Sumários

Comparative Historical Methods

21 Novembro 2022, 13:00 Rita Sousa


  • Discussion of Comparative Historical Methods

Students Presentations - Process Tracing

7 Novembro 2022, 14:30 Rita Sousa


Students' presentations on articles that make use of process tracing:

- Ausserladscheider (2022) - Constructing a neoliberal exclusionary state

- Sparkes & Wood (2020) - The Political Economy of Household Debt & the Keynesian Policy Paradigm

- Scheiring (2022) - The national-populist mutation of neoliberalism in dependent economies: the case of Viktor Orbán's Hungary

Process tracing

7 Novembro 2022, 13:00 Rita Sousa


- Announcements and discussion of assessment (dates and guidelines)

- Process tracing + presentation of ongoing research on the relation between Parties and Movements in Portugal

Students Presentations - Comparative Case Studies

24 Outubro 2022, 14:30 Rita Sousa


Students' presentations of the following journal articles:

- Fishman (2010). Rethinking the Iberian transformation: how democratization scenarios shaped labor market outcomes

- Marques & Fonseca (2021). Understanding the positions taken by moderate union confederations and center-left parties during labor market reforms in Portugal and Spain: why the configuration of left parties and trade union confederations matters

- Leber et al (2022). When Can Dictators Go It Alone? Personalization and Oversight in Authoritarian Regimes

Comparative Case Studies

24 Outubro 2022, 13:00 Rita Sousa


•Revision of the last lecture
•Comparative Case Studies
•Variable vs Case approaches
•Exercise - Political and Urban Violence
• Paired Comparison