Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Marisa dos Reis, Joseph Burke, Raphaelle Schwarzberg (†)

“… Future generations lack representation in current day politics. Modern representative democracies are largely oriented to the short term. …”
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The New Trend in the EU’s Migration Policy: Is Externalization Any Better? by Vasil Pavlov, Raquel Cardoso

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Entre o comércio e a governação local. Fernão Gonçalves Façanha: um mercador eborense de finais da Idade Média by Joaquim Bastos Serra

“…In this paper, we intend to follow the social and political trajectory of the merchant Fernão Gonçalves Façanha who conducted his professional activity in Évora, one of the most important cities of medieval Portugal, in the second half of the 14th century. …”
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Portuguese Architecture in Transit(ion) by Bruno Gil, Susana Lobo, José Ribau Esteves

“…From a national context, politically and geographically distant from the heart of the disciplinary debate of the 1960s, the proposals submitted set the terms on which Portugal competes in Amsterdam, revealing in the diversity of approaches and experiences forwarded by this new generation of architects the vitality of Portuguese architecture on its path to internationalisation. …”
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Post-Colonial Macau: hope and despair in a World Centre of Tourism and Leisure by Michael O’Regan

“…The expansion of casino concessions and subsequent growth of employment and gross domestic product (GDP) per Capita in Macau after the 1999 handover from Portugal created an illusion of prosperity in a post-colonial territory of less than 30 sq. km. …”
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Os movimentos sociais na crise financeira global: questões e polêmicas by Leonardo de Araújo e Mota

“…It concludes that, despite the increased incidence of such social movements worldwide, the present context of economic recession still causes high unemployment rates in the countries most affected by the crisis, the environment remains threatened and most political parties suffer a big crisis of representation within civil society.…”
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Fidalgos e freires-cavaleiros by José Augusto de Sottomayor-Pizarro, Paula Pinto Costa

“…The noblemen found in the border crossing a natural mechanism to circumvent some political problems, arising from conflicts with monarchs, or to materialize strategies of power of some lineages with patrimonies constituted long before the creation of the kingdom of Portugal itself. …”
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É possível romper com a herança ibérica? Uma releitura da obra de Raymundo Faoro by Marcos Abraão Fernandes Ribeiro, Wania Amélia Belchior Mesquita

“…Thus, his theory ends up reproducing an irreversible gap between the intellectual and the political sides. With this analysis, we try to bring new elements to reinterpret one of the most important Brazilian intellectuals, whose theses on the conduct of the State are still being addressed to us today.…”
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Clerk, Chancellor, Castaway (1374–1419) by Tiago Viúla de Faria

“…On stepping down from office and Portugal’s royal court, he returned to his native country only to meet with Henry IV’s continued disapproval, which eventually led him to a terminus vitae in relative modesty and obscurity.This paper traces Adam Davenport’s professional trajectory of 45 years, from 1374 to 1419, across contrastive political regimes in two different countries, first as a local cleric, then as a senior administrator, and eventually as an unwaged outsider. …”
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Philip Massinger et le théâtre historique : trouver la bonne distance by Gilles Bertheau

“…If this historical drama may be interpreted as political drama, it is because it stages the mechanics of power, where sole virtue is not enough to overcome evil, rather than because it can be read analogically.…”
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الکتب التى صادرتها محاکم التفتیش فى اوربا 1834 – 385 میلادیة : دراسة تاریخیة ببلیومتریة by د. محمد خمیس الحباطى

“…A study aimed at dealing with books confiscated by the Inquisition inEurope, This is by drawing on the historical method, to determine the impact ofthe intellectual renaissance on the Church in Europe, In addition, the Inquisitionwas dealt with in terms of its concept, origin, composition, and Places of itsspread, As well as using the method of bibliographic research to determine thegeneral features of books confiscated by the Inquisition in Europe, In addition todefining the role of the Inquisition in controlling intellectual production, As well aslearn about lists of prohibited books, The fate of the Inquisition, The resultsindicated that the Inquisition paralyzed the scientific movement of the entirenation, Also, the books confiscated by the Inquisition amounted to 209 books for(137) authors during the period from the twelfth century until the twentieth centuryA.D. in various subjects, including: Religious writings and books that offend publicmodesty, and political writings focused on freedoms, Philosophical writings,literary and artistic writings in poetry, music, novels and plays, In addition to theproliferation of the Inquisition in various places in Europe, such as: Spain 1478,France 1329, Portugal 1547, and in Italy in the late sixteenth century CE inAquileia, Naples and Venice, Also in Andalusia, beginning in 1501 CE, when thedecree issued to burn all Islamic books was issued.…”
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The Confession of King Gälawdewos (r. 1540–1559): A Sixteenth-Century Ethiopian Monophysite Document against Jesuit Proselytism by Solomon Gebreyes Beyene

“…Ibrāhīm al-Ġazī, called ‘Grañ’ by Christians, the political and religious leaders resolutely opposed Jesuit proselytism. …”
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Transimperial Sociology: A Peripheral Dictatorship at the Centre of Late Colonial Social-Scientific Cooperation Between Empires by Ágoas Frederico

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THE EUROPEAN UNION NORTH–SOUTH DIVIDE AND THE FUTURE OF THE EURO by M. M. Khmelnitskiy

“…Inspite of the fact that the Southern countries are still in economic decline, the Northern counties are insisting on austerity measures without any plans to reindustrialize Greece, Spain and Portugal in perspective. The «troika» of lenders saved the eurozone on account of multi-billion aid but it is still nothing done to cope with existing political and economic contradictions such as: trade deficit between «North» and «South», dependence on exports, specific international specialization of Greece, Spain and other countries. …”
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IS THERE ANY FUTURE FOR COAL POWER PLANTS IN EUROPE? by A. V. Zimakov

“…On the other hand, other EU members are lagging behind as coal phase-out is not an urgent item of their political agenda. This situation is typical forIreland,Netherlands,Italy,Croatia,SloveniaandSlovakia. …”
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Health State Utility Values in Children and Adolescents with Disabilities: A Systematic Review by Lucy Kanya, PhD, Nana Anokye, PhD, Ahmad Hecham Alani, PharmD, Nandini Jayakumar, MSc, Jennifer M. Ryan, PhD

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The Bioethics-CSR Divide by Caio Caesar Dib

“…Bioethics has become an increasingly public enterprise which seeks political persuasion and impact in the regulatory sphere. …”
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