Introduction to Political Science
0
2017-2018
01013200
Área Científica do Menor
Portuguese
Face-to-face
SEMESTRIAL
6.0
Elective
1st Cycle Studies
Recommended Prerequisites
NA
Teaching Methods
Theoretical lectures, including two written tests (continuous evaluation) and research works based on
aspects of the lectured syllabus. Students who opt for final evaluation must take a final written exam.
Learning Outcomes
To ensure a global understanding of political science, as a science responsible for the study of the political phenomenon, allowing students to have access to an understanding of the main concepts that integrate the defining core of this social science and the links with close scientific fields.
Work Placement(s)
NoSyllabus
- Political Science and its distinction of individuals who are close to it;
- The object of Political Science;
- The political agents: citizens, interest groups and political parties;
- Elections and electoral systems (majority, proportional and composite);
- Forms of Government: parliamentarianism; presidential system and composite forms;
- Political Science and global governance - "state building".
Head Lecturer(s)
Jorge Manuel Tavares da Silva
Assessment Methods
Assessment
Exam: 100.0%
Bibliography
VASCONCELOS, Pedro B. – Controlo do Poder. Lisboa: Edições Cosmos, 1996
MOREIRA, Adriano – Ciência Política. Coimbra: Almedina, 2012
BRAUD, Philippe – La science politique. Paris: PUF, 2014
GOODIN, Robert E. – The Oxford Handbook of Political Science. Oxford: OUP, 2011
HERMET, Guy et al. – Dictionnaire de la science politique et des institutions politiques. Paris: Armand Colin, 2010
HABERMAS, J. – The Postnational Constellation. Cambridge: Massachusets, The MIT Press, 2001