investigation was conducted to determine the effect of soil-born Tobacco rattle virus (TRV) isolates on yield and some quality attributes of 8 potato cultivars (Agata, Amorosa, Almera, Cunéria, Kondor, Picasso, Raja and Stemster) in Portuguese growing areas. Preliminary results revealed that some attributes (canopy growth, total yield, tuber numbers and yield within size grades, tuber spraing symptoms and se...

The law of curvilinear disparities revisited: the case of the Portuguese politi...

May’s law of curvilinear disparity (1973), which argues the intermediate leadership strata in parties assume more radical political positions compared to both the party leaders and the electorate, has been tested in diverse contexts, often repeated and mainly refuted. However, of these tests of the law not one has included a profound and comparative analysis of the Portuguese political parties. The aim of this ...