Social Origins of Democratic Collapse: The First Portuguese Republic in the Global EconomyAn outstanding contribution to the growing literature in world systems theory, Kathleen Schwartzman's study of the first Portuguese republic demonstrates the significant ways in which a nation's social and political structures are shaped by its position in the global economy. In May 1926, a military coup ended Portugal's first turbulent, sixteen year experiment with democracy. During that period no less than 45 prime ministers and an equal number of