2024
Political Economy of Human Rights
Name: Political Economy of Human Rights
Code: ECN13128M
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Legal-Political Theory and International Relations
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Objectives
Analysis of the fundamentals of human rights and the implications for the economic system of the adoption of human rights, namely Economic Social and Cultural rights.
Expected Outcomes
Knowledge of human rights, namely economic, social and cultural rights. Development of critical and research skills.
Analysis of the fundamentals of human rights and the implications for the economic system of the adoption of human rights, namely Economic Social and Cultural rights.
Expected Outcomes
Knowledge of human rights, namely economic, social and cultural rights. Development of critical and research skills.
Contents
1.1 Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
1.2 Economics and Responsibility for Human Rights
1.3 Availability of means and Human Rights
1.4 Discourses of Economics and Human Rights
2.1 The Right to Work
2.2 Guaranteeing the Right to Work and Public Action
2.3 The Conflict between Economy and Right to Work
3.1 Rights and Economic Goods
3.2 The Political Economy of Right to Water
3.3 The Political Economy of Social Security
4.1 Culture and Economic Theory
4.2 The Political Economy of Cultural Exclusion
4.3 Economic Development and Cultural Determinism
4.4 Critique of Cultural Determinism
5.1 Democracy and Human Rights
5.2 Democracy and Economic Development
5.3 The Political Economy of Democratization
5.4 Alternatives of Democratization
6.1 The Naturalization of the Economy
6.2 The Conflict between Scientific and Democratic Rationalities
6.3 The Hegemony of Market Ideology
6.4 Economic Globalization and the Erosion of Democratic Idea
1.2 Economics and Responsibility for Human Rights
1.3 Availability of means and Human Rights
1.4 Discourses of Economics and Human Rights
2.1 The Right to Work
2.2 Guaranteeing the Right to Work and Public Action
2.3 The Conflict between Economy and Right to Work
3.1 Rights and Economic Goods
3.2 The Political Economy of Right to Water
3.3 The Political Economy of Social Security
4.1 Culture and Economic Theory
4.2 The Political Economy of Cultural Exclusion
4.3 Economic Development and Cultural Determinism
4.4 Critique of Cultural Determinism
5.1 Democracy and Human Rights
5.2 Democracy and Economic Development
5.3 The Political Economy of Democratization
5.4 Alternatives of Democratization
6.1 The Naturalization of the Economy
6.2 The Conflict between Scientific and Democratic Rationalities
6.3 The Hegemony of Market Ideology
6.4 Economic Globalization and the Erosion of Democratic Idea
Teaching Methods
The main method consists in lecturing about the contents of human rights, in particular economic, social and cultural rights, insisting on the
confrontation between the principles on which they are based with those supporting the economy and economics. Particular
attention is paid to the presentation of the points of view of different schools of economic thought in their
relation to human rights.
confrontation between the principles on which they are based with those supporting the economy and economics. Particular
attention is paid to the presentation of the points of view of different schools of economic thought in their
relation to human rights.
Assessment
The continuous assessment may vary depending on the number of students enrolled. In general, there will be two components: an essay on a topic chosen by the student, discussed in class, and an essay at the end of the semester, to be written in or at home, on a topic that is the same for everyone. Each of these tests has a weight of 50%.
The final assessment is based on carrying out an essay on a topic proposed by the teacher with a weight of 100%
The final assessment is based on carrying out an essay on a topic proposed by the teacher with a weight of 100%
Teaching Staff
- Manuel Couret Pereira Branco [responsible]
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