Portugal : strategic options in European context / edited by Fátima Monteiro ... [and others].

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Monteiro, Fátima, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• European Union--Portugal--Congresses.
• Science and state.
• Social policy.
• Economic policy.
• Portugal--Economic policy--Congresses.
• Portugal--Social policy--Congresses.
• Science and state--Portugal--Congresses.
• Portugal.

Genre:

• Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

ix, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2003]

Contents:

• Part I National Identity and Literature
• Chapter 1 The Future of a National Symbol / Ronald W. Sousa 11
• Chapter 2 Pessoa, an Uncomfortable Icon of Portuguese Contemporary Culture / Fernando J. B. Martinho 17
• Chapter 3 The Loss of Memory / Maria Isabel Barreno 25
• Part II Economics and Finance
• Chapter 4 Monetary Policy in a Monetary Union: What Do Small Countries Stand to Gain and to Lose? / Luis Campos e Cunha, Marta Abreu 39
• Chapter 5 Portugal's European Integration: The Limits of External Pressure / Jorge Braga de Macedo 61
• Part III Social Policy and the State
• Chapter 6 Building a Welfare State in a Context of Austerity: The Portuguese Case / Pedro Adao e Silva 107
• Chapter 7 Industrial Relations in Portugal: Continuity or Controlled Change? / Antonio Dornelas 129
• Chapter 8 Social Security Reform in Europe: The Difficult Step to Second Generation Reform / Antonio Correia de Campos 153
• Part IV Science and Research Policy
• Chapter 9 What to Do with Time and Greatness: Strategic Options in the Health Sciences Research in Portugal at the Turn of the Century / Maria de Sousa 177
• Chapter 10 Mathematics Research, Technology, and the Improvement of Living Standards / Irene Fonseca 187
• Chapter 11 A Case Study on the Management of R&D in Telecommunications / Carlos Salema 195
• Chapter 12 Portuguese Social and Human Sciences within the European Research Context / Maria Teresa Patricio 205.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0739105094

OCLC:

50447851