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12243
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| Year |
1
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| Semester |
S1
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
TP(60H)
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| Scientific area |
Relações Internacionais
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Entry requirements |
N/A.
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Mode of delivery |
Face-to-face.
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Work placements |
N/A.
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Learning outcomes |
Objectives:
1 - Introduce the students to the academic discipline of International Relations, aiming at the understanding of its process of scientific and academic autonomization within the framework of the social sciences;
2 - Provide students with the fundamentals of International Relations, namely, the main events in the history of international relations from the Peace of Westphalia to the present day, the central concepts used by the discipline and the theories developed within it;
3 - Deepen students' intellectual interest in various topics of contemporary international relations, leading them to question their previous ideas and encouraging them to use International Relations Theories to better understand the international reality.
Learning outcomes:
1 - Understand and explain the theoretical and historical foundations of the discipline of International Relations.
2 - Consolidate a critical spirit characterized by the ability to analyze the international reality using the various Theories of International Relations.
3 - Deepen the themes addressed through the research carried out by the students themselves using various sources and taking into account the perspectivism underlying International Relations.
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Syllabus |
1. Introduction: disciplinary and scientific autonomy, object, method and theory
2. Historical context of international relations: from Westphalia to present day
3. Concepts
3.1. State
3.2. Nation
3.3. Sovereignty
3.4. Power
3.5. Order
3.6. Anarchy
3.7. System, society and community
3.8. Cooperation
3.9. Conflict
4. Actors in international relations
4.1. States
4.2. International Organizations
4.3. Transnational actors
5. Theories of International Relations
5.1. Realism
5.2. Liberalism
5.3. English School
5.4. Marxism
5.5. Critical Theory
5.6. Postmodernism
5.7. Constructivism
5.8. Feminism
6. Themes of international relations
6.1. International Security
6.2. Globalization and international political economy
6.3. Global governance
6.4. Nationalism, regionalism and cosmopolitanism
6.5. Identity, culture and religion: clash of civilizations?
6.6. Human rights
6.7. Environment and climate change
6.8. International relations in the 21st century
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Main Bibliography |
Bull, Hedley. A Sociedade Anárquica: um estudo da ordem na política mundial. São Paulo: Editora Universidade de Brasília, 2002.
Cravinho, João Gomes. Visões do Mundo: As Relações Internacionais e o Mundo Contemporâneo. Lisboa: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, 2002.
Heywood, Andrew. Global Politics. 2.a ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Kissinger, Henry. A Ordem Mundial. 3.ª ed. Alfragide: D. Quixote, 2016.
Maltez, José Adelino. Curso de Relações Internacionais. São João do Estoril: Principia, 2002.
———. Manual de Ciência Política: Teoria Geral da República. Lisboa: Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, 2018.
Mingst, Karen A., e Ivan M. Arreguín-Toft. Essentials of International Relations. 7.a ed. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2017.
Moreira, Adriano. Teoria das Relações Internacionais. 9.a ed. Coimbra: Almedina, 2016.
Santos, Victor Marques dos. Introdução à Teoria das Relações Internacionais: Referências de Enquadramento Teórico-Analítico. Lisboa: ISCSP, 2007.
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
Most of the classes are theoretical-practical, with a lecture component dedicated to the transmission of contents and a practical one in which students are actively involved with interventions and debates on the topics addressed. Students conduct critical reviews of articles, texts and audiovisual materials analyzed in class and the semester ends with a debate/simulation. These activities and methods aim at developing the students’ skills in interpretation and discussion both in written and oral expressions.
Assessment criteria
Minimum attendance required for approval and admission to the exam: 80% of classes.
Continuous assessment
Participation in classes: 10%.
Written test (December 18th): 60%.
Critical review (maximum of 1000 words, to be delivered by e-mail by January 8th): 15%.
Debate/simulation (January 8th): 15%.
Student workers
Written test (December 18th): 100%.
Exam
Written exam: 100%.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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