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Learning outcomes |
The course unit "Pressure Groups and Social Movements" aims to analyse two key actors in the democratic political process. Rooted in society and external to Parliaments and Executives, Pressure Groups and Social Movements are dynamic agents in the process of shaping public policies, as well as vehicles for citizen participation in collective life and for the political representation of their interests. In this context, with a view to integrating these actors into the range of fundamental variables essential for analysing general systems of collective action, conceptual instruments and relevant theoretical tools for studying these actors and their role in the political system will be defined. Finally, attention will be given to the nature, characteristics, and relevance of pressure groups and social movements in Portuguese society.
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Main Bibliography |
- Baumgartner, F. R., & Leech, B. L. (1998). Basic interests: the importance of groups in politics and social science. Princeton, Princeton University Press.
- Cigler, A., & Loomis, B. (orgs.) (2016). Interest Group Politics. Washington: Congressional Quaterly Inc.;
- Della Porta, D., & Diani, M. (2015). The Oxford Handbook of Social Movements. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Flesher Fominaya, C., & Feenstra, R. A. (2020). Routledge Handbook of Contemporary European Social Movements. Abingdon: Routledge.
- Halpin, D. (2010) Groups, Representation and Democracy. Between Promise and Practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press;
- Lijphart, A. (2012). Patterns of Democracy. New Haven, Yale University Press (Capítulo 9: “Interest Groups: Pluralism Versus Corporatism”).
- Lisi, Marco (org.). (2019). Grupos de Interesse e Crise Económica: O Caso Português. Lisboa: Edições Sílabo.
- Lisi, Marco (org.). (2022). Os Grupos de Interesse no Sistema Político Português. Lisboa: FFMS.
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