2023
Political Theory
Name: Political Theory
Code: ECN13106L
9 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/234 hours
Scientific Area:
Legal-Political Theory and International Relations
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English, French
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
It is intended to give students an analysis of the main forms of political organization, as well as institutional and social functioning of any political system. With that students will acquire skills that enable them to discern the mode of operation of the society that surrounds them in their various aspects, including political and social.
Contents
1. Classical and modern conceptions of politics.
2. Political system and ideology. Political legitimacy.
3. Classical political thought: Plato, Aristotle. Modern Political Thought: Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant. Contemporary political thought: Marx, Carl Schmitt, Hannah Arendt, Habermas, Rawls, Bobbio.
4. Political regimes. Democracy and dictatorship. Types of democracy. Politics and institutions.
5. Political culture. Political participation.
6. Political parties. Pressure groups. Social movements. Elites and political power.
7. The evolution of the contemporary state. Rule of law and social state of law. Human Rights.
8. Cyberdemocracy.
9. Contemporary Islamic political thought.
10. Politics and Globalization. The crisis of the nation state and the crisis of sovereignty. What is globalization?
2. Political system and ideology. Political legitimacy.
3. Classical political thought: Plato, Aristotle. Modern Political Thought: Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant. Contemporary political thought: Marx, Carl Schmitt, Hannah Arendt, Habermas, Rawls, Bobbio.
4. Political regimes. Democracy and dictatorship. Types of democracy. Politics and institutions.
5. Political culture. Political participation.
6. Political parties. Pressure groups. Social movements. Elites and political power.
7. The evolution of the contemporary state. Rule of law and social state of law. Human Rights.
8. Cyberdemocracy.
9. Contemporary Islamic political thought.
10. Politics and Globalization. The crisis of the nation state and the crisis of sovereignty. What is globalization?
Teaching Methods
Lectures, with debate to which students participate.
Teaching Staff
- Silvério Carlos Matos Rocha e Cunha [responsible]
