Code |
15478
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Year |
3
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Semester |
S2
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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 |
without entry requirements
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Learning outcomes |
LO1. Identify the main theoretical schools within the scope of Security Studies. LO2. Understand the institutions and the interdependencies of international security. LO3. Critically evaluate the concepts and security strategies of different actors. LO4. Reflect on security issues and the dynamics of securitization in the context of globalization and risk society. LO5. Characterize the main risks and threats to global, national, and human security.
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Syllabus |
C1. Security/securities: a multidimensional concept C2. Security and the main schools of IR C3. Conventional and non-conventional conflicts C4. Security communities: NATO C5. Collective security: the UNSC C6. European security: EUGS and ESS C7. Globalization, risk society and security C8. Transnational risks and threats: terrorism, transnational organized crime, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, fragile states, cyber-threats, hybrid threats, natural disasters
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Main Bibliography |
Buzan, Barry, & Hansen, Lene (2009). The Evolution of International Security Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Collins, Allan (2022). Contemporary Security Studies. 6ª ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Hughes, Chris, & Meng, Lai Yew (eds.) (2011). Security Studies: a Reader. Nova Iorque: Routledge. Nye, Joseph (2002). Compreender os Conflitos Internacionais: Uma Introdução à Teoria e à História. Lisboa: Gradiva. Vieira Borges, João, & Rodrigues, Teresa Ferreira (coords.) (2016). Ameaças e Riscos Transnacionais no Novo Mundo Global. Porto: Fronteira do Caos Editores. Williams, Paul D. (ed.) (2008). Security Studies: An Introduction. Nova Iorque: Routledge.
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
10% Active participation in class (discussions and exercises previously explained by the Professor) 15% Quiz 25% Oral presentation 50% Final test Working students and students with overlapping classes: 100% Written essay* (delivery via email until the last class)
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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