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11315
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| Year |
1
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| Semester |
S1
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| ECTS Credits |
10
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| Workload |
TP(45H)
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| Scientific area |
Ciência Política
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Entry requirements |
N.A.
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Mode of delivery |
Face to face and videoconferencing.
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Work placements |
UBI and UA.
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Learning outcomes |
This course unit has been designed with the primary objective of promoting scientific autonomy. It provides students with the necessary tools for the autonomous planning and development of original research in political science, particularly in the search for and critical analysis of information associated with the development of thesis projects.
The aim is to highlight the diversity of research programs, enabling doctoral students to utilize them according to their respective interests. An in-depth study of the most common programmes accepted by the scientific community in the development of strategies and the selection of means adapted to the specific problems posed by the thesis topics is complemented by exposure to the main debates in the areas of the doctorate, situating the research questions with a view to developing projects that represent original contributions.
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Syllabus |
MODULE I – Paradigms and Research programmes in Political Science
1. The behavioralist revolution
2. Rational choice and the economy of politics
3. Neo-institutionalism
4. Interpretativism
5. Post-structuralism
MODULE II – Contemporary debates
1. Comparative politics and institutions: mimetism or differentiation
2. Political philosophy in the 20th century: new questions and approaches
3. Governance and public policy: the return of the state or hollowing-out?
4. The value of political communication and the new media
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Main Bibliography |
Chalmers, A. (2013). What is this Thing Called Science?, 4th ed. Milton Keynes: Open University Press
Gibbons, M.T., ed. (1987). Interpreting Politics. Oxford: Blackwell
Gomes, W.; Maia, R. (2008), Comunicação e Democracia: Problemas e Perspetivas, São Paulo, Paulus.
Goodin, R. & Klingemann, H., eds. (1996). A New Handbook of Political Science. Oxford: Oxford University Press
King, G. (1989). Unifying Political Methodology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
March, J. & Olsen, J. (1989). Rediscovering Institutions. New York: Free Press
Margolis, M. & Resnick, D. (2000). Politics as Usual: The cyberspace “Revolution”. Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage Publications.
Marsh, D. & Stoker, G. (2010). Theory and Methods in Political Science, 3rd ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
Peters, B. . (2011). Institutional Theory in Political Science, 3rd ed. London: Pinter
Rosenau, P.M. (1992). Post-modernism and the Social Sciences. Princeton: Princeton University Press
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
As this curricular unit aims to provide advanced training in research, the teaching methodologies are designed, above all, to enable the active engagement of doctoral students in the identification, interpretation and use of scientific knowledge. The debate on the main paradigms and contemporary problems are the teaching strategies and methodologies followed.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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