Programa

Political Sociology

Licenciatura Bolonha em Economia

Licenciatura Bolonha em Finanças

Licenciatura Bolonha em Matemática Aplicada à Economia e à Gestão

Licenciatura Bolonha em Gestão

Licenciatura Bolonha em Economia

Programa

- What is politics? What is the possible content of a science of political realities?; - Contractarian ideas and its opponents in the origins of contemporary political thought; - Republic, citizenship, rule of law, democracy, separation of powers: a critical approach aiming at identifying problematic zones behind the apparently obvious assumptions; - Left and right: does all politics need cleavages? Are these always officially 'ideological'?; - Political parties and electoral systems: the justifying doctrines and the history of facts; - Theories of justice as a relevant interface of economic and political theories; - Post-cold-war panorama: the 'ends of history' and the 'clash of civilizations', globalization and nationalisms, racism, identity-politics and fundamentalisms; - In what consists 'political development'? Possibilities and limits of a question.