2023
Social, Economic and Political Contemporary History
Name: Social, Economic and Political Contemporary History
Code: HIS02284L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
History
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Presentation
This course provides a set of fundamental historical knowledge and basic intellectual skills to anyone interested in the demographic, social and political problems of the world today.
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
- Knowledge about the themes and debates of the social, of the economic and of the political historiography of the Late Modern and Contemporary World
- Knowledge about processes of social, economic and political change during the 19th and 20th centuries
- Ability to identify facts, to understand and to describe historical processes that lead the formation of the modern societies and of the contemporary global power systems.
- Ability to discuss historiographical texts about those themes and debates.
- To develop group and individual study skills.
- Knowledge about processes of social, economic and political change during the 19th and 20th centuries
- Ability to identify facts, to understand and to describe historical processes that lead the formation of the modern societies and of the contemporary global power systems.
- Ability to discuss historiographical texts about those themes and debates.
- To develop group and individual study skills.
Contents
0.Turning points in the world of politics, society and economy in the 19th and 20th centuries.
1.Changes in the demographic regime and its consequences. Formation of the "modern" family. Intra-European and world "free" and forced migrations in the 19th and 20th centuries.
2.Expansionism. Conquest of the extra-European world. China, Africa and Latin America. Emergence of new colonialism and imperial rivalries
3.The political system of European states: from the Congress of Vienna to the FWW..
4.The FWW and its aftermath. The world between wars. The crisis of 1929 and the Great Depression. The emergence of Communism and Nazi-Fascism and its resolution.
5.The postwar period.The reconstruction of Europe and the Cold War. The Bretton Woods system. The formation of economic blocs and a new geopolitics.
6.The collapse of the Soviet bloc and the end of the cold war. The return of liberalism and nationalism. The role of transnational institutions.The unilateralism of U.S.A. in foreign affairs.
1.Changes in the demographic regime and its consequences. Formation of the "modern" family. Intra-European and world "free" and forced migrations in the 19th and 20th centuries.
2.Expansionism. Conquest of the extra-European world. China, Africa and Latin America. Emergence of new colonialism and imperial rivalries
3.The political system of European states: from the Congress of Vienna to the FWW..
4.The FWW and its aftermath. The world between wars. The crisis of 1929 and the Great Depression. The emergence of Communism and Nazi-Fascism and its resolution.
5.The postwar period.The reconstruction of Europe and the Cold War. The Bretton Woods system. The formation of economic blocs and a new geopolitics.
6.The collapse of the Soviet bloc and the end of the cold war. The return of liberalism and nationalism. The role of transnational institutions.The unilateralism of U.S.A. in foreign affairs.
Teaching Methods
The lectures introduce the students in each theme, which is developed students presentations and analysis of texts selected by the teacher. The normal evaluation regime consists in a written test (final weight of 60 per cent) and in the oral presentation of a historical text and drafting of report (each having 20 per cent in the final evaluation). Each written text shall focus on two of the main four topics of the syllabus.
Teaching Staff
- Paulo Eduardo Marques da Costa Guimarães [responsible]
