Class Political Parties and Pressure Groups

This subject provides to the Political Science and International Relations' students concepts and dimensions of analysis that allow them to understanding phenomenon of political parties and party systems in the context of contenporary democracies, as well as to understand and analyse the interesses groups and their system of intermediation at the institutional context.    

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I. Political Parties 1. Political Parties - the concept 1.1. Nature, origin and functions of modern parties 2. From faction to modern political party 2.1. Liberal parliamentarism - The party of notables or cadres 3. Democracy of parties - The mass party or social integration 3.1. Mass parties  4. Catch-all party or professional-electoral party 4.1. The catch-all party, the electoral market and collective identities 5. The triumph of the catch-all party: organizational decline or legitimacy crisis of the parties? 5.1. . The cartel parties: from society to the state 5.2. Parties and party system in Portugal: origins, consolidation and transformations II. Interest Groups 2.1. Interest Groups - concept 2.2. The interest groups and institutional shefere 2.3. The intermediation of interests in Portugal. 

The syllabus is in line with the learning objectives of the Curricular Unit, namely on political parties and pressure groups phenomena. Discussion and practical exercises in the classroom context enhance the teaching/learning model.

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