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Research Problems in Political Science

Objectives

To provide a broad understanding of the major theoretical developments in the field of Political Science, as well as the ´state of the art´ of the empirical research on some relevant themes and issues.

General characterization

Code

73207111

Credits

10.0

Responsible teacher

Rui Miguel Carvalhinho Branco

Hours

Weekly - 2

Total - 280

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

None

Bibliography

ANDEWEG (Rudy) et al., dir., The Oxford Handbook of Political Executives, Oxford, OUP, 2020.

BADIE (Bertrand), BERG-SCHLOSSER (Dirk) e MORLINO (Leonardo), dir., International Encyclopedia of Political Science, 8 vols., Thousand Oaks, Calif., Sage Publications, 2011.

BEST (Heinrich) and HIGLEY (John), The Palgrave Handbook of Political Elites, Palgrave-Macmillan, 2017.

DALTON (Russell J.) and KLINGEMANN (Hans-Dieter), dir., The Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior, Oxford, OUP, 2007.

LIPSET (Seymour M.), dir., The Encyclopedia of Democracy, 4 vols., Londres, 1995.

MORGAN (Glenn) et al., dir., The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Institutional Analysis, Oxford, OUP, 2017.

NOHLEN (Dieter), dir., Diccionario de Ciencia Política: teorias, métodos, conceptos, 2 vols., México, Porrúa, 2006.

ROSE (Richard), dir., International Encyclopedia of Elections, Londres, Macmillan, 2000.

Teaching method

Lectures given by the academic responsible, and debates based on assigned readings.

Evaluation method

Método de Avaliação - Evaluation comprises participation in class debates(20%), and the elaboration of an individual paper on a topic of the syllabus (80%)

Subject matter

 Session 1: 01/10/2020 


Wellcome and Presentation


Session 2:  08/10/2020 


The Intellectual History of Political Science: different  analytical traditions and conceptualisations of «politics».


Session 3: 15/10/2020


Transformations of the Modern State


Session 4: 22/10/2020


Elites and Political Leadership


Session 5: 29/10/2020 


Political Parties and Social Movements


Session 6: 05/11/2020


Individual Tutoring.


Session 7: 12/11/2020


Elections and Electoral Systems.


Session 8: 19/11/2020


Voting Behaviour


Session 9: 26/11/2020


Government and Public Policies 


Session 10: 03/12/2020


Democracy, Technocracy and Populism.


Session 11: 10/12/2020


Final Approval of the Paper Topic Proposals.