Violent Extremism in Contemporary Portugal A Mild-Mannered Country?

1. Radicalisation, Violent Extremism and Terrorism in Portugal: Continuities and Transformations since 1974, Felipe Pathé Duarte  Part I: Post-Revolutionary Turbulence and Ideological Violence (1974–Early 1990s)  2. The PRP in the April Revolution: “Unite, Organise, Arm: The Revolution Will Triumph”, Ana Sofia Ferreira  3. The Clandestine and Armed Counter-revolution in the Portuguese Transition: The Case of Democratic Movement for the Liberation of Portugal (1975-1976), Riccardo Marchi  4. Popular Forces 25th of April: A Late and Lingering Phenomenon, Nuno Gonçalo Poças  Part II: Infrapolitical Violence in the Post-Cold War World  5. Featuring Terrorism and Criminal Extremism in Portugal, a Half-Century after The Carnation Revolution: An Overview of Ideologically Inspired Crime, João Paulo Ventura  6. The Fall-back Neighbor:  ETA and Portugal from the Late 1960s to the Dawn of the 21st Century, Diogo Noivo and Gaizka Fernández Soldevilla  7. The Violent Far-Right Movements in Portugal in the Established Democracy Period, Cátia Moreia de Carvalho  8. Mobilizing Anger in Portugal: When Political Extremists Protest, David Pimenta  Part III: Globalisation and “metapolitical” Violent Extremism  9. The Portuguese Jihad Recruiters, Hugo Franco  10. The Evolution of the Terrorism Threat in Portugal, 2001-2025, Joana Araújo Lopes  11. From Converts to Combatants: Social Networks, Relative Deprivation, and the Radicalization of Portuguese Foreign Fighters, Mária do Céu Pinto Arena  12. Draining the Swamp: The Military Prevention of Violent Extremism, Nuno Lemos Pires and Joana Gomes  Part IV: Looking Ahead and the Shape of What is to Come   13. Global Conflicts and Domestic Extremism: The Portuguese Extreme Right in the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict, Leonor Pinheiro and Raquel Silva  14. Cyberterrorism or Cybercrime: Understanding Intent and Motive in a Portuguese Case Study, Pedro Xavier Mendonça  15. Final Remarks: Beyond the Mild Myth - Portugal’s Radical Horizon, José Pedro Zúquete

Biography

Felipe Pathé Duarte is Assistant Professor at NOVA School of Law, Lisbon, Portugal, and holder of the Chair in Peace, Security, and Governance. He is member of the Research Committee of EU Knowledge Hub on the Prevention of Radicalisation.

José Pedro Zúquete is Research Fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Lisbon, Portugal. His previous books include the Routledge International Handbook of Charisma (ed., 2021) and Global Identitarianism (2023).