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16549
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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 |
1. Analyze and understand the process of establishing and consolidating democracies
2. Interpret historical contexts for the study and comparison of democratic regimes and the various existing models
3. Analyze the expansion of democracy and the elements and determining variables that mark a period of crisis for democracies
4. Understand the comparative frameworks and the various rankings used to measure the quality of democracy
5. Understand and analyze state and societal action in response to the crisis of democracies
6. Address the policies, behaviors, values and attitudes adopted to regenerate contemporary democracy.
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Syllabus |
1. The establishment and consolidation of democracies
2. Models of democracy
3. The proliferation of democracies in the international context
4. The quality of democracy
5. The crisis of democracy
5.1. Political participation
5.2 The economic and social crisis
5.3 The environmental crisis
5.4 Populism
5.5. Generational detachment
5.6. Digital democracy
6. Societal action and the renewal of contemporary democracies
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Main Bibliography |
Crozier, M., Huntignton, S. & Watanuki, J. (1975). The crisis of democracy: on the governability of democracies. New York: New York University Press.
Dahl, R. (1998). On Democracy. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Held, D. (2006). Models of democracy. Cambridge: Polity.
Diamond, L., & Morlino, L. (eds.) (2005). Assessing the quality of democracy. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Santos, J.A. (2020). Política e democracia na era digital. Lisboa: Parsifal.
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
Classes follow a theoretical-practical model, with the first part of the class being reserved for the expository aspect of the main concepts, theories and programmatic formulations of the contents taught. The second part of the class corresponds to a practical analysis of the various models of democracy, their practical applicability, the respective comparison and measurement, as well as the way to outline lines of action in response to the crisis of democracy.
• Class Presentation 1 – March 16, 2026 – 30%.
• Class Presentation 2 – April 20, 2026 – 30%.
• Class Presentation 3 – May 25, 2026 – 40% (case study).
Working students:
• Analysis and discussion of a report on the quality of democracy – 100% (due June 8, 2026). Report: 50%; Presentation and discussion – 50%.
• Exam with no attendance requirements.
• Minimum grade to take the exam: 6.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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