During the international financial crisis, Portugal found itself in a very difficult and vulnerable socioeconomic situation that has led to an increase in social inequalities. This article seeks to understand two things: firstly, how much the impacts of the crisis contributed to a general perception that people’s social position has gone backwards, compared to their pre-crisis situations; secondly, whether it is possible to link this generalized perception that living conditions have gone downhill to an increase in and diversification of collective action practices. The authors analyse data from a 2014 survey of 1,500 residents of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, which they use to measure how far the level of collective action practices has increased and varied in accordance with a set of social inequality indicators, such as resource and educational inequalities.

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Social inequalities,collective action,crisis impacts,perceptions of social position,Portuguese society

• Sociologia - Ciências Sociais

Esta publicação é um output do(s) seguinte(s) projeto(s):

• Trajetos de sustentabilidade local: mobilidade espacial, capital social e desigualdade