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Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-Iscte)
PhD Management
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Tuition fee EU nationals (2024/2025)
The PhD Programme in Political Science has a four-year duration, corresponding to the completion of 240 ECTS credits, which are divided among 60 credits in lecture units in the first year and 180 credits for the doctoral thesis in the second, third and fourth years of the course.
Programme Structure for 2024/2025
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Contemporary Debates and Controversies in Political Science
12.0 ECTS
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Parte Escolar > Mandatory Courses | 12.0 |
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Modern and Contemporary International Relations
12.0 ECTS
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Parte Escolar > Mandatory Courses | 12.0 |
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Research Project Seminar in Political Science and International Relations
18.0 ECTS
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Parte Escolar > Mandatory Courses | 18.0 |
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Political Science and International Relations Seminar
12.0 ECTS
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Parte Escolar > Mandatory Courses | 12.0 |
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2nd Cycle Internship
6.0 ECTS
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Parte Escolar > Optional Courses | 6.0 |
| 2nd Year | ||
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Phd Thesis in Political Science
180.0 ECTS
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Specialization > Political Science | 180.0 |
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Phd Thesis in Political Science
180.0 ECTS
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Specialization > International Relations | 180.0 |
Contemporary Debates and Controversies in Political Science
The learning objectives are to familiarize students with the diversity and the crucial problems and challenges of democratic political systems through the study of divergent orientations, analyzes and positions between the main currents of thought of contemporary Political Science.
Syllabus:
PART I - REPRESENTATION, DELIBERATION AND IDEOLOGY IN LIBERAL DEMOCRACIES
1. Political and ideological representation: theoretical models, political parties, and electoral systems
2. Collective deliberation and public opinion: contributions to democracy
3. The discourse of the end of ideology and the left-right dichotomy: persistence and validity, new and old cleavages
PART II ? DEMOCRACY, DEMOCRATIZATION PROCESSES, MODELS OF DEMOCRACY AND CRISIS OF DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL REPRESENTATION
1.Democracy and democratization
2. Models of democracy
3. Crisis and renewal of democratic political representation
The continuous evaluation has 3 fundamental elements:
1º - Attendance and participation in classes, namely in the discussion of the texts presented (minimum attendance required: 70% of classes) - weighting of 20% for the final average;
2º - Oral presentation of one or two articles / chapters in class - weighting of 30%;
3º - Elaboration of a written essay wiht a literaty review on one of the themes of the course, under the conditions transmitted in class - weighting of 50%.
Title: PARTE I
DALTON, Russell (2019), Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies, 7ª ed., Washington, D.C.: CQ Press.
FISHKIN, James (2018), Democracy when the people are thinking, Oxford: OUP.
POWELL, G. Bingham Jr. (2000), Elections as Instruments of Democracy, New Haven e Londres: Yale University Press.
PARTE II
BEETHEM, David (2012), Democracy. Beginners? Guides, London, Oneworld Publications.
FREIRE, André (organizador) (2015), O Futuro da Representação Política Democrática, Lisboa, Nova Vega.
FREIRE, André (2022), Left and Right. Meaning and Correlates in Long Consolidated and New Democracies, Moldova, Eliva Press.
LIJPHART, A. (2012), Patterns of Democracy: Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries, Yale, Yale U. Press.
KRIESI, Hanspeter; GRANDE, Edgar; LACHAT, Romain; DOLEZAL, Martin; BORNSCHIER, Simon; FREY, Timotheos (2008), West European politics in the age of globalization, Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press.
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Title: LEITURAS OBRIGATÓRIAS (Mandatory readings) - TEXTOS PARA APRESENTAÇÃO NAS AULAS (Written assessment)
1st semester
PARTE I. REPRESENTAÇÃO, DELIBERAÇÃO E IDEOLOGIA NAS DEMOCRACIAS LIBERAIS
1. Representação política e ideológica: Modelos teóricos, partidos políticos, e sistemas eleitorais
Guntermann, Eric (2021), Does Economic Inequality Undermine Political Equality? Testing Two Common
HOULE, Christian (2018), Does economic inequality breed political inequality, Democratization, 25(8), pp.1500-1518.
NORRIS, Pippa, e Ronald Inglehart (2019), Cultural backlash. Trump, Brexit, and authoritarian populism, Cambridge e Nova Iorque: Cambridge University Press. (Capítulo: The backlash against the Silent Revolution, pp. 87-131).
ERHARDT, Julian; Freitag, Markus; e Filsinger, Maximilian, Leaving democracy? Pandemic threat, emotional accounts and regime support in comparative perspective, West European Politics., 2023, null,
KRITZINGER, Sylvia, Martial Foucault, Romain Lachat, Julia Partheymüller, Carolina Plescia, e Sylvain Brouard (2021), Rally round the flag? The Covid-19 crisis and trust in the national government, West European Politics 44(5-6), pp. 1205-1231.
2. Deliberação colectiva e opinião pública: Contributos para a democracia
MAIR, Peter (2009), Representative versus responsible government, MPLfG Working Paper 09/8. & Kriesi, Hanspeter (2020), Is There a Crisis of Democracy in Europe? Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 61, 237?260.
COSTA PINTO, António, Luís de Sousa e Pedro Magalhães (2013), A qualidade da democracia em Portugal. a versão dos cidadãos, Lisboa: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais. (Capítulo 8: Responsividade política em Portugal: retrato de um processo de deterioração em curso; e Capítulo 9: Governação eficaz e apoio à democracia, pp. 211-261).
BELCHIOR, Ana M. (2019) The effects of party identification on perceptions of pledge fulfilment: Evidence from Portugal, International Political Science Research, 40(5), pp. 627-642.
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BISGAARD, Martin (2019), How Getting the Facts Right Can Fuel Partisan-Motivated Reasoning, American Journal of Political Science, 63(4), pp.824-839.
3. O discurso do fim da ideologia e a dicotomia esquerda-direita: Persistência e validade, novas e velhas clivagens
KRIESI, Hanspeter; Grande, Edgar; Lachat, Romain; Dolezal, Martin; Bornschier, Simon; e Frey, Timotheos (2006), Globalization and the transformation of the national political space: Six European countries compared, European Journal of Political Research, 45, 921-956.
Mudde, Cas (2022), Populism in Europe: An Illiberal Democratic Response to Undemocratic Liberalism, Government and Opposition (no prelo).
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SVOLIK, Milan W. (2019), Polarization versus democracy, Journal of Democracy, 30(3), 20-32.
2nd semester
1.Democracia e democratização
LISI, Marco, e Freire, André (2015), «O nascimento da democracia portuguesa: As eleições legislativas de 1976», in Lisi, Marco (ed.), As eleições legislativas no Portugal democrático, 1975-2015, Lisboa, Assembleia da República ? Coleção Parlamento, pp.65-80.
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FREIRE, André, & Lisi, Marco (2018), «Sistemas eleitorais», Reis, António, Rezola, Maria Inácia, & Santos, Paula Borges (organizadores), Dicionário de história de Portugal, 1974-1976, Porto, Figueirinhas, volume (livro) 8 ? letras s a z, pp. 9-24.
(uma só apresentação que inclui dois textos).
MERKEL, Wolfgang (2015), «Is capitalism compatible with democracy? », Zeitshcrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft- Comparative Governance and Politics, DOI 10.1007/s12286-014-0199-4
2. Modelos de democracia
FERNANDES, Tiago (organizador) (2017), «As origens políticas da democracia na Europa do Sul (1968-2016): partidos, sociedade civil e coligações progressistas», in FERNANDES, Tiago (organizador), Variedades de democracia na Europa do Sul, 1968-2016. Uma comparação entre Espanha, França, Grécia, Itália e Portugal, Lisboa, Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, pp. 19-41.
FREIRE, André (2017), «A Representação das minorias na democracia portuguesa, 1974-2016», in Leão Pina et al (editors), Estudos em Comemoração do X Aniversário do Instituto Superior de Ciências Jurídics e Sociais ? Dinâmicas Sociológicas, Estado e Direito, Ilha de Santiago ? cidade da Praia ? Cabo Verde, s. ed, pp. 125-192.
MERKEL, Wolfgang (2004), «Embedded and Defective Democracies», Democratization, Vol.11, No.5, pp.33?58.
3. Crise e renovação da representação política democrática
DIAMOND, Larry (2015), «Facing up the democratic recession», Journal of Democracy, 26 (1), pp. 141-155.
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LEVITSKY, Steven, e WAY, Lucan (2015), «The myth of democratic recession», Journal of Democracy, 26 (1), pp. 45-58.
(Uma só apresentação que inclui dois textos)
FREIRE, André, & LISI, Marco (2016), «Introduction: Political Parties, Institutions and Civil Society: The Economic Crisis and the Evolution of Southern Europe Political Systems », within the Dossier ?Political Parties, Institutions and Civil Society: The Economic Crisis and the Evolution of Southern Europe Political Systems?, Portuguese Journal of Social Science, Vol. 15, Nº 2, 153-171.
FREIRE, André & Augusta Correia (2020), «Ideological and policy representation in Portugal, before and after the Great Recession, 2008-2017», in Marco Lisi, André Freire & Emmanouil Tsatsanis (editors) (2020), Political Representation and Citizenship in Portugal: from Crisis to Renewal?, Lexington Books ? Rowman & Littlefield, pp. 107-128.
FREIRE, André (2021), «Esquerdas desavindas em Portugal: um legado da transição democrática», in Filipa Raimundo & João Cancela (organizadores), As eleições de 1975: eleições fundadoras da democracia portuguesa, Coleção Parlamento, Lisboa, pp. 173-197
LEITURAS COMPLEMENTARES, NÃO OBRIGATÓRIAS I (COMPLEMENTARY AND NON-MANDATORY READINGS I):
PARTE I - REPRESENTAÇÃO, DELIBERAÇÃO E IDEOLOGIA NAS DEMOCRACIAS LIBERAIS
1. Representação Política e Ideológica: Modelos Teóricos, Partidos Políticos, e Sistemas Eleitorais
ACHEN, Christopher H. e BARTELS, Larry M. (2017), Democracy for realists: Why elections do not produce responsive government, Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press.
ANDEWEG, Rudy B. e THOMASSEN, Jacques (2005), ?Modes of political representation: Toward a new typology?, Legislative Studies Quarterly, xxx, 4, pp. 507-528.
BELCHIOR, Ana M. (2013), ?Explaining left-right party congruence across European party systems. A test of micro and macro level models?, Comparative Political Studies, 46(3), pp. 352-386.
HUBER, J., e Powell, G. B. Jr. (1994), ?Congruence between Citizens and Policy Makers in Two Visions of Liberal Democracy?, World Politics, 46, pp.291-326.
MCDONALD, Michael, e Ian Budge (2005), Elections, Parties, and Democracy: Conferring the Median Mandate, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
NAURIN, Elin, Stuart Soroka, e Niels Markwat (2019), ?Asymmetric accountability: An experimental investigation of biases in evaluations of governments? election pledges?, Comparative Political Studies, 52(13-14), pp.2207-2234.
2. Deliberação colectiva e opinião pública: contributos para a democracia
ALTHAUS, Scott L. (2003), Collective Preferences in Democratic Politics. Opinion Surveys and the Will of the People, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
BARTELS, Larry (2016), Unequal Democracy. The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age, 2ªed., Princeton e Oxford: Princeton University Press.
HOBOLT, S. B., e KLEMMENSEN, R. (2008), ?Government responsiveness and political competition in comparative perspective?, Comparative Political Studies, 41(3), pp.309-337.
MANSERGH, L. E. and THOMSON, R. (2007), ?Election pledges, party competition and policymaking?, Comparative Politics, 39(3), pp.311-329.
PAGE, Benjamin e SHAPIRO, Robert (1992), The Rational Public, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
ZALLER, John R. (1992), The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
3. O discurso do fim da ideologia e a dicotomia esquerda-direita: persistência e validade, novas e velhas clivagens
DALTON, Russell (2006), ?Social modernization and the end of ideology debate: patterns of ideological polarization?, Japanese Journal of Political Science, 7(1).
FLANAGAN, Scott C. e Aie-Rie Lee (2003), ?The new politics, culture wars, and the authoritarian-libertarian value change in advanced industrial democracies?, Comparative Political Studies, 36(3), pp.235-270.
FUKUYAMA, Francis (1992), O Fim da História e o Último Homem, Lisboa: Gradiva.
KRIESI, Hanspeter, GRANDE, Edgar, DOLEZAL, Martin, HELBLING, Marc, HÖGLINGER, Dominic, HUTTER, Swen, e WÜEST (2012), Political Conflict in Western Europe, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
LACHAT, Romain (2018), ?Which way from left ro right? On the relation between voters? issue preferences and left-right orientation in West European democracies?, International Political Science Review, 39(4), pp.419-435.
LEITURAS COMPLEMENTARES, NÃO OBRIGATÓRIAS II (COMPLEMENTARY AND NON-MANDATORY READINGS II):
PARTE II ? DEMOCRACIA, PROCESSOS DE DEMOCRATIZAÇÃO, MODELOS DE DEMOCRACIA E CRISE E RENOVAÇÃO DA REPRESENTAÇÃO POLÍTICA DEMOCRÁTICA
1.Democracia e democratização
BERMEO, Nancy (1999), Teoria da Democracia e as Realidades da Europa do Sul, Lisboa, Difel.
DAHL, Robert A. (1998), On Democracy, New Haven, Yale University Press.
FREIRE, André (2006), ?Left-Right Ideological Identities in New Democracies: Greece, Portugal and Spain in the Western European Context?, Pôle Sud ? Revue de Science Politique de l?Europe Méridionale, nº 25, II 2006, pp. 153-173.
FREIRE, André (editor) (2012), O Sistema Político Português, séculos XIX-XXI: Continuidades e Ruturas, Coimbra, Almedina. Three editions: 2012, 2013, 2014.
FREIRE, André, & KIVISTIK, Kats (2016), «Regime transition, value conflicts and the left-right divide at the mass level: The Baltic States and Southern Europe compared», Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Vol. 49, Nº 4, pp. 293-311 (within the 2016 special issue on «The transformations of far right and far left in Europe»., Guest Editor, Marlene Laruelle).
2. Modelos de democracia
BRUNEAU, Thomas C., et al (2001), ?Democracy, southern European style?, in P.
Nikiforos DIAMANDOUROS e Richard GUNTHER (orgs.), Parties, Politics, and Democracy in New Southern Europe, Baltimore, The John Hopkin University Press, pp. 16-45.
HELD, David (2006), Models of Democracy, Londres, Polity Press.
ROPER, Brian S. (2013), The History of Democracy ? A Marxist Interpretation, Londres, Pluto Press.
ROSANVALLON, Pierre (2006), La Contre-Démocratie. La Politique à L?Age de la Défiance, Paris, Éditions du Seuil.
VIEGAS, J. M. L., et al (organizadores) (2010), A Qualidade da democracia em Debate. Deliberação, Representação e Participação Políticas em Portugal e Espanha, Lisboa, Mundos Sociais.
3. Crise e renovação da representação política democrática
ALONSO, Sonia, KEANE, John, e MERKEL, Wolfgang (orgs.) (2011), The Future of Representative Democracy, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
FREIRE, André, Mélany BARRAGAN, Xavier COLER, Marco LISI & Emmanouil TSATSANIS (editors) (2020), Political representation in Southern Europe and Latin America. (...), London, Routledge.
LISI, Marco, André FREIRE & Emmanouil TSATSANIS (editors) (2020), Political Representation and Citizenship in Portugal: from Crisis to Renewal, Lexington Books ? Rowman & Littlefield.
LEVITSKY, Steven, e ZIBLATT, Daniel (2019), Como Morrem as Democracias, Lisboa, Vogais.
MAIR, Peter (2013), Ruling the Void. The Hollowing of Western Democracy, Londres, Verso Editions.
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MENY, YVES (2020), Democracias Imperfeitas. Frustrações Populares e Vagas Populistas, Galaxia Gutenberg.
RUNCIMAN, David (2020), Como Acaba a Democracia, Lisboa, Gradiva.
FREIRE, André (2024), Eleições, Partidos e Representação Política, Lisboa, Gradiva (no prelo).
FREIRE, André (2023), Da Geringonça à Maioria Absoluta. A Situação Política em Portugal e na Europa, Lisboa, Editora Gato Bravo
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Modern and Contemporary International Relations
LO1: To describe the enlargement of the field of history of international relations and the incorporation of new concepts, goals and methods;
LO2: To identify the origins of the Cold War as well as its essential characteristics;
LO3: To evaluate the importance of the end of European colonial empires;
LO4: To analyze the process of European integration in its main dimensions;
LO5: To identify the causes of the end of the Cold War and the essential characteristics of the international system after 1989;
LO6: To explain the decline of American supremacy and the changes in the international system in the 21st Century.
ST (Syllabus Topic) 1: International Relations in Contemporary Era: theoretical and methodological introduction.
ST2: The Cold War.
ST3: The end of European colonial empires.
ST4: The integration of Europe.
ST5: The end of the Cold War and the post-1989 world
ST6: The Post-American World? Changes in the International System in the 21st Century.
Students will be evaluated by a written paper delivered by the end of the semester.
BibliographyTitle: Westad, Odd Arne, The Global Cold War, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Trachtenberg, Marc, The Craft of International History. A Guide to Method, Princeton University Press, 2006.
McCormick, Thomas, America's Half Century. United States Foreign Policy in the Cold War and After, Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995.
Ludlow, Piers, "European Integration and the Cold War", in Leffler, Melvyn & Westad, Odd Arne, The Cambridge History of the Cold War, Vol. 2, Cambridge University Press, 2010, pp. 179-197.
Judt, Tony, Pós-guerra: História da Europa desde 1945, Lisboa, Edições 70, 2006.
Darwin, John, The Empire Project. The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830?1970, Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Bretherton, C. & J. Vogler (2006), The European Union as a Global Actor, London, New York:Routledge
Brands, Hal, From Berlin to Baghdad. America's Search for Purpose in the Post-Cold War World, University Press of Kentucky, 2008.
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Title: Venner, Dominique, O Século de 1914. Utopias, Guerras e Revoluções na Europa do Século XX, Porto, Civilização Editora, 2009.
Vadney, T.E., The World Since 1945, London, Penguin Books, 1992.
Trachtenberg, Marc, The Craft of International History. A Guide to Method, Princeton University Press, 2006.
Paterson, Thomas and McMahon, Robert (editors), The Origins of the Cold War, 3rd Edition, Lexington, D.C. Heath and Company, 1991.
Nye, Joseph S., O Paradoxo do Poder Americano, Lisboa, Gradiva, 2005.
Martel, Gordon (ed.), A Companion to International History, 1900-2001, Oxford, Blackwell Publishing, 2007
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JOLL, James - A Europa desde 1870, Lisboa: Publicações D. Quixote, 1982.
Hogan, Michael e Paterson, Thomas (eds.), Explaining the History of American Foreign Relations, 2ª edição, Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Hogan, Michael (ed.), The end of the cold war: its meaning and implications, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1992
Hobsbawm, Eric, A Era dos Extremos: história breve do século XX, 1914-1991, Lisboa, Editorial Presença, 1996.
Herring, George C., From Colony to Superpower. U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776, New York, Oxford University Press, 2011.
Gilbert, Martin, História do Século XX, Lisboa, Dom Quixote, 2009.
Garthoff, Raymond L., Détente and Confrontation. American-Soviet Relations from Nixon to Reagan, Washington D.C., The Brookings Institution, 1994.
Gaddis, John Lewis, The United States and the Origins of the Cold War, 1941-1947, New York, Columbia University Press, 1972.
DUROSELLE, Jean-Baptiste - L´Europe de 1815 a nos jours: vie politique et relations internationales. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1975.
DROZ, Bernard; ROWLEY, Anthony - História do século XX. Lisboa: Publicações D. Quixote, 1988-1993. 4 volumes.
Davies, Norman, A Europa em Guerra; 1939-1945, Lisboa, Edições 70, 2006.
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Research Project Seminar in Political Science and International Relations
The learning objectives are:
1 - to clearly define research goals
2 - to prepare and present a literature review
3 - to learn how to build a theoretical framework of analysis appropriate to the research objectives
4 - to build hypotheses and justify them
5 - to learn how to set a proper methodological strategy in accordance to the research objectives.
Main subjects to be developed:
1) Definition of research project stages: I) objectives, the problem; II) state of the art, literature review; III) theoretical framing; IV) methodological strategy, observation field, research plan, data assemblage techniques; V) schedule; VI) expected results; VII) bibliography.
2) Theory's role in empirical research. Theory as research tool and product.
3) Hypothesis and operationalization of concepts
4) Types of research: extensive/qualitative; comparative/typological; intensive/qualitative;
5) Research methods and techniques
Evaluation will focus on:
I - seminar participation - 10% of final grade
II - class presentation and discussion of the first version of research projects (at the beginning of the second semester) - 20% of final grade
III - elaboration of a research project for the doctoral dissertation, in a 20-page written document. - 65% of the final grade.
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- King, Gary (1994), Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research, Princeton, N.J, Princeton University Press.
- Gerring, John (2007), Case Study Research, Principles and Practices, Cambridge: CUP.
- Della Porta, Donatella e Michael Keating (eds.) (2008), Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences. A Pluralist Perspective, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
- Davies, Martin B. E Hughes, Nathan (2014), Doing a Successful Research Project: Using Qualitative or Quantitative Methods.
- Creswell, John W. (2003), Research Design. Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches, Thousand Oaks: Sage.
- Bryman, Alan (2004, 2001), Social Research Methods, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
- Brady, Henry E. and Collier, David (ed.) (2010), Rethinking Social Inquiry. Diverse Tools, Shared Standards, New York: Rowman & Littlefield.
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- Silverman, D. (2005): Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook. 2nd ed. London: Sage.
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- Peters, Guy B. (2012), Institutional Theory in Political Science: The New Institutionalism, London: Continuum.
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- Mosley, Layna (ed.) (2013), Interview Research in Political Science, Itacha and London: Cornell University Press.
- Morton, Rebecca B. and Williams, Kenneth C. (2010), Experimental Political Science and the Study of Causality. From Nature to the Lab, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Kvale, S. & Brinkmann, S. (2008): Interviews: Learning the craft of qualitative research interviewing, 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, New Delhi, London, Singapore: Sage.
- King, Gary (1997), «Qualitative Overview», in A Solution to the Ecological Inference Problem. Reconstructing Individual Behavior from Aggregate Data, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1997, pp. 3-34.
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- Hollis, Martin (1990) Explaining and Understanding International Relations, Oxford, Clarendon
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- Gerring, John (2004), "What is a Case Study and What is it Good For?", American Political Science Review, 98(2), pp. 341-53.
- George, Alexander L. and Bennett, Andrew (2005), Case Studies and Theory Developments in the Social Sciences, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
- Gauthier, Benoît, e Jean Turgeon (2003, 2000), «Os dados secundários », in Benoît Gauthier (org.), Investigação Social. Da Problemática à Colheita de Dados, Loures, Lusociência, pp. 417-446.
- Flick, Uwe(2005), Métodos Qualitativos na Investigação Científica, Lisboa, Monitor.
- Druckman, James N. et al (ed.) (201), Handbook of Experimental Political Science, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Denzin, N.K. & Lincoln, Y.S. (eds.) (2005): The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research, 3rd edition. Thousand Oaks, CA, London: Sage.
- Dalton, Russell J., e Klingemann, Hans-Dieter (eds.) (2008), The Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior, Oxford, OUP.
- Collier, David (2011), "Understanding Process Tracing", Political Science and Politics 44(4), pp. 823-30.
- Collier, David (1999, 1991), «El método comparativo: dos décadas de cambios?,» in Sartori, Giovanni, e Leonardo Morlino, La Comparación en las Ciencias Sociales, Madrid, Alianza Editorial, pp. 51-81. (**)
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- Booth, Wayne C., Gregory G. Colomb e Joseph M. Williams (2003), The Craft of Research, Chicago, The University of Chicago Press
- Boix, Carles, e Stokes, Susan (editors) (2007), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
- Blaikie, Norman (2007), Approaches to Social Enquiry: Advancing Knowledge, Cambridge, Polity Press.
- Black, Thomas R. (1993), Evaluating Social Science Research: An Introduction, Londres, Sage.
- Berthelot, Jean-Michel (ed.) (2001) Epistémologie des Sciences Sociales, Paris, PUF.
- Berlin, Isaiah (1999) «O divórcio entre as ciências e as humanidades» in A Apoteose da Vontade Romântica. Uma Antologia de Ensaios, Lisboa, Bizâncio.
- Bell, Judith (1997), Como Realizar um Projecto de Investigação, Lisboa, Gradiva.
- Beaud, Michel (1991), L?Art de la Thèse. Comment préparer et rédiger une thèse de doctorat, Paris, Éditions La Découverte.
- Bauer, Martin W. and Gaskell, George (2008) Pesquisa Qualitativa com Texto, Imagem e Som: Um Manual Prático, Petrópolis, Editora Vozes.
- Barakso, Maryann; Sabet, Daniel M.; Schaffner, Brian (2014), Understanding Political Science Research Methods. The Challenge of Inference, New York: Routledge.
- Aróstegui, Julio (2003), La Investigación Historica. Teoria Y Método, Barcelona: Editorial Crítica.
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Political Science and International Relations Seminar
The main objectives of the UC are the following:
a) Familiarization of students with basic ideas about the main approaches in PC and IR;
b) Development of methodological skills to enable the development of a PhD thesis in PC and IR;
c) Development of critical analysis skills of research work in PC and IR from the perspective of its methodological design;
d) Development of competencies of problematization of research topics, analysis of research issues, and design of research proposals;
e) Familiarization of students with relevant references of PC and IR under the perspective of the methodology followed;
f) Development of critical essay writing skills on topics related to research in PC and IR and respective training for oral exposure.
The 1st semester aims to cover the most important methodological aspects in CP and RI, with the following program:
1. Main approaches in Political Science: from constructivism to positivism
2 The research process: introduction to research design
3. Causal inference and experimental design
4. Comparative research
5. Quantitative analysis techniques
6. Main Theories of International Relations: Realism, Liberalism, Constructivism and Critical Theory
7. Fieldwork and qualitative analysis techniques (interviews and process tracing)
8. Documental analysis
The 2nd semester aims to deepen methodological aspects that have been less explored in the 1st semester, and that meet the interest of the students, as well as to reflect on:
9. Common problems of research in CP and RI
10. Analysis of reference works on empirical studies related to relevant PC and IR topics;
11. The different methodological options: advantages and disadvantages.
Continuous evaluation:
I -Assiduity (minimum 70% of class attendance) and participation in class, including homeworks and debates (worth 30% of the final grade);
II -Oral presentation of two scientific articles (in the 2nd semester) with special attention paid to the methodology followed (25%);
III -Individual written work on research topic in PC or IR, giving particular emphasis to the objectives and methodological proposal (45%)-see comments.
This UC does not have an exam.
Title: Jackson, R., Georg Sorensen (2010). Introduction to international relations: theories and approaches (4th ed). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
A.J.R. Groom, Andre Barrinha, William C. Olson (2019), International Relations Then and Now: Origins and Trends in Interpretation (2nd ed.). London: Routledge.
Brown, C., (2019). Understanding international relations (5th ed.). London: Palgrave Macmillan. ?
Baylis, J. et al. (Eds.). (2017). The globalization of world politics: an introduction to international relations (7th ed.): OUP.?
RI:
Lowndes, Vivien; David Marsh e Gerry Stoker (2018), Theory and methods in political science, Londres, Palgrave.
Johnson, Janet Buttolph, e H. T. Reynolds (2020), Political Science Research Methods, 9ªed., Los Angeles, Sage.
Hancke, B. (2009), Intelligent Research Design. A Guide for Beginning Researchers in the Social Sciences, Oxford, OUP.
Box-Steffensmeier, Janet M. (ed.) (2010), The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology, Oxford, OUP.
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Title: Tickner, A. B. and Smith, K. (Eds.) (2020). International Relations from the Global South: Worlds of Difference. London and New York: Routledge.
Savigny, H., and Marsden, L. (2011). Doing Political Science and International Relations: Theories in Action. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
Weber, C. (2013). International relations theory: a critical introduction (4th ed.). London & New York: Routledge.
Reus-Smit, C., and Snidal, D. (Eds.). (2010). The Oxford Handbook of International Relations. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press.
Krause, P. and Szekely, O. (Eds.) (2020). Stories from the field: A guid to navigating fieldwork in Political Science. New York: Columbia University Press.
Jackson, P. T. (2011). The Conduct of Inquiry in International Relations. New York: Routledge.
Grimm, J. et al. (2020). Safer Field Research in the Social Sciences. A Guide to Human and Digital Security in Hostile Environments. London: Sage.
Gaspar, C. (Cord.) (2021). Teoria das Relações Internacionais - Textos Clássicos. Lisboa: Livros Horizonte.
Dunne, T., et al. (2016). International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity (4nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Dougherty, J. E. et al. (2003). Relações internacionais: as teorias em confronto: um estudo detalhado. Lisboa: Gradiva.
Devin, Guillaume, et al. (2018). Resources and Applied Methods in International Relations. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
Cravinho, J. G. (2008). Visões do Mundo: as Relações Internacionais e o Mundo Contemporâneo (3rd ed.). Lisboa: ICS.
Carlsnaes, W., et al. (Eds.) (2012). Handbook of International Relations (2nd ed.). Los Angeles: SAGE.
Burchill, S. et al. (Ed.) (2009). Theories of International Relations. (4th ed.). New York: Palgrave.
Acharya, A. and Buzan, B. (2019). The Making of Global International Relations: Origins and Evolution of IR at its Centenary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Relações Internacionais:
Silverman, David (2018), Doing Qualitative Research, 4ªed., Londres, Sage.
Shively, W. Phillips (2016). The Craft of Political Research. Londres, Routledge.
Seawright, Jason (2016), Multi-Method Social Science: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Tools, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Ridley, Diana (2008), The Literature Review: A Step-by-Step Guide for Students, Londres, Sage.
Pollock III, Philip H., e Barry C. Edwards (2019), The Essentials of Political Analysis, 6ª ed., Washington, CQ Press.
O'Dochartaigh, Nial (2002), The Internet Research Handbook: a Pratical Guide for Students and Researchers in the Social Sciences, Londres, Sage Publications.
Mutz, D.C. (2011), Population-based survey experiments, Princeton, Princeton University Press.
Monroe, Alan D. (2000), Essentials of Political Research, Illinois, Westview Press.
McDermott, Rose (2002), ?Experimental Methods in Political Science?, Annual Review of Political Science, Vol. 5:31-61.
Manheim, Jarol B., Richard C. Rich, e Lars Willnat (2002), Empirical Political Analysis, Nova Iorque, Longman.
Lieberman, Robert (2005), "Nested Analysis as a Mixed Method Strategy for Comparative Research", American Political Science Review, 99: 435-452: http://spot.colorado.edu/~bairdv/Lieberman_2005.pdf.
Le Roy, Michael K. (2012), Research Methods in Political Science. An Introduction using Microcase, Boston, Wadsworth.
Lessard-Hébert, M; G. Goyette; G. Boutin (2005), Investigação Qualitativa. Fundamentos e Práticas, 2ªed., Lisboa, Piaget.
Landman, Todd (2003), Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics. An Introduction, Londres, Routledge.
King, Gary, Robert Keohane e Sidney Verba (1994), Designing Social Inquiry, Princeton, Princeton University Press.
Gordon, Rachel A. (2015), Regression Analysis for the Social Sciences (2nd edition), Londres, Routledge.
Frendreis, J. P. (1983), Explanation of variation and detection of covariation: the purpose and logic of comparative analysis. Comparative Political Studies 16: 255-272.
Della Porta, Donatella e Michael Keating (eds.) (2008), Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences. A Pluralist Perspective, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Collier, David, (1993), The Comparative Method, in Ada W. Finifter (ed.), Political Science: The State of the Discipline II, American Political Science Association, Available at: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1540884
Bizup, Joseph e William T. Fitzgerald (2016), The Craft of Research, Chicago, The University of Chicago Press.
Boix, Carles, e Stokes, Susan (editors) (2007), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics, Oxford, OUP.
Booth, Wayne C.; Gregory G. Colomb; Joseph M. Williams; Dalton, Russell J., e Klingemann, Hans-Dieter (eds.) (2008), The Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior, Oxford, OUP.
Bardach, Eugene, e Eric M. Patashnik (2019), A Practical Guide for Policy analysis. The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving, 6ªed., Thousand Oaks, Sage e CQ Press.
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Projeto de Tese
2nd Cycle Internship
The learning outcomes of the Internship are adapted to each internship and the institution where it is developed. These are:
LO1. To acquire technical skills linked to methods and techniques for action within different kinds of institutions related to the general objectives and learning outcomes of the master's degree;
LO2. To develop research and action-research skills within organizations related to the master's degree;
LO3. To prepare an internship report that reveals analytical reflection of the professional or academic context;
LO4. Develop indicators for recording and evaluating professional practice.
1. Topic and problem of the internship
2. Internship plan
3. Theoretical and methodological framework
4. Methodology of collaborative action research
5. Evaluation
6. Report
Individual report, which contains the following elements:
a) Characterization of the institutional context (history, organization, policies and services, activities, organizational structure and functioning);
b) Framing the internship institution;
c) Description of the activities developed (roles, responsibilities, agents, work processes, methodologies used)
d) Critical and theoretically based conclusions
e) References
The UC does not contemplate the modality of evaluation by Exam.
Title: - Sweitzer, H. Frederick e King, Mary A. (2014), The Successful Internship: Personal, Professional, and Civic Development in Experiential Learning, Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning.
- Reeher, Gant e Mariani, Mack (2002), The Insider's Guide To Political Internships: What To Do Once You're In The Door, Nova Iorque: Basic Books
- Neves, José, Garrido, Margarida, Simões Eduardo (2008), Manual de Competências Pessoais, Interpessoais e Instrumentais. Teoria e Prática, Lisboa: Editora SÍLABO
- Della Porta, Donatella e Keating Michael (eds.) (2008) Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences. A Pluralist Perspective, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
- Courtney, Roger (2013), Strategic Management in the Third Sector, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
- Capucha, Luís (2008), Planeamento e Avaliação de Projetos. Guião Prático, Lisboa: ME/DGIDC
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Phd Thesis in Political Science
Students are intended to structure an advanced PS & IR research adding something that is both innovative and methodologically solid in face of the state of the art It is aspired that the students become capable of formulating a politological problem (PS or IR), framing it in the current state of the art, allocating a theoretical framework, putting it into practice and studying it in a solid methodological manner with ground-breaking results and potential social and political.
Program1) The research stages in Political Science and International Relations;
2) Research methodologies in Political Science & International Relations
3) Main Political Science?s and International Relations? Paradigms, Schools and Approaches;
4) Deontological matters in a Political Science and International Relations research
5) The social and political relevance of Political Science and IR researching;
6) Practical application of knowledge produced by Political Science and International Relations research.
1st) Attendance and participation in classes - 50%;
2nd) Presentation and discussion of the research projects in the classes - 50%;
3rd) Fulfilment of tasks for the production of the Phd Thesis in Political Science - PS or IR - 0% (mark to be attributed out of the present unit by each dissertation supervisor, but taking into account attendance and participation on the classes of this course).
4th) the attendance to at least 75% of the conferences by semester is mandatory to be approved.
Title: Reus-Smit, C. & Snidal, D. (2008), The Oxford Handbook of International Relations, OUP.
Porta, Donatella della, e Keating (editors) (2008), Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences. A Pluralist Perspective, Cambridge University Press.
Pollock, Philip H. (2005), The Essentials of Political Analysis, Washington, CQ Press.
Lamont, Christopher (2015), Research methods in International Relations, 2015.
Landman, Todd (2003), Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics. An Introduction, Londres, Routledge.
King, G., et al (2000, 1994), El Diseño de la Investigación Social. La Inferencia Científica en los Estudios Cualitativos, Alianza Editorial.
Johnson, Janet Buttolph, e H. T. Reynolds (2011), Political Science Research Methods, Washington, CQ Press.
Curini, L. & Franzese, R. (2020), The SAGE Handbook of Research Methods in Political Science and International Relations, Sage.
Box-Steffensmeier, Janet M. (ed.) (2010), The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology, Oxford, OUP.
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Title: Schieder, Siegfried & Spindler, Manuela (2014), Theories of International Relations, Routledge.
Rhodes, R. A. W. (ed.) (2006), The Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions, Oxford, OUP.
Puchala, Donald (2003), Theory and History in International Relations, Routledge.
Pennings, P., Keman, H., e Kleinnijenhuis, J. (1999), Doing Research in Political Science. An Introduction to Comparative Methods and Statistics, London, Sage.
Jones, Laurence e Olson, Eduard (1997), Political Science Research, Nova Iorque: Longman.
King, Gary, Robert Keohane e Sidney Verba (1994), Designing Social Inquiry, Princeton, Princeton University Press. (versão original em inglês)
Dalton, Russell J., e Klingemann, Hans-Dieter (eds.) (2008), The Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior, Oxford, OUP.
Flick, U. (2005), Métodos Qualitativos na Investigação Científica, Lisboa, Monitor.
Boix, Carles, e Stokes, Susan (editors) (2007), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics, Oxford, OUP.
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Phd Thesis in Political Science
Students are intended to structure an advanced PS & IR research adding something that is both innovative and methodologically solid in face of the state of the art It is aspired that the students become capable of formulating a politological problem (PS or IR), framing it in the current state of the art, allocating a theoretical framework, putting it into practice and studying it in a solid methodological manner with ground-breaking results and potential social and political.
Program1) The research stages in Political Science and International Relations;
2) Research methodologies in Political Science & International Relations
3) Main Political Science?s and International Relations? Paradigms, Schools and Approaches;
4) Deontological matters in a Political Science and International Relations research
5) The social and political relevance of Political Science and IR researching;
6) Practical application of knowledge produced by Political Science and International Relations research.
1st) Attendance and participation in classes - 50%;
2nd) Presentation and discussion of the research projects in the classes - 50%;
3rd) Fulfilment of tasks for the production of the Phd Thesis in Political Science - PS or IR - 0% (mark to be attributed out of the present unit by each dissertation supervisor, but taking into account attendance and participation on the classes of this course).
4th) the attendance to at least 75% of the conferences by semester is mandatory to be approved.
Title: Reus-Smit, C. & Snidal, D. (2008), The Oxford Handbook of International Relations, OUP.
Porta, Donatella della, e Keating (editors) (2008), Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences. A Pluralist Perspective, Cambridge University Press.
Pollock, Philip H. (2005), The Essentials of Political Analysis, Washington, CQ Press.
Lamont, Christopher (2015), Research methods in International Relations, 2015.
Landman, Todd (2003), Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics. An Introduction, Londres, Routledge.
King, G., et al (2000, 1994), El Diseño de la Investigación Social. La Inferencia Científica en los Estudios Cualitativos, Alianza Editorial.
Johnson, Janet Buttolph, e H. T. Reynolds (2011), Political Science Research Methods, Washington, CQ Press.
Curini, L. & Franzese, R. (2020), The SAGE Handbook of Research Methods in Political Science and International Relations, Sage.
Box-Steffensmeier, Janet M. (ed.) (2010), The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology, Oxford, OUP.
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Title: Schieder, Siegfried & Spindler, Manuela (2014), Theories of International Relations, Routledge.
Rhodes, R. A. W. (ed.) (2006), The Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions, Oxford, OUP.
Puchala, Donald (2003), Theory and History in International Relations, Routledge.
Pennings, P., Keman, H., e Kleinnijenhuis, J. (1999), Doing Research in Political Science. An Introduction to Comparative Methods and Statistics, London, Sage.
Jones, Laurence e Olson, Eduard (1997), Political Science Research, Nova Iorque: Longman.
King, Gary, Robert Keohane e Sidney Verba (1994), Designing Social Inquiry, Princeton, Princeton University Press. (versão original em inglês)
Dalton, Russell J., e Klingemann, Hans-Dieter (eds.) (2008), The Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior, Oxford, OUP.
Flick, U. (2005), Métodos Qualitativos na Investigação Científica, Lisboa, Monitor.
Boix, Carles, e Stokes, Susan (editors) (2007), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics, Oxford, OUP.
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Phd Thesis in Political Science
Students are intended to structure an advanced PS & IR research adding something that is both innovative and methodologically solid in face of the state of the art It is aspired that the students become capable of formulating a politological problem (PS or IR), framing it in the current state of the art, allocating a theoretical framework, putting it into practice and studying it in a solid methodological manner with ground-breaking results and potential social and political.
Program1) The research stages in Political Science and International Relations;
2) Research methodologies in Political Science & International Relations
3) Main Political Sciences and International Relations. Paradigms, Schools and Approaches;
4) Deontological matters in a Political Science and International Relations research
5) The social and political relevance of Political Science and IR researching;
6) Practical application of knowledge produced by Political Science and International Relations research.
There will be three types of classes: 1) tutorial; 2) tutorial seminars, in which students shall present and discuss their projects with their supervisors, although with guidelines of Professors in the Curricular Unit; 3) updating classes, that consist chiefly in the participation in the international doctoral conference cycle and other PS and IR conferences of the Department of Political Science and Public Policy, plus exposition of contents by the Professors of the Curricular Unit.
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1st) Attendance and participation in classes 100%;
2nd) Presentation and discussion of the research projects in the tutorial sessions with supervisors 0% (mark to be attributed out of the present unit by each dissertation supervisor, but taking into account attendance and participation on the classes of this course);
3rd) Fulfilment of tasks for the production of the Phd Thesis in Political Science PS or IR 0% (mark to be attributed out of the present unit by each dissertation supervisor, but taking into account attendance and participation on the classes of this course).
4th) the attendance to at least 75% of the conferences by semester is mandatory to be approved.
Title: Box-Steffensmeier, Janet M. (ed.) (2010), The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology, Oxford, OUP.
Curini, L. & Franzese, R. (2020), The SAGE Handbook of Research Methods in Political Science and International Relations, Sage.
Johnson, Janet Buttolph, e H. T. Reynolds (2011), Political Science Research Methods, Washington, CQ Press.
King, G., et al (2000, 1994), El Diseño de la Investigación Social. La Inferencia Científica en los Estudios Cualitativos, Alianza Editorial.
Landman, Todd (2003), Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics. An Introduction, Londres, Routledge.
Lamont, Christopher (2015), Research methods in International Relations, 2015.
Pollock, Philip H. (2005), The Essentials of Political Analysis, Washington, CQ Press.
Porta, Donatella della, e Keating (editors) (2008), Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences. A Pluralist Perspective, Cambridge University Press.
Reus-Smit, C. & Snidal, D. (2008), The Oxford Handbook of International Relations, OUP.
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Title: Boix, Carles, e Stokes, Susan (editors) (2007), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics, Oxford, OUP.
Flick, U. (2005), Métodos Qualitativos na Investigação Científica, Lisboa, Monitor.
Dalton, Russell J., e Klingemann, Hans-Dieter (eds.) (2008), The Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior, Oxford, OUP.
King, Gary, Robert Keohane e Sidney Verba (1994), Designing Social Inquiry, Princeton, Princeton University Press. (versão original em inglês)
Jones, Laurence e Olson, Eduard (1997), Political Science Research, Nova Iorque: Longman.
Pennings, P., Keman, H., e Kleinnijenhuis, J. (1999), Doing Research in Political Science. An Introduction to Comparative Methods and Statistics, London, Sage.
Puchala, Donald (2003), Theory and History in International Relations, Routledge.
Rhodes, R. A. W. (ed.) (2006), The Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions, Oxford, OUP.
Schieder, Siegfried & Spindler, Manuela (2014), Theories of International Relations, Routledge.
Authors:
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Phd Thesis in Political Science
Students are intended to structure an advanced PS & IR research adding something that is both innovative and methodologically solid in face of the state of the art It is aspired that the students become capable of formulating a politological problem (PS or IR), framing it in the current state of the art, allocating a theoretical framework, putting it into practice and studying it in a solid methodological manner with ground-breaking results and potential social and political.
Program1) The research stages in Political Science and International Relations;
2) Research methodologies in Political Science & International Relations
3) Main Political Sciences and International Relations. Paradigms, Schools and Approaches;
4) Deontological matters in a Political Science and International Relations research
5) The social and political relevance of Political Science and IR researching;
6) Practical application of knowledge produced by Political Science and International Relations research.
There will be three types of classes: 1) tutorial; 2) tutorial seminars, in which students shall present and discuss their projects with their supervisors, although with guidelines of Professors in the Curricular Unit; 3) updating classes, that consist chiefly in the participation in the international doctoral conference cycle and other PS and IR conferences of the Department of Political Science and Public Policy, plus exposition of contents by the Professors of the Curricular Unit.
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1st) Attendance and participation in classes 100%;
2nd) Presentation and discussion of the research projects in the tutorial sessions with supervisors 0% (mark to be attributed out of the present unit by each dissertation supervisor, but taking into account attendance and participation on the classes of this course);
3rd) Fulfilment of tasks for the production of the Phd Thesis in Political Science PS or IR 0% (mark to be attributed out of the present unit by each dissertation supervisor, but taking into account attendance and participation on the classes of this course).
4th) the attendance to at least 75% of the conferences by semester is mandatory to be approved.
Title: Reus-Smit, C. & Snidal, D. (2008), The Oxford Handbook of International Relations, OUP.
Porta, Donatella della, e Keating (editors) (2008), Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences. A Pluralist Perspective, Cambridge University Press.
Pollock, Philip H. (2005), The Essentials of Political Analysis, Washington, CQ Press.
Lamont, Christopher (2015), Research methods in International Relations, 2015.
Landman, Todd (2003), Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics. An Introduction, Londres, Routledge.
King, G., et al (2000, 1994), El Diseño de la Investigación Social. La Inferencia Científica en los Estudios Cualitativos, Alianza Editorial.
Johnson, Janet Buttolph, e H. T. Reynolds (2011), Political Science Research Methods, Washington, CQ Press.
Curini, L. & Franzese, R. (2020), The SAGE Handbook of Research Methods in Political Science and International Relations, Sage.
Box-Steffensmeier, Janet M. (ed.) (2010), The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology, Oxford, OUP.
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Title: Schieder, Siegfried & Spindler, Manuela (2014), Theories of International Relations, Routledge.
Rhodes, R. A. W. (ed.) (2006), The Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions, Oxford, OUP.
Puchala, Donald (2003), Theory and History in International Relations, Routledge.
Pennings, P., Keman, H., e Kleinnijenhuis, J. (1999), Doing Research in Political Science. An Introduction to Comparative Methods and Statistics, London, Sage.
Jones, Laurence e Olson, Eduard (1997), Political Science Research, Nova Iorque: Longman.
King, Gary, Robert Keohane e Sidney Verba (1994), Designing Social Inquiry, Princeton, Princeton University Press. (versão original em inglês)
Dalton, Russell J., e Klingemann, Hans-Dieter (eds.) (2008), The Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior, Oxford, OUP.
Flick, U. (2005), Métodos Qualitativos na Investigação Científica, Lisboa, Monitor.
Boix, Carles, e Stokes, Susan (editors) (2007), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics, Oxford, OUP.
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Recommended optative
02678 | Political Campaigns Analysis
00529 | Elections, Parties and Political Representation
03426 | Public Opinion and Polls
00527 | Governance and Globalization
Optional courses have a limited number of places. On the other hand, they will only be held if they achieve a minimum number of enrollments.
The optional course may be other course of 6 ECTS credits, of the 2nd or 3rd cycle, with available vacancies, taking place in the 1st semester.
The list of the optional courses, for each new academic year, will be available on Fénix+ for new students to register, during the period defined for that purpose.
For more information on the curricular units running at Iscte, visit the page https://fenix-mais.iscte-iul.pt/units/iscte/informacao-geral.
Objectives
The course aims to contribute to the development of an academic and professional profile which enables students to resolve problems, develop empirical research skills, design and implement policies, programmes and proposals within the fields of politics and international relations, and respond to new professional demands in this area. It has ideal conditions for furthering the connection between teaching and research at the doctoral level. With its scientific knowledge, the course intends to:
a) to train highly qualified researchers and professionals, especially focusing on PS (& IR),with a strong component of empirical research;
b) to provide doctoral students with advanced training in theoretical and methodological domains, along with advanced knowledge of the current research carried out at international and national levels;
c) to ensure that the training of doctoral candidates takes place in a context of research throughout the programme.
Students are intended to acquire the following set of abilities:
a) A systematic command of the discipline of Political Science;
b) Political Science-related competencies, skills and research methods;
c) The ability to conceive, design and implement original research of scientific value;
d) The capacity to critically assess, analyse and summarise new and complex ideas;
e) The capacity to communicate with scientist peers as well as the community on the topic of his/her scientific area, and to publish his/her scientific work;
f) The ability to contribute, in academic and professional contexts, towards social progress and the wellbeing of all populations.
These skills are acquired through the specific features of the study plan, which include: the renewal of knowledge on the issues of PS and IR, the apprehension and debate of cutting-edge research, theoretical and technical-methodological advancement, and a combination of research theory and practice for the purpose of carrying out socially and politically relevant research projects.
Accreditations