Code |
15744
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Year |
1
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Semester |
S2
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ECTS Credits |
6
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Workload |
OT(15H)/TP(30H)
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Scientific area |
Ciência Política
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Entry requirements |
None.
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Learning outcomes |
The CU Pressure Groups and Social Movements aims to analyze two essential actors of the democratic political process. Anchored in society, outside Parliaments and Executives, Pressure Groups and Social Movements are dynamic agents in the process of building public policies, as well as vehicles for citizens' participation in collective life and for the political representation of their interests. In this context, with a view to integrating these agents into the range of basic variables essential for the analysis of general systems of collective action, the conceptual instruments and theoretical tools relevant to the study of these actors and their role in the system will be defined. political. Finally, attention will be paid to the nature, characteristics and relevance of pressure groups and social movements in Portuguese society.
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Syllabus |
PART I. DEFINITION AND ROLES OF INTEREST GROUPS 1. Activity of Interest Groups: General Theories 1.1. Pluralism 1.2. Elitism 1.3. Corporatism and neo-corporatism 1.4. Economist approaches 1.5. State-centric perspectives 1.6. Neo-Marxism 1.7. New institutionalism 2. Impact of interest groups on political systems 2.1. Development and variation of the phenomenon 2.2. Political process 3. Political culture 4. Political parties 5. Public opinion PART II. DEFINITION AND FUNCTIONS OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS 6. Activity of social movements: general theories 6.1. Two Chicago schools 6.2. Stress and deprivation models 6.3. Resource mobilization model 6.4. Theory of the political process 7. Framework and social construction 7.1. New social movements 7.2. New trends 7.3. Alternatives and criticisms 8. Litigation dynamics 9. Political passions 10. New directions 11. Cyberspace
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Main Bibliography |
Buechler, S. (2000) Social Movement in Advanced Capitalism. The Political Economy and Cultural Construction of Social Activism. New York: Oxford University Press; Cigler, A. and Loomis, B. orgs. (2016) Interest Group Politics. Washington: Congressional Quaterly Inc.; Eurofound (2016) The Concept of Representativeness at National, International and European Level. Luxembourg: Publication Office of the European Union; Halpin, D. (2010) Groups, Representation and Democracy. Between Promise and Practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press; Johnston, H. ed. (2006) Culture, Social Movements, and Protest. Surrey: Ashgate; Porta, D. and Tarrow, D. (2005) Transnational Protest and Global Activism. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield; Tsakatita, M. and Lisi, M. orgs. (2014) Transformations of the Radical Left In Southern Europe: Bringing Society Back In. London: Routledge; Warren, M. (2001) Democracy and Association. Princeton: Princeton University Press;
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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