International Relations Theory
Part of this Programme
European Studies and International Relations
Level of Qualification|Semesters|ECTS
Bachelor | Semestral | 6
Year | Type of course unit | Language
1 |Mandatory |Português
Total of Working Hours | Duration of Contact (hours)
150 | 45
Code
ULHT450-9892
Recommended complementary curricular units
n/a
Prerequisites and co-requisites
n/a
Precedences
Não
Professional Internship
Não
Syllabus
1. Introduction to the Course, methodology and main concepts. 2. Areas of analysis and interpretation of International Relations - IRs. 3. Laws, paradigms, theories and perspectives of International Relations. 4. Theories of Power and Force. The Use of Force in International Relations. 5. Structure of the Global Political System and the various types and architectures of the international systems that integrate it. 6. The relationship between policy and strategy; his theory and relation to tactics. 7. Elements of geopolitical, geostrategic, geo-economic, and geo-financial analysis. 8. The new dimensions of security and defense in the National Interest. 9. International integration and transnational participation and cooperation. 10. Globalization of the world society vis-à-vis international societies. 11.Influence of the Economy and the Financial System in the Hierarchy of the States and in the IRs. 12. The complex management of international affairs. The preponderance of Diplomacy.
Objectives
To acquire specialized and structuring skills, on the reality underlying the concept of International Relations, to know how to interpret the relational interaction of the involved actors that intervene in the production of international phenomena, relating to the paradigms and the different theories and schools of International Relations, according to the the international environment and the impact of the actors. Develop skills to acquire conceptual bases to understand the scientific evolution of International Relations at the required university level. Acquire interpretative knowledge on the problematic of current and contemporary international politics. To qualify the target elements for the critical analysis of the world system and for the possible elements of societal integration, based on interdependence and transnational relations among the different types of actors.
Knowledge, abilities and skills to be acquired
To transmit knowledge aimed at training specialized and competent professionals to perform intermediate and top national and international positions through the acquisition of the theoretical and practical capacity to be able to decide in the inherent limits of an IR in continuous transformation in Space and Time. This is a troubled Era in which globalization has accelerated and where the Law of Increasing Complexity reigns, notably in Diplomatic Negotiations, due to the plurality of behavior inherent to the diverse Actors and the geopolitical and geo-strategic changes of the world political map of affirmation of the Powers that tend to confront each other in the ideological, cultural and religious fields, and in the conquest of the economic, technological and financial markets.
Teaching methodologies and assessment
The methodology includes the presentation and analysis of the subject and the contextualization of concepts and their transposition to the real cases according to the method indicated by the Teacher, with the close follow up of the presentation and written and oral discussion of the themes of the works performed by the Students. The assessment methods and criteria are translated into a process of continuous evaluation of the knowledge acquired, based on the participation of the students in the classes, the quality of their interventions and their attendance, on an individual basis expressed in the classification of zero to twenty values, in that a rating equal to or greater than 10 values will be considered as approval.
References
Duroselle, J -Baptiste and André Kaspi. História das Relações Internacionais, Lisboa: Edições Texto & Grafia.
Fernandes, A. (2008). As Relações Internacionais e Portugal. Da Europa do Mundo ao Mundo da Europa, Lisboa: Prefácio.
Gilpin, R. (2001). Global Political Economy: Understanding International Economic Order. Princeton, University Press.
Morgenthau, Hans J. (2005). Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace, 7th Edition, Kenneth W. Thompson and W. David Clinton (Revised). London: McGraw Hill.
Moreira, Adriano. (2007). A Comunidade Internacional em Mudança, Lisboa: Almedina.
Moreira, Adriano. (2008). Teoria das Relações Internacionais. Lisboa: Almedina.
Tomé, António A. (2011). Relações Internacionais, Geopolítica e Geoestratégia: o Estudo e a Problemática. Lisboa. Edições Universitárias Lusófonas, ULHT.
Tomé, António A. (2015). História Moderna e Contemporânea das Relações Internacionais. Lisboa. ULHT (Texto base da UC distribuído aos Alunos).