Sumários
31 Outubro 2025, 18:00
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Alexandre Abreu
5-hour module taught on 3 and 6 November by Carlos Castel-Branco.
In
this module, we will discuss recent trends and debates of the world economic
and social development (neoliberalism, financialization, globalization and
value chains). We will look at their historical logic, articulation,
contradictions and tensions, and their impact on options for social transitions
and transformation.
17 Outubro 2025, 18:00
•
Alexandre Abreu
5-hour module taught on 27 and 30 October by Carlos Castel-Branco.
In
this module, we will analyze, compare and discuss Marxist and neo-Marxist
political economy, their analytical applications and their contribution to the
debate on social transition and transformation.
10 Outubro 2025, 18:00
•
Alexandre Abreu
5-hour module taught on 20 and 23 October by Susana Brissos.
In
this module, we will explore Developmentalist and Modernisation theories,
examining their historical context, core assumptions, and influence on post-war
development strategies. We will analyse the linear progression model proposed
by Modernisation theorists, which positions Western industrial societies as the
benchmark for development, and Developmentalist approaches that emphasize
state-led industrialisation and economic planning.
3 Outubro 2025, 18:00
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Alexandre Abreu
5-hour module taught on 13 and 16 October by Susana Brissos.
In this
module, we will analyse Karl Polanyi’s The Great Transformation (1944),
focusing on the concepts of embeddedness and the double movement, as well as
the Institutionalist Political Economy framework proposed by Ha-Joon Chang,
while revisiting the origins of “old” institutionalism and its evolution
throughout the twentieth century.
26 Setembro 2025, 18:00
•
Alexandre Abreu
5-hour module taught on 6 and 9 October by João Carlos Graça.
This
session will present and discuss some selected contributions of classical 19th
and 20th Century social scientists to thinking about modernity and development.