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Presentation
Presentation
This curricular unit is part of the curricula of both the first cycle in Political Science and Sociology. It is an indispensable unit for understanding the changes that globalization has brought about in the social system and for understanding the relationship between political and social elements
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Bachelor | Semestral | 5
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
2 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULHT45-6545
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
1.Conceptual Framework: Political Sciences; Political Sociology versus Political Science 2. Classic authors and key concepts: Max Weber; Systems and subsystems; Proposal by Parsons, Easton system; Political subsystem and the other subsystems; Politics and social structure: the social anchoring of politics; State, political representation, and general interest. 3. Actors of political life: Citizens; Political parties; Types of parties and social representation; The Political Class. The theory of elites in Pareto and Mosca; Lobby and interest groups; Public opinion and pressure groups. 4. Political practices in a democracy. Introduction to the democratic process; Formation of representational logic; The ideological dimension of politics. Charles Tilly and contentious politics; New social movements of citizenship; Populism and hegemony and the social-historical blocks.
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Objectives
Objectives
The UC provides students with conceptual tools enabling them to deal with the political phenomenon in its societal dimension, knowing the societal mechanics and its transformations from the point of view of its political conversion. Students must understand the sociological environment in which citizens move and to what extent it determines the intensity and forms of intervention in political life. He should also identify the role of each of the social actors in the process of interaction between civil society and the State. In Political Sociology, the essential is to understand the societal anchoring of political processes, avoiding a formalist understanding of the political-juridical universe. Thus, students will have cognitive instruments to understand the important sociological component presented in the political process, leading to complete analytical decoding. Understanding the effects of populism and religious terrorism on the institutions of representative democracy is also a goal
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Teaching methodologies and assessment
Teaching methodologies and assessment
Oxford style debates; analysis and construction of case studies.
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References
References
Baudoin, J. (2000). Introdução à Sociologia Política. Lx: Editorial Estampa
Baert, P. & Silva, F. (2014). Teoria social contemporânea. Lisboa: Mundos SociaisMcAdams, D., Tarrow, S. e Tilly, C (2009). "Para mapear o confronto político." Lua Nova. 76.
Mosca, G. (1975). La classe politica. Roma-Bari: Laterza
Pareto, V. (1964). Trattato di sociologia generale I e II. Milano: Comunità
Parsons, T. (1970). The social system. London: Routledge and Keagan
Pinto, J. (2017). Populismo e democracia. Dinâmicas populistas na União Europeia. Lx: Sílabo
Pinto, J. (2018). Terrorismo religioso. A realidade no feminino. Lx: SílaboSales, R. (2019). Apontamentos sobre a abordagem política da sociologia de Max Weber. Abordagens 1(1).
Sartori, G. (1969). "From the Sociology of Politics to Political Sociology." In Seymor Martin Lipset (ed.), Politics and the Social Sciences. NY: OUP.
Tocqueville, A. (2008). Da Democracia na América. Relógio de Água.
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Office Hours
Office Hours
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Mobility
Mobility
No
