Currículo

Instituições Políticas Comparadas 03427

Contextos

ECTS

6.0 (para cálculo da média)

Objectivos

- Compreender o que são instituições políticas e porque é que elas importam; - Identificar as principais teorias sobre o papel, as características, e o impacto das instituições políticas em contextos não democráticos, nomeadamente os parlamentos, as eleições, e os partidos únicos/dominantes; - Identificar as principais teorias sobre instituições em regimes democráticos, nomeadamente sobre sistemas de governo, relações executivo-legislativo, governos e instituições informais - Desenvolver uma visão comparada das instituições políticas em diferentes contextos e tipos de regimes

Programa

1. Instituições Políticas Comparadas: uma introdução 2. Autocracias e Instituições Políticas: modo de funcionamento, benefícios e riscos 3. Instituições Políticas e Democratização: evidências sobre o seu impacto 4. Instituições Políticas em Democracia: tipos de democracia, impacto das instituições

Método de Avaliação

Avaliação ao longo do semestre (requer assiduidade mínima de 2/3 aulas): Discussão de um texto: 20% - exercício individual, será avaliada a capacidade de análise e compreensão de um texto indicado pela professora a discutir na segunda parte de uma aula teórico-prática (exclusivamente oral) Apresentação oral: 20% - exercício em grupo (2), será avaliada a capacidade de análise e exposição de um texto indicado pela professora a apresentar na segunda parte de uma aula teórico-prática (oral e escrito - formato PPT) Comentário: 10% - exercício individual, será avaliada a capacidade de produzir uma apreciação crítica sobre a apresentação oral de colegas (exclusivamente oral) Ensaio escrito: 50% - exercício individual, será avaliada a capacidade de recolher bibliografia autonomamente, estruturar um texto com princípio, meio e fim, articular ideias e sintetizar os principais contributos dos trabalhos analisados (20% da nota será para a proposta escrita do ensaio + a sua exposição oral no último dia de aulas, os restantes 30% para o trabalho em si, a entregar em data a definir em reunião de conselho de turma) Em alternativa, avaliação por exame: prova escrita (100%).

Carga Horária

Bibliografia

Principal

• Samuels, D. and M. Shugart (2010), Presidents, Parties and Prime Ministers: How the Separation of Powers Affects Party Organization and Behavior, New York: Cambridge University Press Rhodes, R., Blinder, S. and Rockman, B. (2007), Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Przeworski, A., M. Alvarez, J. A. Cheibub, and F. Limongi, (2000), Democracy and Development: Political Institutions and Well-Being in the World, 1950?1990, New York: Cambridge University Press. Pasquino, G. (2010), Curso de CIência Política, Cascais: Principia. Gandhi, J. and Ruíz-Rufino, R. (2014), Routledge Handbook of Comparative Political Institutions, Routledge. Della Porta, D. (2003), Introdução à Ciência Política, Lisboa. Editorial Estampa. Cheibub, J. A., (2007), Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, and Democracy, New York: Cambridge University Press. Acemoglu, D. and J. Robinson (2006), Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy, New York: Cambridge University Press. :

Secundária

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Disciplinas de Execução

2018/2019 - 1º Semestre

2019/2020 - 1º Semestre