Indexed Journals

2024        -      (co-authored with Felippe Clemente) Democratic values, relative deprivation, political trust, and the resilience of corruption in Portugal: a survey analysis. Crime Law and Social Change, 82: 517–541. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-024-10156-8

2023        -      (co-authored with Miguel M. Pereira, Susana Coroado, and Pedro C. Magalhães) Politicians Support (and Voters Reward) Intra-Party Reforms to Promote Transparency. Party Politics, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/13540688231203528

                  -      (co-authored with Felippe Clemente, Raquel Rego and Patrícia Calca) Why are individuals unwilling to report corruption? An inquiry into perception-based definitions of corruption and employment-related factors, Australian Journal of Public Administration, 00, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12617

                  -      (co-authored with Adrián Megías, Luís de Sousa and Fernando Jiménez-Sánchez) Deontological and Consequentialist Ethics and Attitudes Towards Corruption: A Survey Data Analysis, Social Indicators Research, 170: 507–541. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-023-03199-2

                  -      (co-authored with Felippe Clemente and Gustavo Gouvêa Maciel) Mapping conceptualisations and evaluations of corruption through survey questions: five decades of public opinion-centred research, European Political Science. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41304-023-00422-z

                  -      (co-authored with Cláudia S. Costa and Filipe Grilo) COVID-19 pandemic and local executive-opposition institutional relations: a survey analysis, Local Government Studies, DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2022.2158818

2022        -      (co-authored with Edalina R. Sanches and Susana Coroado) Mapping ethics self-regulation within political parties: Norms, oversight and enforcement, Party Politics, 29(5), 892-905 DOI: 10.1177/13540688221107098

                  -      (co-authored with Susana Coroado) What Do We Talk about When We Talk about Ethics Regulation in Politics?, Public Integrity. Online first: DOI: 10.1080/10999922.2022.2075633

                  -      (co-authored with Susana Coroado) Regulating Ethics in Parliaments: Measuring Regime Robustness, Public Integrity. Online first: DOI: 10.1080/10999922.2022.2075640

                  -      (co-authored with Felippe Clemente and Patrícia Calca) Knowledge of official ethical standards and tolerance towards corruption: An exploratory study. Analele Universității din București. Științe Politice [Annals of the University of Bucharest. Political Science series] XXIV (1): Online first. https://doi.org/10.54885/AUB-SP-FGPM5999

                  -      (co-authored with Gustavo Gouvêa Maciel, Pedro C. Magalhães, Isabel R. Pinto and Felippe Clemente) A Scoping Review on Perception-Based Definitions and Measurements of Corruption, Public Integrity, 26(1): 114-131. DOI: 10.1080/10999922.2022.2115235

2021        -      (co-authored with Felippe Clemente and Luciana Ghica) Opportunities and challenges of contemporary corruption research: An interview with Donatella Della Porta, Analele Universității din București. Științe Politice [Annals of the University of Bucharest. Political Science series] XXIII (2): Online first. https://doi.org/10.54885/SVBJ9572

                  -      (co-authored with Isabel R. Pinto, Felippe Clemente and Gustavo Gouvêa Maciel) Using a three-stage focus group design to develop questionnaire items for a mass survey on corruption and austerity: a roadmap, Qualitative Research Journal, 21(3): 304-319.  https://doi.org/10.1108/QRJ-09-2020-0110

                  -      (co-authored with Patrícia Calca) Understanding corruption through the analysis of court case content: research note, Qualitative Research Journal, 21(2): 135-147. https://doi.org/10.1108/QRJ-04-2020-0029

                  -      (co-authored with Daniel Fernandes and Florian Weiler) Is Populism Bad for Business? Assessing The Reputational Effect of Populist Incumbents, Swiss Political Science Review, 27: 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12411

                  -      (co-authored with Nuno F. da Cruz and Daniel Fernandes) The quality of local democracy: an institutional analysis, Local Government Studies, 49(1): 1-29. DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2021.1882428

2019        -      (co-authored with Luís Almeida) O direito de oposição nos municípios portugueses, Análise Social, 3(232): 504-531. https://doi.org/10.31447/as00032573.2019232.04

                  -      Measuring the enforcement capacity of political financing supervisory bodies, European Political Science,18(2): 189-204. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41304-018-0150-2. Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/35378.

2018        -      (co-authored with Gustavo Maciel) Legal corruption and dissatisfaction with democracy in the European Union, Social Indicators Research, DOI: 10.1007/s11205-017-1779-x.

2015        -      (co-authored with Marcelo Moriconi) The discursive use of the concept of ‘corruption’ in parliamentary debates during the Portuguese Estado Novo (1935–74), Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica, 45(2): 159-181, DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ipo.2015.8 (About DOI), Published online: 17 June 2015

                  -      (co-authored with Nuno Ferreira da Cruz, António F. Tavares, Rui Cunha Marques, Susana Jorge) Measuring Local Government Transparency, Public Management Review, 18(6): 866-893. DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2015.1051572

2014        -      (co-authored with Pedro Magalhães and Luciano Amaral) Sovereign debt and governance failures – Portuguese democracy and the crisis, Special Issue: The Economic Crisis from Within - Evidence from Southern Europe, American Behavioral Scientist, 58(12): 1517-1541. DOI: 10.1177/0002764214534666

                  -      New Challenges to Political Party Financial Supervision in Portugal, South European Society and Politics, 19(1): 113-134

2013        -      (co-authored with Marcelo Moriconi) Why voters do not throw the rascals out? – A conceptual framework for analysing electoral punishment of corruption, Special Issue (Guest Editors Luís de Sousa and Marcelo Moriconi): Electoral Punishment of Corruption in Southern Europe, Crime Law and Social Change, DOI 10.1007/s10611-013-9483-5

2012        -      Understanding European Cross-border Cooperation: A Framework for Analysis, Journal of European Integration, 35(6): 669-687 DOI:10.1080/07036337.2012.711827

                  -      (Guest editor in collaboration with Andrés Malamud) Looking from the outside in - how Europe is studied abroad, European Political Science, doi:10.1057/eps.2012.20 advanced online publication 20 April 2012

                  -      (Guest editor in collaboration with Raquel Freitas) Lost in transaction. Ensuring the deliverables in development aid, Crime, Law and Social Change, [advanced online publication, DOI 10.1007/s10611-011-9357-7]

2011         -      (Guest editor in collaboration with António Costa Pinto and Pedro Magalhães) Is the Good Polity Attainable? – Measuring the Quality of Democracy, European Political Science, doi:10.1057/eps.2011.45

                  -      (co-authored with Catherine Moury) Comparing deputies’ and voters’ support for Europe: The case of Portugal, Portuguese Journal of Social Science, Volume 10, Issue 1: 23-42

2010        -      (Guest editor in collaboration with Jon Quah) Special Issue: Institutional Responses to Corruption: The Role of Anti-Corruption Agencies.Crime, Law and Social Change, 53(1) February 2010, ISSN 0925-4994

                  -      Anti-corruption agencies: between empowerment and irrelevance, Crime Law and Social Change 53: 5–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-009-9211-3

                  -      (Guest editor in collaboration with Jacqui Briggs, Martin Bull, and Jonathan Moses) Special Issue: Forty Years of European Political Science. European Political Science, Vol. 9, Supplement 1, November, ISSN: 1680-4333

                  -      (co-authored with Jonathan Moses, Jacqui Briggs and Martin Bull) Forty Years of European Political Science, European Political Science, 9 (1): S1-S10

2008         -      “I don't bribe, I just pull strings”: Assessing the Fluidity of Social Representations of Corruption in Portuguese Society, Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 9(1): 8-23

2005         -      (co-authored with Andrés Malamud) Parlamentos Supranacionais na Europa e na América Latina: Entre o Fortalecimento e a Irrelevância, Contexto Internacional, Julho/Dezembro, 27(2): 369-409

2004         -      The regulation of political financing in Portugal: a political and historical analysis, West European Politics, January, 27(1): 124-145

2002         -      Hard responses to corruption: Penal standards and the repression of corruption in Britain, France and Portugal, Crime, Law and Social Change, October, 38(3): 267-294

2001         -      Political Parties and Corruption in Portugal, West European Politics, 24(1): January, 157-180

Books

2024         -      (co-edited with Susana Coroado) Elgar Encyclopedia of Corruption and Society, Elgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences series. Edward Elgar Publishing.

2018         -      (co-edited with António Costa Pinto and Maria do Céu Patrão Neves), Ética Aplicada: Política. Lisboa: Edições 70/Almedina

                  -      (co-edited with Delicado, A. and Domingos, N.) Changing societies: legacies and challenges. Vol. iii. The diverse worlds of sustainability. [electronic resource], Lisbon: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais. ISBN 978-972-671-505-4

2015         -      (co-edited with Nuno Ferreira da Cruz, António F. Tavares, Susana Jorge) A Reforma do Poder Local em Debate. Lisboa: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais

2013         -      (co-edited with António Costa Pinto and Pedro Magalhães) A Qualidade da Democracia em Portugal: A Visão dos Cidadãos. Lisboa: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais

2009         -      (editor) Ética, Estado e Economia: Atitudes e Práticas dos Europeus. Lisbon: ICS Publicações

                  -      (co-edited with Catherine Moury) Institutional Challenges in Post-Constitutional Europe. Governing Change London/NY: Routledge [Routledge Advances in European Politics]

                  -      (co-edited with Barry Hindess and Peter Larmour) Governments, NGOs and Anti-Corruption: The New Integrity Warriors. London: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

2008         -      (co-edited with João Triães) A Corrupção e os Portugueses - Atitudes, Práticas e Valores. Lisbon: Edições RCP

Chapters in books & encyclopaedia entries

2024         -      (co-authored with Thaysa de Lieberenz, Viviani Lirio, and Felippe Clemente) Tolerance Towards Corruption in Latin American Democracies. In: Odilla, F., Tsimonis, K. (eds.) Corruption and Anti-Corruption Upside Down. Political Corruption and Governance. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 173-201. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-66032-0_8

                  -      (co-authored with Susana Coroado) ‘Introduction’. In: de Sousa, L. and Coroado, S. (eds), Elgar Encyclopedia of Corruption and Society, Elgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences series. Edward Elgar Publishing.

                  -      ‘Corruption control’. In: de Sousa, L. and Coroado, S. (eds), Elgar Encyclopedia of Corruption and Society, Elgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences series. Edward Elgar Publishing.

2023         -      (co-authored with Susana Coroado) ‘Parliamentary Standards’. In: Robert Barrington, Elizabeth Dávid-Barrett and Rebecca Dobson Phillips and G. Garrod (eds), Dictionary of Corruption. Newcastle upon Tyne: Agenda Publishing.

                  -      (co-authored with Susana Coroado) ‘Corrupção política em Portugal’. In: O Essencial da Política Portuguesa. Oxford Handbook of Portuguese Politics, edited by Jorge M. Fernandes, Pedro C. Magalhães and António Costa Pinto. Lisboa: Tinta da China, pp. 712-730.

                  -      (co-authored with Susana Coroado) ‘Political Corruption in Portugal’. In: Oxford Handbook of Portuguese Politics, edited by Jorge M. Fernandes, Pedro C. Magalhães, and António Costa Pinto. Oxford: OUP.

                  -      (co-authored with Luís Filipe Almeida) ‘Revisiting the Local Integrity System Concept and Theory’. In: Handbook on Local and Regional Governance, edited by Filipe Teles. London: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.

2022         -      (co-authored with Felippe Clemente and Filipe Grilo) “Percepção da corrupção em tempos de pandemia: breve análise a partir do pré-teste à população portuguesa”. In: Observatório socioeconômico da COVID-19: perspectivas econômicas e sociais diante da pandemia edited by Pinto, N. G. M. et al. São Paulo: Paco Editorial.

                  -      (co-authored with Cláudia Costa and Filipe Grilo). O impacto da COVID-19 na qualidade da democracia local: a perspectiva dos Presidentes das Assembleias Municipais. In: Poder local em tempos de COVID-19. Coimbra: Almedina. p. 19-36. ISBN 978-972-40-9715-2

2018         -      ‘O estudo da corrupção através de métodos de inquérito: desafios e cuidados a ter’ in I. R. Pinto e J. M. Marques (org.) Olhares sobre desvio e crime na sociedade portuguesa. Porto: Legis Editora, pp. 65-83

                  -      (co-authored with Maria do Céu Patrão Neves and António Costa Pinto) ‘Transparência (das políticas) e integridade (dos políticos)’ in M.P. Neves, A.C. Pinto and L. de Sousa (ed.) Ética Aplicada: Política. Lisboa: Edições 70/Almedina, pp. 11-30

                  -      ‘Poder e Corrupção’ in M.P. Neves, A.C. Pinto and L. de Sousa (ed.) Ética Aplicada: Política. Lisboa: Edições 70/Almedina, pp. 221-240

                  -      (co-authored with Delicado, A. and Domingos, N.) ‘Introduction’ in Delicado, A.; Domingos, N.; De Sousa, L. (ed.) Changing societies: legacies and challenges. Vol. iii. The diverse worlds of sustainability. [electronic resource], Lisbon: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, pp. 11-23

                  -      'Open government and the use of ICT to reduce corruption risks’, in Delicado, A.; Domingos, N.; e De Sousa, L. (ed.) Changing Societies: Legacies and Challenges. Vol. iii. The Diverse Worlds of Sustainability, Lisbon: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, pp. 179-202

                  -      (with J. Maia) ‘Participação eleitoral e candidaturas independentes nas eleições autárquicas. In João Ferrão, Ana Delicado (Eds.), Portugal Social em Mudança - Retratos Municipais, pp. 9-19. Lisboa: Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa. ISBN 9789726714002. Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/29173

2017         -      (co-authored with José Miguel Duarte) ‘O Índice de Transparência Municipal enquanto ferramenta de benchmarking: o caso do município de Estarreja no contexto da CIM-Ria’ in Moreno Pires, S.; Aragão, A.; Fidélis, T.; Mendes, I. (eds.) (2017) Indicadores de desenvolvimento sustentável. Instrumentos estratégicos e inovadores para municípios sustentáveis. O caso de Estarreja, ISBN 978-989-8787-68-2

                  -      ‘Qualidade da Democracia e Combate à Corrupção em Portugal: Uma abordagem Comparada’. In Conceição Pequito Teixeira (Coord.), O Sistema Político Português. Uma Perspetiva Comparada, Cascais: Principia, pp. 209-237. ISBN: 9789897161599. Link permanente: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/33130

2015         -      (co-authored with Nuno Ferreira da Cruz, António F. Tavares e Susana Jorge) ‘Introdução’ in Luís de Sousa et al. (eds.) A Reforma do Poder Local em Debate. Lisboa: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, pp. 21-29

                  -      (co-authored with José Miguel Duarte) ‘A reforma do Poder Local nos vários programas dos governos constitucionais, 1974-2015’ in Luís de Sousa et al. (eds.) A Reforma do Poder Local em Debate. Lisboa: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, pp. 31-47

                  -      ‘Constrangimentos ao pluralismo I: sobre a relação Executivo-Oposição’ in Luís de Sousa et al. (eds.) A Reforma do Poder Local em Debate. Lisboa: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, pp. 71-79

2013         -      ‘Estado de Direito e Qualidade da Democracia’ in A.C. Pinto, P. Magalhães and L. de Sousa (eds.) A Qualidade da Democracia em Portugal: A Visão dos Cidadãos. Lisboa: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais

2012         -      (co-authored with Inês Lima and João Triães ‘Um de Nós: o Perfil do Agente Corrupto nos Processos-crime em Portugal’ in F. Almeida & M. Paulino (coords.) Profiling, vitimologia e ciências forenses: Perspetivas atuais. Lisboa: Pactor (Grupo Lidel), pp. 345-359

                  -      ‘‘Above the Law, Below Ethics’: Some Findings on Portuguese Attitudes Towards Corruption’ in Tänzler, D.; Maras, K. and Giannakopoulos, A.  (eds.) The social construction of corruption in Europe. Surrey/Burlington: Ashgate, pp. 245-264.

2011         -      ‘Recuperar o Estado e a Política’ in J. Tavares et al. (eds.) A Constituição Revista. Lisboa: FFMS, pp. 23-29

2010         -      ‘A corrupção e o seu Combate a Nível Internacional: Actores, Processos e Impactos’ in Ferreira-Pereira, Laura C. (ed.), Relações Internacionais: Actores, Dinâmicas e Desafios. Lisboa: Editora Prefácio, pp. 41-64

                  -      De Sousa, L. (2010) 'Um eleitor, um voucher' in J. Caraça and G. Cardoso (eds.) Ideias Perigosas para Portugal: Proposta que se Arriscam a Salvar o País. Lisboa: Tinta da China, pp. 122-126

                  -      De Sousa, L. (2010) 'I Don't Bribe, I Just Pull Strings, Perspectives on European Politics and Society' in Michael Johnston (ed.) Public Sector Corruption. [Four-Volume Set, Series Sage Library of Political Science], Vol. 1 Concepts, Part: Diverse Legal and Moral Traditions, Thousand Oaks (CA): Sage Publications, ISBN: 9781849206044

                  -      De Sousa, L. (2010) 'Anti-Corruption Agencies: Between Empowerment and Irrelevance' in Specialized Anticorruption Agencies: independent to be effective, effective to lose independence, [conference proceedings], organized by TI-Latvia (Delna, Sabiedriba par Atklatibu) Jurmala (Latvia) 25-26 March 2010: 20-22

2009         -      (co-authored with Peter Larmour) ‘Transparency International: global franchising and the war of information against corruption’ in Ronald J. Burke and Cary L. Cooper (eds.) Research Companion to Corruption in Organizations. Cheltenham/Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, pp. 269-284

                  -      (co-authored with Peter Larmour and Barry Hindess) ‘Introduction’ in Luís de Sousa, Peter Larmour and Barry Hindess (eds.) Governments, NGOs and Anti-Corruption: The New Integrity Warriors. London: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science, pp. 1-15.

                  -      ‘TI in search of a constituency: the institutionalization and franchising of the global anti-corruption doctrine’ in Luís de Sousa, Peter Larmour and Barry Hindess (eds.) Governments, NGOs and Anti-Corruption: The New Integrity Warriors. London: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science, pp. 186-208.

                  -      (co-authored with Peter Larmour and Barry Hindess) ‘Conclusion’ in Luís de Sousa, Peter Larmour and Barry Hindess (eds.) Governments, NGOs and Anti-Corruption: The New Integrity Warriors. London: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science, pp. 209-214.

                  -      (co-authored with Catherine Moury) ‘Introduction: Institutional choices in post-constitutional Europe – Facing Challenges’ in Catherine Moury and Luís de Sousa (eds.) Institutional Challenges in Post-Constitutional Europe. Governing Change London/NY: Routledge [Routledge Advances in European Politics], pp. 1-14.

                  -      (co-authored with Catherine Moury) ‘Conclusions: Facing the challenges’ in Catherine Moury and Luís de Sousa (eds.) Institutional Challenges in Post-Constitutional Europe. Governing Change London/NY: Routledge [Routledge Advances in European Politics], pp. 133-140.

2008         -      ‘“I don't bribe, I just pull strings”: Assessing the Fluidity of Social Representations of Corruption in Portuguese Society’ [Reprinted] Stoicheva, Maria (ed.) The Balkans: Curbing Challenges. Institutional Inefficiency, Anti-Corruption & Involvement of Citizens. Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, pp. 91-106

2007         -      (co-authored with Andrés Malamud), ‘Parlamentos supranacionais na Europa e na América Latina: entre o fortalecimento e a irrelevância’ in Viegas, José Manuel Leite, Helena Carreiras e Andrés Malamud (eds.), Portugal no Contexto Europeu. Vol. I: Instituições e Política, CIES-ISCTE, Lisboa: Celta Editora, pp. 11-36

                  -      (co-authored with Andrés Malamud) ‘Regional Parliaments in Europe and Latin America: Between Empowerment and Irrelevance’ in Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann and Anna van der Vleuten (eds.) Closing or Widening the Gap? Legitimacy and Democracy in Regional Integration Organizations. London: Ashgate, pp. 107-134 (product of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Prize “Programa Estímulo à Investigação”)

                  -      (co-authored with João Triães) ‘ANCORAGE-NET: Sharing knowledge-based, innovative and integrated solutions to corruption control’ in Transparency International (ed.) Global Corruption Report 2007, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 354-357

2006         -      ‘Оценка на негативния ефект от нерегламентираното финансиране на политическата дейност чрез контрол върхусредствата за предизборни кампании: опитът на Португалия’ in TI-Bulgaria (ed.) ПОЛИТИЧЕСКАТА КОРУПЦИЯ: ПРЕДИЗВИКАТЕЛСТВА И МЕХАНИЗМИ ЗА ПРОТИВОДЕЙСТВИЕ, Sofia: TI-Bulgaria, pp. 145-156 [‘Assessing the Informality Gap of Political Financing through the Cost Monitoring of Electoral Campaigns: the Case of Portugal’ in TI Bulgaria (ed.) Counteracting Political Corruption: Challenges and Mechanisms. Sofia: TI Bulgaria, pp. 145-156 (original published in Cyrillic)]

2005         -      ‘Inovar a Democracia em Portugal’ in G. Cardoso (ed.) Inovar Portugal. 20 ideias para 2020, Lisboa: Campo das Letras, pp. 251-84

                  -      ‘Reacções da opinião pública à corrupção e descontentamento com a democracia’ in J.M.L. Viegas, A.C. Pinto and S. Faria (eds.) Democracia: novos desafios e novos horizontes. Oeiras: Celta, 277-302

2004         -      ‘25 de Abril: 30 anos depois’ in 25 de Abril – Os desafios para Portugal nos próximos 30 anos, (Comissão das Comemorações dos 30 anos do 25 de Abril, Presidência do Conselho de Ministros), Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional, pp. 77-82

2001         -      ‘Corrupção, ética de governo e eleitores: Algumas reflexões sobre o impacto da corrupção e impropriedade, como ‘voting issue’, durante a queda das maiorias Social-Democrata e Conservadora em Portugal (1995) e no Reino Unido (1997)’ in APCP/Braga da Cruz (eds.) A Reforma do Estado em Portugal – Problemas e Perspectivas [Actas do I Encontro Nacional de Ciência Política], Lisboa: Bizâncio, pp. 447-474

2000         -      (in collaboration with Yves Mény) ‘Corruption Political/Public Aspects’ in International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, New York, Pergamon/Elsevier

1999         -      (in collaboration with Yves Mény) ‘Les transformations contemporaines de la corruption’ in Association d’Economie Financière (eds.), Rapport Moral sur l’Argent dans le Monde 1999, Paris: Montchrestien, pp. 137-144