Accreditations
The first semester of the first year is composed of five mandatory courses, which aim to provide the theoretical and methodological foundations for the analysis of economic systems from a Political Economy perspective.
The second semester of the first year is more focused, as students can choose four elective courses . There is a vast list of electives available. To help students in their choice, some recommendations are provided annually (see below). Also, there is a required research seminar in the second semester that aims to allow students to engage with contemporary academic research in the field of Political Economy, fostering the contact with experienced national and international scholars.
The second year is entirely oriented towards the development of the dissertation. Students are required to attend a methodological elective course focused on the needs of their research (again, a suggested list provided annually, see below), as well as a mandatory research seminar, where their research work will be discussed.
Programme Structure for 2024/2025
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Social Constitution of the Economy
6.0 ECTS
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Comparative Political Economy
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International Political Economy
6.0 ECTS
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States and Markets in Economic Theory
6.0 ECTS
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Readings in Political Economy
6.0 ECTS
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Political Economy Research Seminar
6.0 ECTS
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2nd Cycle Internship
6.0 ECTS
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Case Study Methods in Political Economy
6.0 ECTS
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Research Methods in Anthropology
6.0 ECTS
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Econometric Methods I
6.0 ECTS
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Dissertation in Political Economy
54.0 ECTS
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Social Constitution of the Economy
The Course Social Constitution of the Economy aims at developing the following learning objectives:
-development of learning to read and understand economic phenomena as being socially constituted;
2-development of capacity for analysis and interpretation of theoretical frameworks, concepts and analytical matrices;
3- understanding of a multi and interdisciplinary approach to economic phenomena.
1. The social constitution of the economy
1.1. The relation between economy and society
1.2. The economic phenomenon as a total social fact
1.3. Value and valuation as a social practice
2. Economy and society
2.1. Economy and politics
2.2. Economy and institutions
2.3. Economy and networks of social relationships
3. The social construction of the markets
3.1. Market, economy and economic field
3.2. Money, financial market and financialisation
3.3. Markets and social relations
The course The social constitution of the economy is assessed exclusively by assessment throughout the semester, and does not include the final exam.
Assessment throughout the semester components:
Presentation and discussion of an article/book chapter (25%) and critical commentary (10%).
Presentation and discussion of a group assignment presented orally in class (30% weighting in the final grade);
Writing an individual essay (weighting 35% in the final grade).
Title: Bourdieu, P. 2005 [2000]. The social structures of the economy. Cambridge: Polity Press.
Smelser, N. J. & Swedberg, R. 2005. The handbook of economic sociology. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Callon, M., org. 1998. The laws of the markets. Oxford: Blackwell.
Fligstein, N. 2001. The architecture of markets. An economic sociology of a twenty-first-century capitalist societies. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Granovetter, M. & Swedberg, R., orgs. 2001. The Sociology of Economic Life. Boulder: Westview, 2nd ed.
Mauss, M. 2002 [1950]. The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies. London & New York: Routledge.
Cetina, K. K. & Preda, A. 2012. The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Finance. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Simmel, G. ed. by Frisby, D. 2004 [1907]. The philosophy of money. Londres e Nova Iorque: Routledge.
Weber, M. 1978 [1922]. Economy and society. Berkeley: UC Press.
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Title: 1. A constituição social da economia/The social constitution of the economy
Christian Bessy, C. & Chauvin. P.-M. 2013. The Power of Market Intermediaries: From Information to Valuation Processes. Valuation Studies, 1(1): 83–117.
Cordeiro, R., Almeida, Wong, N. & Mateus Canniatti Ponchio, M. Canniatti 2019. A Gift Economy Perspective on the Cycle of Financial Vulnerability. Journal of Macromarketing, 39(1): 25-36.
Graeber, D. 2001. Towards an Anthropological Theory of Value. The False Coin of Our Dreams. New York: Palgrave, pp. 106-115.
2.Economia e sociedade/ Economy and society
Gereffi, G. 2005. The global economy: organization, governance, and development. In. Smelser, N. J. & Swedberg, R. eds. The handbook of economic sociology. Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 160-182 (see basic references, moodle24).
Granovetter, M. 1985. Economic action and social structure: the problem of embeddedness, American Journal of Sociology, 91(3): 481-510.
North, Douglas C. 1991. Institutions. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 5(1): 97-112.
Reis, J. 2012. The State and the Market: An Institutionalist and Relational Take. Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, 4: 86-109.
3. A construção social dos mercados/ The social construction of the markets
Fligstein, N. & Dauter, L. 2007. The sociology of the markets, Annual Review of Sociology, 33: 105-128.
Hoang, Kimberly K. 2022. Social Spiders’ Tangled Webs. Spiderweb capitalism. How global elites exploit frontier markets. Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 22-53 (see basic references, moodle24).
Kantor, L. 2017. Bilderberg Group and Transnational Capitalist Class: Recent Trends in Global Elite Club as Vindication of neo-Marxism. Journal of Socialist Theory, 45 (1-2): 183-204.
Zelizer, V. 1989. The social meaning of money: “Special moneys”. American Journal of Sociology. 95(2): 342-377.
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Comparative Political Economy
LO1 - Understand the distinctive characteristics of Comparative Political Economy.
LO2 - Understand how each variant of institutionalism contributes to study capitalism in a comparative way.
LO3 - Analyse and critically reflect upon the Varieties of Capitalism approach and the typologies used to study welfare states.
LO4 - Understand the growth models perspective.
LO5 - Understand the importance of methodological pluralism to study capitalism in a comparative way.
P1. What is Comparative Political Economy?
P2. Institutional Analysis and Comparative Political Economy
P3. The Varieties of Capitalism approach
P4. Models of capitalism in peripheral countries
P5. Growth models perspective
P6. Welfare State Models and the specificities of the southern European social protection system
P7. Labour and social protection dualization
P8. Methodological pluralism and Comparative Political Economy
Assessment throughout the semester: - Presentation and discussion in the classroom (50%)
- Individual open book test (50%)
Assessment by exam: - Individual open book exam (100%)
Title: Clift, B. (2014) Comparative Political Economy: States, Markets and Global Capitalism, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
Esping-Andersen, G. (1990) The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism, Cambridge: Polity Press.
Hall, P. and Soskice, D. (2001) (eds.) Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Hancké, B. (ed.) (2009) Debating Varieties of Capitalism: A Reader, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Menz, G. (2017) Comparative Political Economy: Contours of a subfield, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Nölke, A., Vliegenthart, A. (2009) Enlarging the Varieties of Capitalism: The Emergence of Dependent Market Economies in East Central Europe, World Politics, 61(4)
Amable, B. (2003) The Diversity of Modern Capitalism, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Baccaro, L., Blyth, M. and Pontusson, J. (2022) Diminishing returns: The new politics of growth and stagnation, Oxford University Press
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Title: Molina, O. and Rhodes, M. (2007) ?The Political Economy of Adjustment in Mixed Market Economies: A Study of Spain and Italy.? In: Hancké, B., Rhodes, M., and Thatcher, M. (eds.), Beyond Varieties of Capitalism, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 223-252.
Baccaro, L. and Pontusson, J. (2016) Rethinking Comparative Political Economy: The Growth Model Perspective, Politics & Society, 44(2): 175-207.
Crouch, C. (2005) Capitalist Diversity and Change. Recombinant Governance and Institutional Entrepreneurs, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Emmenegger, P., Hausermann, S., Palier, B. and Seeleib-Kaiser, M., (eds.) (2012) The Age of Dualization ? The Changing Face of Inequality in Deindustrializing Societies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 3-26.
Hall, P. and Taylor, R. (1996) Political science and the three new institutionalisms. Political Studies, 44(5): 936-957.
Hall, P. (2018) Varieties of Capitalism in light of the euro crisis. Journal of European Public Policy 25(1): 7-30.
Marques, P. and Salavisa, I. (2017). Young people and dualization in Europe: a fuzzy set analysis. Socio-Economic Review, 15(1): 135-160.
North, D. (1990) Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Polanyi, K. (2001 [1944]) The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time, Boston: Beacon Press.
Regan, A. (2017) The imbalance of capitalisms in the Eurozone: Can the north and south of Europe converge? Comparative European Politics 15(6): 969-990.
Streeck, W. (2009) Re-forming Capitalism: Institutional Change in the German Political Economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Streeck, W. and Thelen, K. (2005). Introduction: Institutional change in advanced political economies. In: Streeck, W. and Thelen K. (eds.) Beyond Continuity: Institutional Change in Advanced Political Economies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-39.
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International Political Economy
The learning goals are:
LG1) To know and discuss globalisation through a IPE perspective
LG2) To know and discuss the essential elements related to the rise and evolution of global trade rules;
LG3) To know and discuss the essential elements underpinning the processes of global value chains;
LG4) To Identify and discuss the main features behind the rise of the “Global South”;
LG5) To know and discuss the main contemporary challenges for global development;
LG6) To know and discuss the concept of multiplex world.
1. IPE and Globalisation
2. Measuring Globalisation
3. Domestic Politics and Globalisation
4. Global trade system and contemporary challenges
5. Global Production and contemporary challenges
6. The rise of the South
7. Global development and contemporary challenges
8. Rethinking Globalisation: the Multiplex World
The evaluation will be periodic and will be based on the following evaluation instruments:
1) A group-based paper presentation (20%)
2) A group-based presentation/evaluation for an oxford-type debate (40%)
3) An individual essay (40%)
The marks of the group-based works will be released before the submission of the individual essay.
Title: Ravenhill, John, Global Political Economy, 2018, Ravenhill, J. (2018). Global Political Economy. Oxford University Press,
Martin, L. (Ed.). (2015). The Oxford Handbook of the Political Economy of International trade. Oxford University Press
UNDP (2013), Human Development Report 2013, The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World (UNDP Publishing)
UNDP (United Nations Development Programme, 2022), Human Development Report 2021-22: Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World. New York
Acharya, Amitav (2017), After Liberal Hegemony: The Advent of a Multiplex World Order, Ethics and International Affairs 31:3, pp.271-285
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States and Markets in Economic Theory
The student who successfully completes this UC will be able to:
LO1. Understand the principles of social order with the objective of relating them with different modes of economic government by reference to the mutual relationships between State, markets, organizations and communities.
LO2. Analyze and critically reflect upon the different conceptions of the State and market in economic theory.
LO3. Understand the distinctive feature of the substantive view of the institutionalist political economy about the economic role of States and the constitution of markets.
LO4. Understand the reconfiguration of the economic role of States and the constitution of markets by reference to the processes of change underlying modern and contemporaneous forms of capitalism.
S1. The problem of social order: control, separation and association
S2. Control, separation and association within the classical liberalism
S3. Control, separation and association within the neoliberalism
S4. The conventional perspective about the economic role of the State: welfare economics
S5. States and Markets in the institutionalist perspective
S6. Modern forms of capitalism and its limits: Keynes and Kalecki
S7. The construction of markets and the pluralism concerning the modes of economic governance
1. Assessment throughout the semester will be based on the following criteria:
(1) Class Participation 10%
(2) Laboratory 1 (working in groups) 25%
(3) Laboratory 2 (working in groups) 25%
(4) Individual written test 40%
2. Final exam regime:
(1) Individual written test (handwritten and with consultation) 100%
Title: Demstz, H. (1967), ?Toward a theory of property rights?, American Economic Review, 62: 347-59.
Chang, HaJoon (2002), ?Breaking the mould: an institutionalist political economy alternative to the neoliberal theory of the market and the state?, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 26: 539-559.
Hardin, G. (1968), ?The Tragedy of the Commons?, Science, 162:1243-1248.
Hayek, F. A. (1960), The Constitution of Liberty, Routledge: London, Caps. 1-6 e 9.
Kalecki, M., (1943), ?Political Aspects of Full Employment?. In: Political Quarterly, 14(4): 322?331.
Keynes, J. M. (1967). The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, MacMillan: London, Caps. 12, 13, 24.
Santos, A. C.; Rodrigues, J. (2009), "Economics as Social Engineering? Questioning the Performativity Thesis", Cambridge Journal of Economics, 33(5): 985-1000
Wade, Robert (1987), ?The Management of Common Property Resources: collective action as an alternative to privatisation and state regulation?, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 11: 95
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Title: Arrow, Kenneth J. (1963), ?Uncertainty and the welfare economics of medical care?, The American Economic Review, 53(5): 941-973.
Arrow, Kenneth J. (1963), Social Choice and Individual Values, Wiley: New York.
Arrow, Kenneth J. (1974), The Limits of Organization, Norton: New York.
Akerlof, George A. (1970), ?The market for ?lemons?: quality uncertainty and the market mechanism", Quarterly Journal of Economics 84: 488-500.
Caldas, José Castro, Ana Narciso Costa and Tom R. Burns (2007), ?Rethinking economics: the potential contribution of the classics?, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 31(1): 25-40.
Chang, H. J. (2011), ?Institutions and economic development: Theory, policy, and history?, Journal of Institutional Economics
Chang, H.-J. (2003), Globalisation, Economic Development And The Role Of The State, London: Zed Books, Caps 1-3
Coase, R.H. (1960), ?The Problem of Social Cost?, The Journal of Law and Economics,
Demsetz, H. (2003) ?Ownership and the Externality Problem,? Property Rights: Cooperation, Conflict, and Law, ed. Terry Anderson and Fred McChesney, Princeton: Princeton University Press
Donald MacKenzie and Yuval Millo, (2003), ?Constructing a Market, Performing Theory: The Historical Sociology of a Financial Derivatives Exchange?, American Journal of Sociology 109(1): 107?145.
Friedman, M. (1962), Capitalism and Freedom. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Chapter 1
Hayek, F. A. (1947), ?The Meaning of Competition? in Individualism and Economic Order, The University of Chicago Press.
Hirschman, A. (1982), ?Rival Interpretations Of Market Society: Civilizing, Destructive, Or Feeble??, Journal of Economic Literature, XX: 1463-1484.
Kahan, Dan (2005), ?The Logic of Reciprocity: Trust, Collective Action, and Law? em Herbert Gintis, Samuel Bowles, Robert T. Boyd e Ernst Fehr (eds.). Moral Sentiments and Material Interests, The MIT Press.
Kalecki, Michal, 1943: ?Political Aspects of Full Employment?, Political Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 322?331.
Marie-France Garcia-Parpet, (2007), ?The Social Construction of a Perfect Market. The Strawberry Market at Fontaines-en-Sologne?, In: Donald MacKenzie, Fabian Muniesa and Lucia Siu (eds.), Do Economists Make Markets? On the Performativity of Economics. Oxford University Press, 20-53.
Medema, S. and P. Boettke (eds.) (2005), The Role of Government in the History of Economic Thought, Durham, N.C.; London: Duke University Press.
Mill, John Stuart 1991 (1871). On liberty and Other Essays, Oxford University Press: Oxford.
Mill, J. S. (1965), Principles of Political Economy, in Collected Works Vol. 3. Toronto: Toronto University Press. Book 5 Ch.2 Sec. 1-3 & Ch.9 Sec. 1-4
Olson, Mancur 1998 (1965), A Lógica da Acção Colectiva. Bens Públicos e Teoria dos Grupos, Celta Editora: Oeiras.
Polanyi, K. (2001 [1944]), The Great Transformation ? The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time, Boston: Beacon Press.
Stiglitz, J. E. (2000), Economics of the Public Sector, New York: Norton.
Wolff, Jonathan (1996), Introdução à Filosofia Política, Gradiva: Lisboa, Cap. 4.
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Readings in Political Economy
Student is supposed to achieve the following learning outcomes (LO):
LO1. Know some of the milestones of political economy
LO 2. Know the main currents and theoretical debates in this field
LO 3. Know the main concepts and analytical categories of political economy
LO 4. Identify the contexts of design of fundamental works of political economy
1 Economic theory and capitalism: authors, theories and main debates
2 Industrial capitalism and classical political economy:A. Smith, The Wealth of Nations (1776)
3 Critics to capitalism and classical political economy: F. List, The National System of Political Economy (1841); K. Marx, Capital(1867)
4 Institutionalisms and evolutionisms:Veblen, Theory of the Business Enterprise (1904); Schumpeter, Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy (1942)
5 Economy, society and culture:K. Polanyi, The Great Transformation (1944)
6 Economic crisis and the role of the state:J. M. Keynes, General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1936); F. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom(1944)
7 Developmental States: R. Wade, Governing the Market (1992)
8 Libertatian Paternalism: R. Thaler, C. Sunstein, Nudge (2008)
8 Political economy of globalization:J. Stiglitz, Globalization and its Discontents (2002); T. Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2014)
Periodic assessment
Mid-term exam: 50%
Final exam: 50%
Final exam (1st, 2nd seasons): 100%
Title: Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations(1776;1970),Harmondsworth: Penguin Books
Friedrich Hayek, The Road to Serfdom (1944,1991),London: Routledge
Friedrich List, The National System of Political Economy(1841),Pantianos Classics
John Maynard Keynes, General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1936,1967),London: Macmillan
Joseph Stiglitz, Globalization and its Discontents (2002),New York:W.W. Norton Company
Karl Marx, Capital (1867), Penguin Classics
Karl Polanyi, The Great Transformation: The political and economic origins of our time (1944),Boston:Beacon Press
Joseph Schumpeter, Theory of Economic Development (1911,1983),New Brunswick:Transaction Publishers
Thomas Picketty, Capitali in the Twenty-First Century (2014),Cambridge:The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Thorstein Veblen, The Theory of the Business Enterprise, 1904 [1978], New Brunswick:Transaction Publishers,
Joseph Schumpeter, Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, 1942 [2003], Routledge: London,
Richard Thaler, Cass Sunstein, Nudge, 2008, New Haven: Yale University Press,
Robert Wade, Governing the Market, 1990, Princeton: Princeton University Press,
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Title: Backhouse, Roger (2002), The Penguin History of Economics, Penguin Books
Boushey, Heather, Delong, J. Bradford, Steinbaum, Marshall (ed) (2017), After Piketty: the agenda for economics and inequality, London: Harvard university Press
Davis, John B., Marciano, Alain, Runde, Jochen (ed) (2004), The Elgar Companion to economics and philosophy, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
Hearn, Jonathan (2018), How to read the Wealth of Nations (or Why the Division of Labor is more importante than competition in Adam Smith), Sociological Theory, Vol. 36(2), pp.162-184
Hodgson, Geoffrey M. (2001), How economics forgot history: the problem of historical specificity, London: Routledge
Samuels, J. Warren, Biddle, Jeff E., Davis, John B. (2006), A Companion to the History of Economic Tought, Blackwell Publishin
Screpanti, Ernesto, Zamagni, Stefano (2005), An outline of the history of economic thought, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Stillwell, Frank (2012), Political economy: the context of economic ideas, South Melbourne: Oxford University Press
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Political Economy Research Seminar
1. Identify recent economic topics and potential research areas in the field of political economy
2. Understand the specificities of research in political economy
3. Select bibliographical references and leading journals
4. Critically examine a scientific paper
5. Understand the specific nature of a scientific paper
6. Distinguish data sources according to the topic under study
7. Understand the main differences between case study and quantitative methods
8. Design a research proposal
1. Components of a scientific paper
2. Research and exploration of scientific papers in the field of political economy
3. Research and exploration of other references on political economy within a multidisciplinary framework
4. Exploration of national and European qualitative and quantitative databases
5. Research methodologies: quantitative and case study methods, and mixed
6. Design a research proposal
Assessment takes place through continuous assessment throughout the semester or assessment by exam. Continuous assessment throughout the semester consists of a written exercise on a scientific paper (50%) and an individual or team report (50%). In any case, students should achieve a minimum score of 8 values. To obtain approval in the evaluations, the student should obtain a mark equal to or higher than 9.5 values.
Final exam: 100%
Title: [A bibliografia básica é também composta pelos textos que suportam os projectos de investigação apresentados nas aulas]
White, L.(2005) Writes of Passage: Writing an Empirical Journal Article, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 67, No. 4 (Nov., 2005), pp. 791-798.
Punch, K.F. (2006) Developing Effective Research Proposals, London, Sage, 2nd Edition.
Onwuegbuzie, A.J. & Leech, N.L. (2005) On becoming a pragmatic researcher: The importance of combining quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 8(5,)375-387.
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Title: Quivy, R.; e Campenhoudt, L. V. (2005) Manual de Investigação nas Ciências Sociais, Lisboa, Gradiva.
Mukhopadhyay, S.& Gupta, R.K. (2014)Survey of qualitative research methodology in strategy research and implication for Indian researchers, Vision 18(2):109-123.
McNabb, D. E. (2015). Research methods for political science: Quantitative and qualitative methods. Routledge.
Lee, F. & Cronin, B. (Ed.). (2016). Handbook of research methods and applications in heterodox economics. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Jo, T. H., Chester, L., & D'Ippoliti, C. (Eds.). (2018). The Routledge Handbook of Heterodox Economics. London: Routledge.
Day, R.A. and Gastel, B. (2006) How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 6th Edition.
Bryman, A (2012). Social Research Methods Oxford 4th Edition (or earlier editions) University Press, Oxford
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2nd Cycle Internship
Case Study Methods in Political Economy
LO1. Understand the distinctive characteristics of case study methods and its potential in the field of political economy.
LO2. Know the available techniques to undertake a case study in the field of Political Economy.
LO3. Identify the most adequate technique for different research questions.
LO4. Develop a research project using the research techniques presented in this course (single case studies; comparative cross-case studies; process tracing; congruence method; comparative historical-analysis; and Qualitative Comparative Analysis)
1. Introduction into case study methods
2. Single case studies
3. Comparative cross-case studies
4. Longitudinal case studies: process tracing and the congruence method
5. Comparative Historical Analysis
6. Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)
The assessment will occur in three mandatory moments:
1. Active participation in class (10%)
2. Group presentation on the research article methodology (10%);
3. Individual essays on the article presented (30%)
4. Individual research project (methodological part of the dissertation) (50%)
- Note that if any of the grades in the different assignments is below 9,5, the student is automatically failed.
Final exam: written exam 100%
Title: Geddes, B. (2003) Paradigms and Sandcastles, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
George, A. and Bennett, A. (2005) Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences, MIT Press.
Gerring, J. (2006) Case Study Research: Principles and Practices, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Goertz, G. and Mahoney, J. (2012) A Tale of Two Cultures: Qualitative and Quantitative Research in the Social Sciences, Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Lange, M. (2013) Comparative-Historical Methods, London: Sage.
Ragin, C. (1987) The Comparative Method: Moving beyond qualitative and quantitative strategies, Berkley: University of California Press.
Rioux, B. and Ragin, C. (2009) Configurational Comparative Methods, SAGE
Schneider, C. and Wagemann, C. (2012) Set-Theoretic Methods for the Social Sciences: A guide to Qualitative Comparative Analysis, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Rohlfing, Ingo (2012) Case Studies and Causal Inference. An Integrative Framework. London: Palgrave MacMillan.
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Title: Beach, D. and Pedersen, R., Process Tracing Methods: Foundations and Guidelines, 2013, Beach, D. and Pedersen, R, (2013) Process Tracing Methods: Foundations and Guidelines, Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press.,
Bennett, A. and Checkel, J. (eds.) (2015) Process-tracing: from metaphor to analytical tool, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Brady, H.E. and Collier, D. (eds.) (2010) Rethinking Social Inquiry: Diverse tools, shared standards, Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers
Carvalho, T. (2022) Contesting Austerity. Social Movements and the Left in Portugal and Spain (2008-2015). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
Gerring, J. (2012) Social Science Methodology: A unified framework, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Goertz, G. (2005) Social Science Concepts: A user?s guide, Princeton: Princeton University Press
Goertz, G. (2017) Multimethod Research, Causal Mechanisms, and Case Studies: An integrated approach, Princeton: Princeton University Press
Hall, P. (2008) Systematic process analysis: when and how to use it?, European Political Science, 7(3): 304-317.
Hancké, B. (2009) Intelligent Research Design: A guide for beginning researchers in the social sciences, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Mahoney, J. and Rueschemeyer, D. (eds) (2003) Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Mahoney, J. and Thelen, K. (2015) Advances in Comparative-historical Analysis, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Marques, P. and Salavisa, I. (2017). ?Young people and dualization in Europe: a fuzzy set analysis?. Socio-Economic Review, 15(1): 135-160
Ragin, C. and Zaret, D. (1983) Theory and method in comparative research: Two strategies, Social Forces, 61(3), 731-754.
Ragin, C. (1997) Turning the Tables: How case-oriented research challenges variable-oriented research, Comparative Social Research, 16: 27-42.
Ragin, C. (2000) Fuzzy Set Social Science, University of Chicago.
Ragin, C. (2006) ?Set relations in social research: Evaluating their consistency and coverage?, Political Analysis, 14(3), 291-310.
Ragin, C. (2008) Redesigning Social Inquiry. Fuzzy Sets and Beyond. Chicago: Chicago University Press.
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Research Methods in Anthropology
LG1 ? To develop a theoretically informed perspective on the construction of the ethnographic canon and its transformations in the course of the discipline's history.
LG 2 ? To understand the ethnographic practice as a perspective on research and identify its main instruments, strategies and underlying ethical issues.
LG 3 ? To develop critical reading skills of theoretical-methodological texts and monographs.
LG 4 ? To formulate appropriate questions for research in anthropology and elaborate the appropriate methodological choices in view of the master's thesis work.
PC1 - The construction of the ethnographic canon and its multiple declinations.
PC 2 ? The politics and the poetics of ethnography: deconstructions and reconstructions of the canon.
PC 3 - Ethnography as a perspective on research: instruments, strategies and ethics in fieldwork. Readings of theoretical-methodological reflection texts.
PC4 - The ?new terrains? and their methodological challenges. Critical and analytical readings of monographs.
PC 5 - The challenges of ethnographic practice: pertinent questions, scales and dimensions of analysis, design and planning of research in Anthropology.
The following assessment tools will be used:
Critical commentary (1000-1500 words) on theoretical and methodological reflection text - 40%
Essay (up to 3000 words) on a monograph - 60%
Students who do not obtain a grade higher than 10 in the periodic assessment must go to the exam.
Title: Tachi, J. et alli 2003 Ethnographic Action Research, UNESCO. New Delhi.
Sarró, Ramon & Lima Antónia 2003 Terrenos Metropolitanos. Ensaios sobre a produção etnográfica, Imprensa de Ciências Sociais
Robben, Antonius C.G.M. and Jeffrey A. Sluka (Ed.) 2027 Ethnographic fieldwork : an anthropological reader, Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Pink, Sarah at alli, 2016 Digital Etnography. Principles and Practice, Sage Publications
Bryman, Alan (Ed.) 2001 Etnography, Sage Publications
Abu-Lughod, L. 2000 ?Locating Ethnography? Ethnography 1 (2): 261-67.
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Econometric Methods I
By the end of the unit, the student should have achieved the following learning goals (LG):
LG1. Know how to specify, estimate, evaluate and interpret the linear regression model
LG2. Recognize and solve endogeneity problems
LG3. Know and apply panel data models
LG4. Know how to specify, estimate, evaluate and interpret limited dependent variable models
LG5. Know how to use econometric packages in data analysis
C1. Introduction
C2. Linear Regression Analysis with Cross-Sectional Data
C3. Econometric Models with Endogenous Explanatory Variables
C4. Panel Data Linear Models
C5. Models with a Limited Dependent Variable
The students are assessed throughout the semester, with the final grade being based on two components: i) a problem set (weight: 50%); ii) a written (open book) exam (weight: 50%). To get approval, students must fulfill the following criteria: i) weighted mean of at least 9,5/20; ii) minimum grade at both the problem set and the exam of 7,5/20. Students may also be evaluated through a final (open book) exam accounting for 100% of the grade.
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Title: Baltagi, B. (2021), Econometric Analysis of Panel Data, Wiley (6th Edition)
Wooldridge, J.M. (2019), Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach, 7th Ed., Cengage Learning.
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Dissertation in Political Economy
Students should meet the following learning objectives (LO):
LO1. Ability to understand and apply knowledge to complex problems in new situations.
LO2. Ability to formulate a relevant research question and design the methodology to construct the corresponding response.
LO3. Research capacities and critical analysis of bibliography and / or other sources of support for academic work.
LO4. Capacity for critical reflection and logical-scientific argumentation around complex issues.
LO5. Ability to communicate written and oral, transmitting their knowledge and conclusions without ambiguities, with conceptual rigor and respecting the requirements of academic writing.
S1. Presentation and discussion of dissertation work at different stages of its development.
S2. Elaboration and public defense of the master's dissertation.
The assessment is based on the public discussion of the Dissertation, which has to be presented by the student before a Jury appointed according to in the prevailing rules.
BibliographyTitle: A bibliografia adoptada na UC decorre da pesquisa realizada pelos próprios alunos, tendo em conta o tema e a abordagem metodológica adoptada no âmbito da dissertação.
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Recommended optative
- 03648 - Political Economy of Financialization
- 03647 - Political Economy and Development
- 04072 - Policy Evaluation Methods (Pgapp)
- 02890 - Regulation and Labour Markets
- M4602 - Globalization and Development Challenges
Optional courses will only be held if they achieve a minimum number of enrollments.
Objectives
The main objective of the master in Political Economy at ISCTE-IUL is to introduce students to the theories and methods for the advanced study of economies as socioeconomic and power systems, in its various aspects: the relationship between State, markets and other systems of provision of goods and services; the processes of international economic integration; the regulation of economic activities in different contexts; the methods of theoretical and empirical analysis of these and other processes and economic results. This program also aims to prepare students who intend to continue their doctoral studies in the field of Political Economy. In this sense, there is a complementary relationship between the interdisciplinary doctoral program in Political Economy, recently approved, and this Master’s program.
The programme aims to enable students to analyse economies as complex systems, whose evolution is determined by social, political, cultural, technological and ecological factors, interacting in specific institutional, historical and geographic contexts. As such, the programme aims to stimulate and prepare students to conduct multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary study and research of economic processes. To this end, students are expected to gain a deep understanding of the contributions made by the main authors, the main research topics and the most used methods in Political Economy, as well as the skills needed to develop autonomous research in this field. At the end of this study cycle students should be prepared to continue their studies at doctoral level and complete them successfully, as well as to carry out professional activities that require capacity to analyse socioeconomic systems with a high level of rigor and critical sense.