2023
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. Implications for the economic system of the adoption of human
rights, namely Economic Social and Cultural rights.
Expected Outcomes
Knowledge of human rights, namely including economic, social and cultural rights. Development of critical and
research skills.
Analysis of the fundamentals of human rights. Implications for the economic system of the adoption of human
rights, namely Economic Social and Cultural rights.
Expected Outcomes
Knowledge of human rights, namely including 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
Lecture 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 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.
Evaluation
Paper presented orally in the classroom and ion paper at the end of the semester - 60% of final grade
Dissertation in or at home performed at the end of the semester - 40% of final grade
confrontation between the principles on which they are based with those supporting 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.
Evaluation
Paper presented orally in the classroom and ion paper at the end of the semester - 60% of final grade
Dissertation in or at home performed at the end of the semester - 40% of final grade
Teaching Staff
- Manuel Couret Pereira Branco [responsible]
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