Code |
12266
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Year |
3
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Semester |
S1
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ECTS Credits |
6
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Workload |
OT(15H)/TP(45H)
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Scientific area |
Ciência Política
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Entry requirements |
Not applied.
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Mode of delivery |
Face-to-face.
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Work placements |
Not applied.
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Learning outcomes |
This CU aims to familiarise the students with the transformation techniques of ballots into mandates, the repercussions of the different electoral systems in the political representation, the determinants of the electoral behaviour and the electoral geography of Portugal.
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Syllabus |
1. Presidential elections 1.1 Majority System 1.2 Plurality System 1.3 Conditioned Plurality System 1.4 Majority-Plurality System 1.5 The quasi-direct election 2. Parliamentary elections: the proportional systems 2.1 Representation threshold 2.2 The mathematical formula 2.3 The electoral constituencies 2.4 The levels of mandates appointment 2.5 Measure and comparability of the proportionality 2.6 Classification 3. Parliamentary elections: the majority systems 4. Parliamentary Election: The Mixed Systems 5. Impact of the voting system 5.1 The majority/proportional debate 5.2 Electoral systems and party systems 5.3 Electoral systems and women’s representation 5.4 Electoral system and the representation of the minorities 5.5 The reform of the electoral systems 6. Political behaviours 6.1 The socio-structural theories of the vote 6.2 Theories of the rational choice 6.3 Spatial and directional voting theories 6.4 Economic theories
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Main Bibliography |
1. FREIRE, A. (2009). Eleições e Sistemas Eleitorais no Século XX Português, Lisboa, Colibri. GALLAGHER, M. e P. MITCHEL (2008). The Politics of Electoral Systems, Oxford, Oxford University Press. SANTO, P. (2011). Sociologia Política e Eleitoral. Modelos e Explicações de Voto, Lisboa, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas. 2. http://www2.lse.ac.uk/CPNSS/projects/VPP/Home.aspx
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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