Currículo
Political Sociology SP-E
Contextos
Groupo: Gestão > 1º Ciclo > Unidades Curriculares Optativas
ECTS
4.0 (para cálculo da média)
Objectivos
Discussion of the specificity of political approach to social realities: political sociology as a 'certain perspective' on society. Presentation of the main currents of political philosophy configuring modernity: theories and doctrines; intended consequences and unforeseen effects. Exposition of the main groups of problems characterizing contemporary political science, making explicit their background assumptions via the confrontation of various conflictive doctrinal currents.
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.
Método de Avaliação
The final grade, in a scale of 0-20, is attributed based on a written exam and/or a written report plus discussion. Participation in classes during the semester is also taken into consideration. The usual intervention of students in classes is permanently promoted, these being usually taught in the manner of seminars.
Carga Horária
Carga Horária de Contacto -
Trabalho Autónomo - 68.0
Carga Total -
Bibliografia
Principal
- Qu'est-ce qu'une Société Juste?, Introduction à la Pratique de la Philosophie Politique: PARIJS, Philippe van 1991 Paris, Éditions du Seuil
- As Democracias Contemporâneas: LIJPHART, Arend 1989 Lisboa, Gradiva
- The Political Parties: DUVERGER, Maurice 1950 Hoboken, USA, John Wiley & Sons
- The Concept of the Political, Chicago: SCHMITT, Carl 1996 Chicago University Press
- The Rhetoric of Reaction: HIRSCHMAN, Albert Otto 1991 London, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Against the Current - Essays in the History of Ideas: BERLIN, Isaiah 1980 London, The Hogarth Press
- Le Développement Politique: BADIE, Bertrand 1988 Paris, Economica
- Nations and Nationalism: Reflections on the Origins and Spread of Nationalism: ANDERSON, Benedict 1991 London, Verso
- Democracy in Europe: A History of an Ideology: CANFORA, Luciano 2006 London, Verso
- Democracy or Bonapartism: Two Centuries of War on Democracy: LOSURDO, Domenico 2022 London, Verso
- Manual de Sociologia Política: GRAÇA, João Carlos 2018 Coimbra, Almedina