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The PhD Programme in Political Science has a four-year duration, corresponding to the completion of 240 ECTS credits, which are divided among 60 credits in lecture units in the first year and 180 credits for the doctoral thesis in the second, third and fourth years of the course.
Programme Structure for 2024/2025
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Contemporary Debates and Controversies in Political Science
12.0 ECTS
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Research Project Seminar in Political Science and International Relations
18.0 ECTS
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Political Science and International Relations Seminar
12.0 ECTS
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Political Systems, Europeanization and International Relations
12.0 ECTS
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2nd Cycle Internship
6.0 ECTS
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Phd Thesis in Political Science
180.0 ECTS
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Phd Thesis in Political Science
180.0 ECTS
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Contemporary Debates and Controversies in Political Science
At the end of the UC, students should be able to recognize the diversity prevailing in contemporary democratic political systems, and to state some of their main problems and challenges.
They must also be able to recognize different scientific orientations and analyses, as well as divergent positions between the main currents of thought in contemporary Political Science.
Finally, students must be able to identify some of the central research topics in this scientific area, in which ambiguities and/or gaps prevail, on which some of the main current debates and controversies in the discipline are based.
PART I - REPRESENTATION, DELIBERATION AND IDEOLOGY IN LIBERAL DEMOCRACIES
1. Political and ideological representation: theoretical models, political parties, and electoral systems
2. Collective deliberation and public opinion: contributions to democracy
3. The discourse of the end of ideology and the left-right dichotomy: persistence and validity, new and old cleavages
PART II ? DEMOCRACY, DEMOCRATIZATION PROCESSES, MODELS OF DEMOCRACY AND CRISIS OF DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL REPRESENTATION
1.Democracy and democratization
2. Models of democracy
3. Crisis and renewal of democratic political representation
The assessment throughout the semester is supported in three fundamental elements:
1º - Attendance and participation in classes, namely in the discussion of the texts presented (minimum attendance required: 70% of classes) - weighting of 20% for the final average;
2º - Oral presentation of one or two articles / chapters in class - weighting of 30%;
3º - Elaboration of a written essay with a bibliography review on one of the themes of the course, under the conditions transmitted in class - weighting of 50%.
Title: PARTE I
DALTON, Russell (2019), Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies, 7ª ed., Washington, D.C.: CQ Press.
KRIESI, Hanspeter; GRANDE, Edgar; LACHAT, Romain; DOLEZAL, Martin; BORNSCHIER, Simon; FREY, Timotheos (2008), West European politics in the age of globalization, Cambridge; NY: Cambridge UP.
FISHKIN, James (2018), Democracy when the people are thinking, Oxford: OUP.
POWELL, G. Bingham Jr. (2000), Elections as Instruments of Democracy, New Haven e Londres: Yale University Press.
PARTE II
BEETHEM, David (2012), Democracy. Beginners' Guides, London, Oneworld Publications.
FREIRE, André (org.) (2015), O Futuro da Representação Política Democrática, Lisboa, Nova Vega.
FREIRE, André (2022), Left and Right. Meaning and Correlates in Long Consolidated and New Democracies, Moldova, Eliva Press.
LIJPHART, A. (2012), Patterns of Democracy: Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries, Yale, Yale U. Press.
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Title: LEITURAS OBRIGATÓRIAS (Mandatory readings) - TEXTOS PARA APRESENTAÇÃO NAS AULAS (Written assessment)
1st semester
PARTE I. REPRESENTAÇÃO, DELIBERAÇÃO E IDEOLOGIA NAS DEMOCRACIAS LIBERAIS
1. Representação política e ideológica: Modelos teóricos, partidos políticos, e sistemas eleitorais
Guntermann, Eric (2021), Does Economic Inequality Undermine Political Equality? Testing Two Common
HOULE, Christian (2018), Does economic inequality breed political inequality, Democratization, 25(8), pp.1500-1518.
NORRIS, Pippa, e Ronald Inglehart (2019), Cultural backlash. Trump, Brexit, and authoritarian populism, Cambridge e Nova Iorque: Cambridge University Press. (Capítulo: The backlash against the Silent Revolution, pp. 87-131).
ERHARDT, Julian; Freitag, Markus; e Filsinger, Maximilian, Leaving democracy? Pandemic threat, emotional accounts and regime support in comparative perspective, West European Politics., 2023, null,
KRITZINGER, Sylvia, Martial Foucault, Romain Lachat, Julia Partheymüller, Carolina Plescia, e Sylvain Brouard (2021), Rally round the flag? The Covid-19 crisis and trust in the national government, West European Politics 44(5-6), pp. 1205-1231.
2. Deliberação colectiva e opinião pública: Contributos para a democracia
MAIR, Peter (2009), Representative versus responsible government, MPLfG Working Paper 09/8. & Kriesi, Hanspeter (2020), Is There a Crisis of Democracy in Europe? Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 61, 237?260.
COSTA PINTO, António, Luís de Sousa e Pedro Magalhães (2013), A qualidade da democracia em Portugal. a versão dos cidadãos, Lisboa: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais. (Capítulo 8: Responsividade política em Portugal: retrato de um processo de deterioração em curso; e Capítulo 9: Governação eficaz e apoio à democracia, pp. 211-261).
BELCHIOR, Ana M. (2019) The effects of party identification on perceptions of pledge fulfilment: Evidence from Portugal, International Political Science Research, 40(5), pp. 627-642.
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BISGAARD, Martin (2019), How Getting the Facts Right Can Fuel Partisan-Motivated Reasoning, American Journal of Political Science, 63(4), pp.824-839.
3. O discurso do fim da ideologia e a dicotomia esquerda-direita: Persistência e validade, novas e velhas clivagens
KRIESI, Hanspeter; Grande, Edgar; Lachat, Romain; Dolezal, Martin; Bornschier, Simon; e Frey, Timotheos (2006), Globalization and the transformation of the national political space: Six European countries compared, European Journal of Political Research, 45, 921-956.
Mudde, Cas (2022), Populism in Europe: An Illiberal Democratic Response to Undemocratic Liberalism, Government and Opposition (no prelo).
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SVOLIK, Milan W. (2019), Polarization versus democracy, Journal of Democracy, 30(3), 20-32.
2nd semester
1.Democracia e democratização
LISI, Marco, e Freire, André (2015), «O nascimento da democracia portuguesa: As eleições legislativas de 1976», in Lisi, Marco (ed.), As eleições legislativas no Portugal democrático, 1975-2015, Lisboa, Assembleia da República ? Coleção Parlamento, pp.65-80.
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FREIRE, André, & Lisi, Marco (2018), «Sistemas eleitorais», Reis, António, Rezola, Maria Inácia, & Santos, Paula Borges (organizadores), Dicionário de história de Portugal, 1974-1976, Porto, Figueirinhas, volume (livro) 8 ? letras s a z, pp. 9-24.
(uma só apresentação que inclui dois textos).
MERKEL, Wolfgang (2015), «Is capitalism compatible with democracy? », Zeitshcrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft- Comparative Governance and Politics, DOI 10.1007/s12286-014-0199-4
2. Modelos de democracia
FERNANDES, Tiago (organizador) (2017), «As origens políticas da democracia na Europa do Sul (1968-2016): partidos, sociedade civil e coligações progressistas», in FERNANDES, Tiago (organizador), Variedades de democracia na Europa do Sul, 1968-2016. Uma comparação entre Espanha, França, Grécia, Itália e Portugal, Lisboa, Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, pp. 19-41.
FREIRE, André (2017), «A Representação das minorias na democracia portuguesa, 1974-2016», in Leão Pina et al (editors), Estudos em Comemoração do X Aniversário do Instituto Superior de Ciências Jurídics e Sociais ? Dinâmicas Sociológicas, Estado e Direito, Ilha de Santiago ? cidade da Praia ? Cabo Verde, s. ed, pp. 125-192.
MERKEL, Wolfgang (2004), «Embedded and Defective Democracies», Democratization, Vol.11, No.5, pp.33?58.
3. Crise e renovação da representação política democrática
DIAMOND, Larry (2015), «Facing up the democratic recession», Journal of Democracy, 26 (1), pp. 141-155.
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LEVITSKY, Steven, e WAY, Lucan (2015), «The myth of democratic recession», Journal of Democracy, 26 (1), pp. 45-58.
(Uma só apresentação que inclui dois textos)
FREIRE, André, & LISI, Marco (2016), «Introduction: Political Parties, Institutions and Civil Society: The Economic Crisis and the Evolution of Southern Europe Political Systems », within the Dossier ?Political Parties, Institutions and Civil Society: The Economic Crisis and the Evolution of Southern Europe Political Systems?, Portuguese Journal of Social Science, Vol. 15, Nº 2, 153-171.
FREIRE, André & Augusta Correia (2020), «Ideological and policy representation in Portugal, before and after the Great Recession, 2008-2017», in Marco Lisi, André Freire & Emmanouil Tsatsanis (editors) (2020), Political Representation and Citizenship in Portugal: from Crisis to Renewal?, Lexington Books ? Rowman & Littlefield, pp. 107-128.
FREIRE, André (2021), «Esquerdas desavindas em Portugal: um legado da transição democrática», in Filipa Raimundo & João Cancela (organizadores), As eleições de 1975: eleições fundadoras da democracia portuguesa, Coleção Parlamento, Lisboa, pp. 173-197
LEITURAS COMPLEMENTARES, NÃO OBRIGATÓRIAS I (COMPLEMENTARY AND NON-MANDATORY READINGS I):
PARTE I - REPRESENTAÇÃO, DELIBERAÇÃO E IDEOLOGIA NAS DEMOCRACIAS LIBERAIS
1. Representação Política e Ideológica: Modelos Teóricos, Partidos Políticos, e Sistemas Eleitorais
ACHEN, Christopher H. e BARTELS, Larry M. (2017), Democracy for realists: Why elections do not produce responsive government, Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press.
ANDEWEG, Rudy B. e THOMASSEN, Jacques (2005), ?Modes of political representation: Toward a new typology?, Legislative Studies Quarterly, xxx, 4, pp. 507-528.
BELCHIOR, Ana M. (2013), ?Explaining left-right party congruence across European party systems. A test of micro and macro level models?, Comparative Political Studies, 46(3), pp. 352-386.
HUBER, J., e Powell, G. B. Jr. (1994), ?Congruence between Citizens and Policy Makers in Two Visions of Liberal Democracy?, World Politics, 46, pp.291-326.
MCDONALD, Michael, e Ian Budge (2005), Elections, Parties, and Democracy: Conferring the Median Mandate, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
NAURIN, Elin, Stuart Soroka, e Niels Markwat (2019), ?Asymmetric accountability: An experimental investigation of biases in evaluations of governments? election pledges?, Comparative Political Studies, 52(13-14), pp.2207-2234.
2. Deliberação colectiva e opinião pública: contributos para a democracia
ALTHAUS, Scott L. (2003), Collective Preferences in Democratic Politics. Opinion Surveys and the Will of the People, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
BARTELS, Larry (2016), Unequal Democracy. The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age, 2ªed., Princeton e Oxford: Princeton University Press.
HOBOLT, S. B., e KLEMMENSEN, R. (2008), ?Government responsiveness and political competition in comparative perspective?, Comparative Political Studies, 41(3), pp.309-337.
MANSERGH, L. E. and THOMSON, R. (2007), ?Election pledges, party competition and policymaking?, Comparative Politics, 39(3), pp.311-329.
PAGE, Benjamin e SHAPIRO, Robert (1992), The Rational Public, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
ZALLER, John R. (1992), The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
3. O discurso do fim da ideologia e a dicotomia esquerda-direita: persistência e validade, novas e velhas clivagens
DALTON, Russell (2006), ?Social modernization and the end of ideology debate: patterns of ideological polarization?, Japanese Journal of Political Science, 7(1).
FLANAGAN, Scott C. e Aie-Rie Lee (2003), ?The new politics, culture wars, and the authoritarian-libertarian value change in advanced industrial democracies?, Comparative Political Studies, 36(3), pp.235-270.
FUKUYAMA, Francis (1992), O Fim da História e o Último Homem, Lisboa: Gradiva.
KRIESI, Hanspeter, GRANDE, Edgar, DOLEZAL, Martin, HELBLING, Marc, HÖGLINGER, Dominic, HUTTER, Swen, e WÜEST (2012), Political Conflict in Western Europe, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
LACHAT, Romain (2018), ?Which way from left ro right? On the relation between voters? issue preferences and left-right orientation in West European democracies?, International Political Science Review, 39(4), pp.419-435.
LEITURAS COMPLEMENTARES, NÃO OBRIGATÓRIAS II (COMPLEMENTARY AND NON-MANDATORY READINGS II):
PARTE II ? DEMOCRACIA, PROCESSOS DE DEMOCRATIZAÇÃO, MODELOS DE DEMOCRACIA E CRISE E RENOVAÇÃO DA REPRESENTAÇÃO POLÍTICA DEMOCRÁTICA
1.Democracia e democratização
BERMEO, Nancy (1999), Teoria da Democracia e as Realidades da Europa do Sul, Lisboa, Difel.
DAHL, Robert A. (1998), On Democracy, New Haven, Yale University Press.
FREIRE, André (2006), ?Left-Right Ideological Identities in New Democracies: Greece, Portugal and Spain in the Western European Context?, Pôle Sud ? Revue de Science Politique de l?Europe Méridionale, nº 25, II 2006, pp. 153-173.
FREIRE, André (editor) (2012), O Sistema Político Português, séculos XIX-XXI: Continuidades e Ruturas, Coimbra, Almedina. Three editions: 2012, 2013, 2014.
FREIRE, André, & KIVISTIK, Kats (2016), «Regime transition, value conflicts and the left-right divide at the mass level: The Baltic States and Southern Europe compared», Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Vol. 49, Nº 4, pp. 293-311 (within the 2016 special issue on «The transformations of far right and far left in Europe»., Guest Editor, Marlene Laruelle).
2. Modelos de democracia
BRUNEAU, Thomas C., et al (2001), ?Democracy, southern European style?, in P.
Nikiforos DIAMANDOUROS e Richard GUNTHER (orgs.), Parties, Politics, and Democracy in New Southern Europe, Baltimore, The John Hopkin University Press, pp. 16-45.
HELD, David (2006), Models of Democracy, Londres, Polity Press.
ROPER, Brian S. (2013), The History of Democracy ? A Marxist Interpretation, Londres, Pluto Press.
ROSANVALLON, Pierre (2006), La Contre-Démocratie. La Politique à L?Age de la Défiance, Paris, Éditions du Seuil.
VIEGAS, J. M. L., et al (organizadores) (2010), A Qualidade da democracia em Debate. Deliberação, Representação e Participação Políticas em Portugal e Espanha, Lisboa, Mundos Sociais.
3. Crise e renovação da representação política democrática
ALONSO, Sonia, KEANE, John, e MERKEL, Wolfgang (orgs.) (2011), The Future of Representative Democracy, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
FREIRE, André, Mélany BARRAGAN, Xavier COLER, Marco LISI & Emmanouil TSATSANIS (editors) (2020), Political representation in Southern Europe and Latin America. (...), London, Routledge.
LISI, Marco, André FREIRE & Emmanouil TSATSANIS (editors) (2020), Political Representation and Citizenship in Portugal: from Crisis to Renewal, Lexington Books ? Rowman & Littlefield.
LEVITSKY, Steven, e ZIBLATT, Daniel (2019), Como Morrem as Democracias, Lisboa, Vogais.
MAIR, Peter (2013), Ruling the Void. The Hollowing of Western Democracy, Londres, Verso Editions.
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MENY, YVES (2020), Democracias Imperfeitas. Frustrações Populares e Vagas Populistas, Galaxia Gutenberg.
RUNCIMAN, David (2020), Como Acaba a Democracia, Lisboa, Gradiva.
FREIRE, André (2024), Eleições, Partidos e Representação Política, Lisboa, Gradiva.
FREIRE, André (2023), Da Geringonça à Maioria Absoluta. A Situação Política em Portugal e na Europa, Lisboa, Editora Gato Bravo
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Research Project Seminar in Political Science and International Relations
The learning objectives are:
1 - to clearly define research goals
2 - to prepare and present a literature review
3 - to learn how to build a theoretical framework of analysis appropriate to the research objectives
4 - to build hypotheses and justify them
5 - to learn how to set a proper methodological strategy in accordance to the research objectives.
Main subjects to be developed:
1) Definition of research project stages: I) objectives, the problem; II) state of the art, literature review; III) theoretical framing; IV) methodological strategy, observation field, research plan, data assemblage techniques; V) schedule; VI) expected results; VII) bibliography.
2) Theory's role in empirical research. Theory as research tool and product.
3) Hypothesis and operationalization of concepts
4) Types of research: extensive/qualitative; comparative/typological; intensive/qualitative;
5) Research methods and techniques
Evaluation throughout the semester. The evaluation will focus on:
I - participation in seminars, including the role of discussant during the presentation of projects subject to evaluation - 15% of the final grade
II - the presentation and discussion in class of the first version of the research projects (at the beginning of the second semester) - 20% of the final grade
III - the development of a research project for a doctoral thesis, in a written document of about 20 pages - 65% of the final grade
Title: - Oyen, Else (1990) (ed), Comparative Methodology. Theory and practice in International Social Research, London, Sage.
- King, Gary (1994), Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research, Princeton, N.J, Princeton University Press.
- Gerring, John (2007), Case Study Research, Principles and Practices, Cambridge: CUP.
- Della Porta, Donatella e Michael Keating (eds.) (2008), Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences. A Pluralist Perspective, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
- Davies, Martin B. E Hughes, Nathan (2014), Doing a Successful Research Project: Using Qualitative or Quantitative Methods.
- Creswell, John W. (2003), Research Design. Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches, Thousand Oaks: Sage.
- Bryman, Alan (2004, 2001), Social Research Methods, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
- Brady, Henry E. and Collier, David (ed.) (2010), Rethinking Social Inquiry. Diverse Tools, Shared Standards, New York: Rowman & Littlefield.
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Title: - White, Hayden (1990) «The question of narrative in contemporary historical theory» in The Content of the Form. Narrative Discourse and Historical Representation, Baltimore e Londres, The Johns Hopkins University Presspp. 26-57.
- Silverman, D. (2005): Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook. 2nd ed. London: Sage.
- Ritchie, J. & Lewis, J. (eds.) (2003): Qualitative Research Practice. A Guide for Social Science Students and Researchers, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Rihoux, Benoit and Ragin, Charles C. (2009) Configurational Comparative Methods: Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Related Techniques, Thousand Oaks, Sage
- Ragin, Charles C. e Howard S. Becker (eds.) (1994), What Is a Case? Exploring the Foundations of Social Inquiry, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
- Ragin, Charles (1987), The Comparative Method. Moving Beyond Qualitative and Quantitative Strategies, Berkley, University of California Press.
- Robinson, John P., et al (eds) (1999), Measures of Political Attitudes, San Diego/California, Academic Press
- Punch, Keith F. (1998), Introduction to Social Research: Quantitative & Qualitative Approaches, Londres, Sage. Ragin, Charles (1987), The Comparative Method. Moving Beyond Qualitative and Quantitative Strategies, Berkley, University of California Press.
- Peters, Guy B. (2012), Institutional Theory in Political Science: The New Institutionalism, London: Continuum.
- Peters, Guy B. (1998), Comparative Politics. Theory and Methods, Nova Iorque, New York University Press.
- Pennings, Paul; Keman, Hans; and Kleinnijenhuisb, Jan (2006), Doing Research in Political Science. An Introduction to Comparative Methods and Statistics, London: Sage Publications.
- O'Dochartaigh, Nial (2002), The INTERNET Research Handbook: a Practical Guide for Students and Researchers in the Social Sciences, Londres, Sage Publications.
- Mosley, Layna (ed.) (2013), Interview Research in Political Science, Itacha and London: Cornell University Press.
- Morton, Rebecca B. and Williams, Kenneth C. (2010), Experimental Political Science and the Study of Causality. From Nature to the Lab, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Kvale, S. & Brinkmann, S. (2008): Interviews: Learning the craft of qualitative research interviewing, 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, New Delhi, London, Singapore: Sage.
- King, Gary (1997), «Qualitative Overview», in A Solution to the Ecological Inference Problem. Reconstructing Individual Behavior from Aggregate Data, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1997, pp. 3-34.
- Kiecolt, K. Jill, e Laura E. Nathan (1985), Secondary Analysis of Survey Data, Londres, Sage.
- Hollis, Martin (1990) Explaining and Understanding International Relations, Oxford, Clarendon
- Gubrium, J. F. & Holstein, J. A. (eds.) (2001): Handbook of Interview Research: Context and Methodology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Gerring, John (2004), "What is a Case Study and What is it Good For?", American Political Science Review, 98(2), pp. 341-53.
- George, Alexander L. and Bennett, Andrew (2005), Case Studies and Theory Developments in the Social Sciences, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
- Gauthier, Benoît, e Jean Turgeon (2003, 2000), «Os dados secundários », in Benoît Gauthier (org.), Investigação Social. Da Problemática à Colheita de Dados, Loures, Lusociência, pp. 417-446.
- Flick, Uwe(2005), Métodos Qualitativos na Investigação Científica, Lisboa, Monitor.
- Druckman, James N. et al (ed.) (201), Handbook of Experimental Political Science, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Denzin, N.K. & Lincoln, Y.S. (eds.) (2005): The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research, 3rd edition. Thousand Oaks, CA, London: Sage.
- Dalton, Russell J., e Klingemann, Hans-Dieter (eds.) (2008), The Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior, Oxford, OUP.
- Collier, David (2011), "Understanding Process Tracing", Political Science and Politics 44(4), pp. 823-30.
- Collier, David (1999, 1991), «El método comparativo: dos décadas de cambios?,» in Sartori, Giovanni, e Leonardo Morlino, La Comparación en las Ciencias Sociales, Madrid, Alianza Editorial, pp. 51-81. (**)
- Burgess, Robert G. (1997), A Pesquisa de Terreno. Uma Introdução, Oeiras, Celta.
- Booth, Wayne C., Gregory G. Colomb e Joseph M. Williams (2003), The Craft of Research, Chicago, The University of Chicago Press
- Boix, Carles, e Stokes, Susan (editors) (2007), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
- Blaikie, Norman (2007), Approaches to Social Enquiry: Advancing Knowledge, Cambridge, Polity Press.
- Black, Thomas R. (1993), Evaluating Social Science Research: An Introduction, Londres, Sage.
- Berthelot, Jean-Michel (ed.) (2001) Epistémologie des Sciences Sociales, Paris, PUF.
- Berlin, Isaiah (1999) «O divórcio entre as ciências e as humanidades» in A Apoteose da Vontade Romântica. Uma Antologia de Ensaios, Lisboa, Bizâncio.
- Bell, Judith (1997), Como Realizar um Projecto de Investigação, Lisboa, Gradiva.
- Beaud, Michel (1991), L?Art de la Thèse. Comment préparer et rédiger une thèse de doctorat, Paris, Éditions La Découverte.
- Bauer, Martin W. and Gaskell, George (2008) Pesquisa Qualitativa com Texto, Imagem e Som: Um Manual Prático, Petrópolis, Editora Vozes.
- Barakso, Maryann; Sabet, Daniel M.; Schaffner, Brian (2014), Understanding Political Science Research Methods. The Challenge of Inference, New York: Routledge.
- Aróstegui, Julio (2003), La Investigación Historica. Teoria Y Método, Barcelona: Editorial Crítica.
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Political Science and International Relations Seminar
At the end of the curricular unit, each student should be able to:
LO1 – Familiarize themselves with the main approaches in PC and IR theories;
LO2 – Develop methodological skills that allow for the development of a doctoral thesis in PC and IR;
LO3 – Develop skills in problematizing research topics, analysing research questions, and designing research proposals;
LO4 – Acquire foundational knowledge about specific methodological techniques;
LO5 – Develop critical analysis skills of research work in PC and IR from a methodological perspective;
LO6 – Familiarize themselves with bibliographical references in PC and IR relevant from a methodological perspective;
LO7 – Develop skills in writing critical essays on topics related to research in PC and IR and the capacity for oral presentation and discussion of the presented work.
PC1. Main approaches in Political Science and main theories of International Relations
PC2. Research design
PC3. Causal inference and experimental design
PC4. Comparative research
PC5. Quantitative analysis techniques
PC6. Qualitative analysis techniques
PC7. Methods: interviews, process tracing, and ethnography
Assessment throughout the semester has the following components:
a) Attendance (minimum 70% attendance) and participation in classes (including participation in exercises conducted in the classroom) (Weight: 15% of the final grade);
b) Completion of tasks outside the classroom, assigned class by class (Weight: 25% of the final grade)
c) Individual written essay on a research topic in PC or IR, with special emphasis on objectives and methodological proposal (Weight: 55% of the final grade; 15% for the document submitted in the 1st semester, 40% for the document submitted in the 2nd semester).
It is not possible to complete the curricular unit by exam.
More details on the components of assessment throughout the semester:
a) Being participative in classes means: making interesting interventions in classes, asking questions that show you are following the topics taught, participating in debates and exercises, and demonstrating an attentive attitude.
b) At the end of each class, students are asked to develop an activity related to the material taught in that class, which is then discussed at the beginning of the next class. This discussion reveals who completed the activity and the quality of their work. The lecturer may also ask for the activity to be submitted in written format.
c) The final essay consists of reviewing a topic (of the student's choice), with emphasis on how it has been empirically treated: what objectives do investigations on this topic aim to achieve? What types of methodologies have been adopted (more qualitative, more quantitative)?; what is the most common level of analysis (micro, macro, etc)?; what types of analyses have been conducted?; what explanatory factors have been analysed?; has the analysis of this topic focused mainly on which countries?, etc.
On the first day of class, students receive more specific instructions on the content of the final essay.
At the end of the 1st semester, students must submit to the lecturers (of PC or IR, depending on their thesis specialization area) a first version of the final essay, based on 5-10 articles, for which they will receive feedback. This first version accounts for 15% of the final grade.
At the end of the 2nd semester, students must submit to the lecturers (of PC or IR, depending on their thesis specialization area) the final version of the work, based on an unlimited number of articles. The final version accounts for 40% of the final grade.
Number of pages (1st semester): 8, excluding cover and bibliography (5-10 articles)
Number of pages (2nd semester): 10, excluding cover and bibliography (unlimited articles).
Title: CP:
Della Porta D, Keating M, (2008, eds). Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences: A Pluralist Perspective. Cambridge University Press.
Lowndes, Vivien; David Marsh e Gerry Stoker (2018), Theory and methods in political science, Londres, Palgrave.
Bryman, Alan (2012), Social Research Methods, Oxford University Press.
Howard, Christopher (2017), Thinking like a Political Scientist: a practical guide to research methods, The University of Chicago Press.
RI:
Devin, Guillaume, et al. (2018). Resources and Applied Methods in International Relations. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
Lamont, C. (2020). Research methods in International Relations. SAGE.
Savigny, H., and Marsden, L. (2011). Doing Political Science and International Relations: Theories in Action. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
Roselle, L., Shelton, J. T., & Spray, S. (2019). Research and writing in international relations. Routledge.
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Title: CP:
Box-Steffensmeier, Janet M. (ed.) (2010), The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology, Oxford, OUP.
Burnham, Peter, Karin Lutz, Wyn Grand and Zig Layton-Henry (2008, 2nd edition), Research Methods and Politics, Palgrave, 38-68.
Gerring, Jonh (2007), Case Study Research Principles and Practices . NY: CUP.
Gustafsson, Karl & Hagström, Linus (2018) “what is the point? teaching graduate students how to construct political science research puzzles”. European Political Science 17, 634–648.
Kamler, Barbara & Pat Thomson (2014, 2nd edition), Helping Doctoral Students Write:
Pedagogies for Supervision, Routledge.
Johnson, Janet Buttolph, e H. T. Reynolds (2020), Political Science Research Methods, 9ªed., Los Angeles, Sage.
Hancke, B. (2009), Intelligent Research Design. A Guide for Beginning Researchers in the Social Sciences, Oxford, OUP.
RI
Jackson, P. T. (2011). The Conduct of Inquiry in International Relations. New York: Routledge.
Burchill, S. et al. (Ed.) (2009). Theories of International Relations. (4th ed.). New York: Palgrave.
Cravinho, J. G. (2008). Visões do Mundo: as Relações Internacionais e o Mundo Contemporâneo (3rd ed.). Lisboa: ICS.
Reus-Smit, C., and Snidal, D. (Eds.). (2010). The Oxford Handbook of International Relations. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press.
Dunne, T., Kurki, M., & Smith, S. (Eds.). (2021). International relations theories: Discipline and diversity. Oxford University Press, USA.
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Political Systems, Europeanization and International Relations
Part I:
- To describe the enlargement of the field of history of international relations and the incorporation of new concepts, goals and methods;
- To identify the origins of the Cold War as well as its essential characteristics;
- To identify the causes of the end of the Cold War and the essential characteristics of the international system after 1989;
- To explain the decline of American supremacy and the changes in the international system in the 21st Century.
Part II:
- To understand the institutional evolution of the EU from an historical perspective and in the context of Globalization.
- To assess the development and functioning of the EU as a political system;
- To critically analyse some of the main EU policies;
- To explain the functioning of the EU Institutions;
- To understand the different level of EU’s governance.
Part I
- International Relations in Contemporary Era: theoretical and methodological introduction.
- The Cold War;
- The end of the Cold War and the post-1989 world;
- The Post-American World? Changes in the International System in the 21st Century.
Part II
- History of the European integration process, in the context of Globalization: enlargement and treaties; from cooperation to integration; the EU after Maastricht; from the European Convention to the Lisbon Treaty;
- The EU between intergovernamentality and supranationality and the theories of European integration: neofunctionalism; intergovernmentalism; multi-level governance.
Evaluation throughout the semester (2 semesters):
1) Attendance and participation, including reading and discussing the texts scheduled weekly: 20% (10% each semester). Minimum attendance requirement: 70% of classes.
2) Two literature review essays, one on Part I and the other on Part II of the Program, from a list of topics to be provided by each professor in each semester. The essays are individual, in English or Portuguese, with a maximum of 10 pages each: 80% (40% for each essay, with 20% for the written component of the essay + 20% for the oral presentation given on the day of submission).
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2nd Cycle Internship
The learning outcomes of the Internship are adapted to each internship and the institution where it is developed. These are:
LO1. To acquire technical skills linked to methods and techniques for action within different kinds of institutions related to the general objectives and learning outcomes of the master's degree;
LO2. To develop research and action-research skills within organizations related to the master's degree;
LO3. To prepare an internship report that reveals analytical reflection of the professional or academic context;
LO4. Develop indicators for recording and evaluating professional practice.
1. Topic and problem of the internship
2. Internship plan
3. Theoretical and methodological framework
4. Methodology of collaborative action research
5. Evaluation
6. Report
Individual report, which contains the following elements:
a) Characterization of the institutional context (history, organization, policies and services, activities, organizational structure and functioning);
b) Framing the internship institution;
c) Description of the activities developed (roles, responsibilities, agents, work processes, methodologies used)
d) Critical and theoretically based conclusions
e) References
The UC does not contemplate the modality of evaluation by Exam.
Title: - Sweitzer, H. Frederick e King, Mary A. (2014), The Successful Internship: Personal, Professional, and Civic Development in Experiential Learning, Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning.
- Reeher, Gant e Mariani, Mack (2002), The Insider's Guide To Political Internships: What To Do Once You're In The Door, Nova Iorque: Basic Books
- Neves, José, Garrido, Margarida, Simões Eduardo (2008), Manual de Competências Pessoais, Interpessoais e Instrumentais. Teoria e Prática, Lisboa: Editora SÍLABO
- Della Porta, Donatella e Keating Michael (eds.) (2008) Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences. A Pluralist Perspective, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
- Courtney, Roger (2013), Strategic Management in the Third Sector, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
- Capucha, Luís (2008), Planeamento e Avaliação de Projetos. Guião Prático, Lisboa: ME/DGIDC
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Phd Thesis in Political Science
Students are intended to structure an advanced PS & IR research adding something that is both innovative and methodologically solid in face of the state of the art It is aspired that the students become capable of formulating a politological problem (PS or IR), framing it in the current state of the art, allocating a theoretical framework, putting it into practice and studying it in a solid methodological manner with ground-breaking results and potential social and political.
Program1) The research stages in Political Science and International Relations;
2) Research methodologies in Political Science & International Relations
3) Main Political Sciences and International Relations. Paradigms, Schools and Approaches;
4) Deontological matters in a Political Science and International Relations research
5) The social and political relevance of Political Science and IR researching;
6) Practical application of knowledge produced by Political Science and International Relations research.
1st) Attendance and participation in classes 100%;
2nd) Presentation and discussion of the research projects in the tutorial sessions with supervisors 0% (mark to be attributed out of the present unit by each dissertation supervisor, but taking into account attendance and participation on the classes of this course);
3rd) Fulfilment of tasks for the production of the Phd Thesis in Political Science PS or IR 0% (mark to be attributed out of the present unit by each dissertation supervisor, but taking into account attendance and participation on the classes of this course).
4th) the attendance to at least 75% of the conferences by semester is mandatory to be approved.
Title: Box-Steffensmeier, Janet M. (ed.) (2010), The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology, Oxford, OUP.
Curini, L. & Franzese, R. (2020), The SAGE Handbook of Research Methods in Political Science and International Relations, Sage.
Johnson, Janet Buttolph, e H. T. Reynolds (2011), Political Science Research Methods, Washington, CQ Press.
King, G., et al (2000, 1994), El Diseño de la Investigación Social. La Inferencia Científica en los Estudios Cualitativos, Alianza Editorial.
Landman, Todd (2003), Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics. An Introduction, Londres, Routledge.
Lamont, Christopher (2015), Research methods in International Relations, 2015.
Pollock, Philip H. (2005), The Essentials of Political Analysis, Washington, CQ Press.
Porta, Donatella della, e Keating (editors) (2008), Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences. A Pluralist Perspective, Cambridge University Press.
Reus-Smit, C. & Snidal, D. (2008), The Oxford Handbook of International Relations, OUP.
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Title: Boix, Carles, e Stokes, Susan (editors) (2007), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics, Oxford, OUP.
Flick, U. (2005), Métodos Qualitativos na Investigação Científica, Lisboa, Monitor.
Dalton, Russell J., e Klingemann, Hans-Dieter (eds.) (2008), The Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior, Oxford, OUP.
King, Gary, Robert Keohane e Sidney Verba (1994), Designing Social Inquiry, Princeton, Princeton University Press. (versão original em inglês)
Jones, Laurence e Olson, Eduard (1997), Political Science Research, Nova Iorque: Longman.
Pennings, P., Keman, H., e Kleinnijenhuis, J. (1999), Doing Research in Political Science. An Introduction to Comparative Methods and Statistics, London, Sage.
Puchala, Donald (2003), Theory and History in International Relations, Routledge.
Rhodes, R. A. W. (ed.) (2006), The Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions, Oxford, OUP.
Schieder, Siegfried & Spindler, Manuela (2014), Theories of International Relations, Routledge.
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Recommended optative
02678 | Political Campaigns Analysis
00529 | Elections, Parties and Political Representation
03426 | Public Opinion and Polls
00527 | Governance and Globalization
Optional courses have a limited number of places. On the other hand, they will only be held if they achieve a minimum number of enrollments.
The optional course may be other course of 6 ECTS credits, of the 2nd or 3rd cycle, with available vacancies, taking place in the 1st semester.
The list of the optional courses, for each new academic year, will be available on Fénix+ for new students to register, during the period defined for that purpose.
For more information on the curricular units running at Iscte, visit the page https://fenix-mais.iscte-iul.pt/units/iscte/informacao-geral.
Objectives
The course aims to contribute to the development of an academic and professional profile which enables students to resolve problems, develop empirical research skills, design and implement policies, programmes and proposals within the fields of politics and international relations, and respond to new professional demands in this area. It has ideal conditions for furthering the connection between teaching and research at the doctoral level. With its scientific knowledge, the course intends to:
a) to train highly qualified researchers and professionals, especially focusing on PS (& IR),with a strong component of empirical research;
b) to provide doctoral students with advanced training in theoretical and methodological domains, along with advanced knowledge of the current research carried out at international and national levels;
c) to ensure that the training of doctoral candidates takes place in a context of research throughout the programme.
Students are intended to acquire the following set of abilities:
a) A systematic command of the discipline of Political Science;
b) Political Science-related competencies, skills and research methods;
c) The ability to conceive, design and implement original research of scientific value;
d) The capacity to critically assess, analyse and summarise new and complex ideas;
e) The capacity to communicate with scientist peers as well as the community on the topic of his/her scientific area, and to publish his/her scientific work;
f) The ability to contribute, in academic and professional contexts, towards social progress and the wellbeing of all populations.
These skills are acquired through the specific features of the study plan, which include: the renewal of knowledge on the issues of PS and IR, the apprehension and debate of cutting-edge research, theoretical and technical-methodological advancement, and a combination of research theory and practice for the purpose of carrying out socially and politically relevant research projects.