RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS BULLETIN 40
February 2004

 
PART XI:
Politics & Political Science, Social Sciences,
Anthropology, Business, Economics

 

See also items 47, 60, 63, 67, 69, 140, 145, 193, 260, and 261.
86. ALMEIDA VIEIRA, Pedro. O estrago da nação. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2003. Cadernos DQ Reportagem, 1. 8°, original illutrated wrappers. 337 pp., (1 l. adv.). ISBN: 972-20-2548-1. $30.00

Investigative reporting on problems relating to the environment, painting a sorry picture of the social state of the nation. Some of the immediate problems discussed are urban sprawl, pollution, the degadation of nature, and forest fires.

 
87. ALVES, Laura. Ideias xis. Preface by Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2003. Sociedade. 8°, original illutrated wrappers. 257 pp. ISBN: 989-555-042-1. $30.00

 
88. CÂNCIO, Fernanda. Olhem para mim: geração modelo. Prefaces by Alexandre Melo and Inês Pedrosa. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2003. Cadernos DQ Reportagem, 2. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 202 pp., (1 l. adv.), illus. ISBN: 972-20-2552-X. $25.00

Investigative journalism about models, schools, agencies, shows, etc., revealing frustrations and successes in the world of fashion in Portugal.

89. CASTILLO, Susan, ed. Engendering Identities. Porto: Universidade Fernando Pessoa, 1996. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 162 pp. ISBN: 972-8184-09-3. $28.00

Includes essays by Joanna Price on "En-Gendering Communities: The Feminist Turn," Sara Lennox, "Divided Feminism: Women, Racism and German National Identity," Maria Felisa López Liquete, "Basque Women," Jacqueline Kaye, " "The Implications of a Too Regular Form: Muslim Women and the European Mind," Dornelia Tancheva, "Vampires are Them, Vampires are us," Honoria Rankine-Galloway, "Margaret Fuller: Transcendental Traveller," Alessandra Anteghini, "A Comparison of American and French Feminism: The United States Correspondence of Jenny D.Héricourt," Adelaide Batista and Vamberto Freitas, "Women's Literary Contribution in the Portuguese Region of the Azores," Franziska Gygax, "Swiss Women in Academia," Marian Janssen, "Of Misogynists and Men: American Poets at Mid-Century," and Maria Laura Bettencourt Pires, "Every Woman an Island: The Insular Dream of Men".

 
90. COVAS, António. Portugal e a constituição europeia: a cominho da 4 república. Lisbon: Colibri, 2003. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 176 pp., (1 l.). One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: 972-772-434-5. $22.00

 
91. FINO, Carlos. A guerra em directo. 10th ed. Preface by General Loureiro dos Santos. Lisbon: Verbo, 2003. Media Hoje, Série Testemunhos Vivos. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 238 pp., (1 l.), 24 ll. plates with color photographs, printed on both sides. ISBN: 972-22-2253-8. $35.00

The first edition of this book on recent events in Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank appeared in October or November of 2003. This tenth edition was published in December. The author is an on-the-spot reporter for RTP.

 
92. INSTITUTO PROGRESSO SOCIAL E DEMOCRACIA FRANCISCO SA CARNEIRO. Seminário sobre navegabilidade do Rio Douro. Linda-a-Velha: Editorial Progresso Social e Democracia, (1986). Portugal: Desafios e Soluções, 6. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 91 p. ISBN: none. $16.00
 

93. IVO, Nuno, and Oscar Mascarenhas. A nuvem de chumbo: o processo Casa Pia na imprensa. Including an interview with Catalina Pestana. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2003. Cadernos DQ Reportagem, 3. 8°, original illutrated wrappers. 247 pp. ISBN: 972-20-2562-7. $28.00

Probably the greatest scandal to come to light in Portugal since the fall of the Salazar-Caetano regime in 1974 has been that of pedophilia in the Casa Pia, an old and otherwise esteemed Lisbon orphanage. It soon became obvious that powerful people were protecting the doorman of the institution (Carlos Silvino da Silva, known as "Bibi"), who had facilitated numerous procurements of children for sexual purposes over a period of about twenty-five years. Various attempts within the institution to curb "Bibi" had led only to the frustration and detriment of those who opposed him. A leading television personality (Carlos Cruz), a former ambassador (Jorge Ritto), a wealthy physician (Ferreira Dinis), and one of the leaders of the Socialist Party in parliament (Paulo Pedroso) were arrested and placed in preventive detention, along with "Bibi". Political pressure resulted in the release of Paulo Pedroso some months after his detention. There remains a feeling among many in Portugal that there is much still to be discovered.

 
94. RAMOS SILVA, Joaquim. Portugal / Brasil: uma década de espansão das relações económicas, 1992-2002. Lisbon: Terramar, 2002. Questões de Economia, 9. Lge. 8°, original illutrated wrappers. 276 pp., (1 l.),tables and graphs in text. ISBN: 972-710-336-7. $32.00
 

95. SCHMIDT, Luísa. Ambiente no ecrã: emissões e demissões no serviço público televisivo. Lisbon: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, 2003. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 465 pp., numerous tables and graphs in text. ISBN: 972-671-117-7. $45.00

 
96. VILLAVERDE CABRAL, Manuel, Jorge Vala, and André Freire, eds. Desigualdades sociais e percepções de justiça. Lisbon: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais / Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa, 2003. Atitudes Sociais dos Portugueses, 3. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 309 pp. ISBN: 972-671-110-X. $30.00