Introduction to Political Science

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)

No

Syllabus

- 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)

Isabel Anunciação Ferraz Camisão

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