S1. Inequality issues: analytical perspectives and current debates

S2. Theory: social inequalities in globalization context

S3. Methodology: inequality indicators, measures and categories

S4. Resources and opportunity inequalities (income, wealth, education, work)

S5. Vital and existential inequalities (life expectancy and health; gender and ethnic-racial discrimination)

S6. Intersections of inequalities and social mobility

S7. Inequalities, social justice and public policy

S8. Inequalities in Europe: integration or divergence?

S9. Inequalities in the world: cases, trends and comparisons

S10. Human development, poverty, global inequalities and climate change

The assessment of the course "Contemporary Social Inequalities" is structured to reflect the development of students' theoretical and practical skills throughout the semester, through a combination of group and individual activities.

The semester-long assessment is divided into three main components:

1. Group Activity (50%)
a. Classroom Presentations on Selected Topics (30%)
• Description: Students select a topic of interest based on the course content. Using resources provided by the professor, they are organised into teams according to their chosen topic. They must prepare a proposal to deepen the topic and discuss it with the professor in a preparatory tutorial, exploring different theoretical and empirical perspectives. Presentations are evaluated based on clarity, organisation, depth of analysis, and ability to respond to questions from peers and the professor.

• Objective: This activity aims to develop research, critical analysis, and communication skills, aligned with learning objectives OA1, OA2, OA4, and OA5. Carrying out this activity necessarily involves being present in class

b. Comments on Peers' Presentations (20%)
• Description: During the presentations, students are encouraged to actively participate by making constructive comments and pertinent questions. This component evaluates students' ability to critique and reflect on their peers' work, promoting a collaborative learning environment. One of the groups is appointed as the debate rapporteur, responsible for producing a report to be sent to the professor and the presenting group.

• Objective: This activity reinforces critical analysis and collaboration skills, aligning with learning objectives OA3 and OA6. Carrying out this activity necessarily involves being present in class

2. Written essay with Consultation (50%)
a. In-depth Study of the Topic Chosen by the Student (50%)
• Description: At the end of the semester, each student takes a written essay with consultation, focused on the topic they chose and deepened during the classes. This test evaluates the student's ability to apply the theoretical and methodological knowledge acquired, using resources and electronic databases to support their answers.

• Objective: This component aims to assess the in-depth understanding of the studied topics, synthesis ability, and practical application of knowledge, aligning with learning objectives OA1, OA2, OA3, OA5, OA6, and OA7.

Basic Conditions for Semester-long Assessment
• To pass the course, students must achieve a minimum weighted average of 10 points, with no less than 8 points in any of the assessment components.

Final Assessment (100%)
• Written exame , responding to a prompt defined by the professors.

Mandatory

Wilkinson, R & Pickett, K (2018) The Inner Level, Allen Lane
Waitkus, N, et al (2024) Wealth and class analysis: exploitation, closure and exclusion, WP 143, III LSE
UNDP (2022) Uncertain times, unsettled lives Shaping our future in a transforming world, HDR
Therborn, G (2013) The Killing Fields of Inequality, Polity Press
Sandel, M J (2023) A Tirania do Mérito, Presença.
Piketty, T (2020) Capital e Ideologia, Temas e Debates
Milanovic, B (2025) Visões da Desigualdade, Actual
Mauritti, R et al (2016) The social structure of European inequality, SPP, 81
Lamont, M (2018), Addressing recognition gaps: destigmatization and the reduction of inequality, ASR, 83(3)
Costa, AF (2012) Desigualdades Sociais Contemporâneas, Mundos Sociais
Chancel, L et al. (2022) World Inequality Report 2022
Carmo, RM et al (org) (2018) Desigualdades Sociais: Portugal e a Europa, Mundos Sociais
Carmo, RM (2021) Social inequalities: theories, concepts and problematics, SN Social Sciences, 1:116

Optional

Websites com indicadores de desigualdades:
DataLABOR: https://datalabor.pt/
EIGE - European Institute for Gender Equality: https://eige.europa.eu/gender-statistics/dgs
European Social Survey: www.europeansocialsurvey.org
Eurostat: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
Gapminder, a fact-based world view: http://www.gapminder.org
Gobal Education Monitoring Report: http://en.unesco.org/gem-report/
Inequality.org: https://inequality.org
Inequality Around the World: http://web.worldbank.org
Inequality Watch: http://inequalitywatch.eu/
Instituto Nacional de Estatística: http://www.ine.pt
International Labour Organization: http://www.ilo.org
Observatório das Desigualdades: http://observatorio-das-desigualdades.com
OECD – Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: http://www.oecd.org
https://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/
Pordata: http://www.pordata.pt/
UNDP – United Nations Development Programme / Human Development Reports: http://www.hdr.undp.org/
WID – World Inequality Database: https://wid.world/
World Inequality Database on Education: https://www.education-inequalities.org/


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1. The labour law object and scope. The labour law within the system of law as a branch of law.
2. The labour law sources of authority.
3. The employment contract, modalities and regimes.
4. The employment relationship dynamics: the flexibility concerning the employee activity and the workplace stability;
5. The working time flexibility: working time limits and work schedules; after hours work; the definition of working time adaptable schedules; the rest periods (the in-work rest break, the daily rest period, the weekly rest period and the annual leave); the night time work; the work absence regime; the implications of holiday regime upon employment relationship.
6. The wage flexibility: the legal concept of salary; salary modalities; salary reduction and deductions.
7. The temporary work leave regimes.
8. The downsizing instruments.

Students must submit a written assessment by the end of the term. A minimum grade of 10 points out of 20 is required for course approval.

Mandatory

Código do Trabalho não anotado (edição à escolha do aluno)
António Monteiro Fernandes, Direito do Trabalho, Coimbra, 2020 (20ª Ed., Ed. Almedina)

Optional

ABRANTES, José João Nunes, Estudos de Direito do Trabalho, AAFDL, Lisboa, 1992
ABRANTES, José João Nunes, Contrato de Trabalho e Direitos Fundamentais, Coimbra, 2005
ABRANTES, José João Nunes, Direito do Trabalho II (Direito da greve), Coimbra, 2014
ABRANTES, José João Nunes (Coord.), I Conferência Luso-Espanhola de Direito do Trabalho - A Reforma Laboral em Portugal e Espanha, Coimbra, 2016
ALMEIDA, Carlos A. Neves, O Diálogo Social: Modalidades, Projecções Jurídicas, linhas de Desenvolvimento, in X Jornadas Luso-Hispano-Brasileiras de Direito do Trabalho - Anais, Coordenação de António Moreira, Livraria Almedina, Coimbra, 1999, pp. 151-189
ALMEIDA, Paulo, Duração, Vencimento e Marcação de Férias, Lisboa, 2013
AMADO, João Leal, Contrato de Trabalho - Noções Básicas, Coimbra, 2020
BUSTO, Maria Manuel, O Novo Contrato de Trabalho - Soluções e Alternativas em Tempos de Crise, Coimbra, 2013
CAMPOS, Alice Pereira de, Contrato de Trabalho a Termo, Lisboa, 2013
CARVALHO, Catarina de Oliveira, e Júlio Vieira GOMES (Coord.), Direito do Trabalho - Crise do Direito do Trabalho? - Actas do Congresso de Direito do Trabalho, Coimbra, 2011 (Coimbra Ed.)
CARVALHO, Paulo Morgado de, (Coord.), Código do Trabalho - A Revisão de 2009, Coimbra, 2011 (Coimbra Ed)
CORDEIRO, António Menezes, Manual de Direito do Trabalho, Vols. I e II, Coimbra, 2018/2019
CORREIA, António Damasceno, Manual de Relações Laborais, Lisboa, 2016
FALCÃO, David, e Sérgio Tenreiro TOMÁS, Lições de Direito do Trabalho - A Relação Individual de Trabalho, Coimbra, 2021
FERNANDES, Francisco Liberal, Maria Regina REDINHA, Contrato de Trabalho - Novo Regime Jurídico Angolano - Lei Geral do Trabalho, Porto, 2015
GOMES, Júlio Manuel Vieira, Direito do Trabalho, Coimbra, 2007 (Coimbra Ed)
LAMBELHO, Ana, e Luísa Andias GONÇALVES, Manual de Direito do Trabalho - Da Teoria à Prática, Coimbra, 2014
LEITÃO, Luís Manuel Teles de Menezes, Direito do Trabalho, Coimbra, 2021
MAGALHÃES, Filipa Matias, Maria Leitão PEREIRA, Manual do Contrato de Trabalho, Porto, 2016
MARECOS, Diogo Vaz, Código do Trabalho - Anotado, Coimbra, 2013 (Coimbra Ed.)
MARTINEZ, Pedro Romano, Direito do Trabalho, Coimbra, 2019
MARTINEZ, Pedro Romano, Da Cessação do Contrato, Coimbra, 2015
MARTINEZ, Pedro Romano, Luís Miguel MONTEIRO, Joana VASCONCELOS, Pedro Madeira de BRITO, Guilherme DRAY, Luís Gonçalves SILVA, Código do Trabalho - Anotado, Coimbra, 2012 (Ed. Almedina)
MARTINS, André Almeida, António Sarmento OLIVEIRA, Deolinda Aparício MEIRA, Helena SALAZAR, Margarida AZEVEDO, Tiago Pimenta Fernandes, Manual de Direito do Trabalho, Porto, 2017
MELLO, Alberto de Sá e, Direito do Trabalho para Empresas, Coimbra, 2016
MENDES, Marlene, e Sérgio ALMEIDA, O Contrato de Trabalho, Lisboa, 2010
MENDES, Marlene, O Contrato de Trabalho na Prática Jurídica, Ed. Nova Causa, 2015
MONTEIRO, Luís Miguel, e outros, Código do Trabalho - Três anos de Jurisprudência Comentada, Livraria Petrony
NETO, Abílio, Novo Código do Trabalho e Legislação Complementar - Anotados, Lisboa, 2013
PINTO, Mário, Direito do Trabalho, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
QUINTAS, Paula, Hélder QUINTAS, Manual de Direito do Trabalho e de Processo do Trabalho, Coimbra, 2014 (Ed. Almedina)
QUINTAS, Paula, Hélder QUINTAS, Código do Trabalho - Anotado e Comentado, Coimbra, 2016
RAMALHO, Maria do Rosário Palma, Direito do Trabalho - Situações Laborais Individuais, Coimbra, 2010 (Ed. Almedina)
RAMALHO, Maria do Rosário Palma, Tratado de Direito do Trabalho, Parte I (Dogmática Geral), Coimbra, 2015
RAMALHO, Maria do Rosário Palma, Tratado de Direito do Trabalho, Parte II, Coimbra, 2014
RAMALHO, Maria do Rosário Palma, Tratado de Direito do Trabalho, Parte III (Situações Laborais Colectivas), Coimbra, 2015
SILVA, Luís Gonçalves da, Estudos de Direito do Trabalho, Coimbra, Almedina
VASCONCELOS, Joana, A Revogação do Contrato de Trabalho, Coimbra, 2011
VEIGA, António Jorge da Motta, Lições de Direito do Trabalho, Lisboa, 1995
VILAR, António, & Associados, Direito do Trabalho em 100 Quadros, Porto, 2011
XAVIER, Bernardo da Gama Lobo, Iniciação ao Direito do Trabalho, Verbo
XAVIER, Bernardo da Gama Lobo, Curso do Direito do Trabalho, Lisboa, 1993 (Verbo)
XAVIER, Bernardo da Gama Lobo, O despedimento Colectivo no dimensionamento da Empresa, Verbo
XAVIER, Bernardo da Gama Lobo, Direito da Greve, Verbo
XAVIER, Bernardo da Gama Lobo, Manual de Direito do Trabalho, Lisboa, 2014 (Verbo)

P1. Competitive labour market model.
P2. The institutionalist tradition in labour economics.
P3. Labour market regulation.
P3.1. The debate on minimum wages.
P3.2. Employment protection legislation and the OECD EPL index.
P3.3. Unions, collective bargaining and industrial democracy.
P3.4. Labour market policies.
P4. Internal labour markets and labour market segmentation.
P5. Technological evolution, digitalization, employment and work. P6 Ecological transition and work.

Assessment throughout the semester:
- Individual test (65%); minimum grade of 8.
- Presentation in class (35%). Students enrolled in the assessment throughout the semester must attend at least 80% of the classes.

Assessment by exam: - Exam (100%). Grades obtained in the assessment throughout the semester will not be considered for the final exam regime option.

Mandatory

- Borjas, G. (2015) Labour Economics, Boston: McGraw-Hill International Edition (7th edition).
- Bosworth, D., Dawkins, P. and Stromback, T. (1996) The Economics of the Labour Market, Harlow and England: Addison Wesley Longman Limited.
- Champlin, D.P. and Knoedler, J. (2017) The Institutionalist Tradition in Labour Economics, London: Routledge.
Kaufman, B.E. and Hotchkiss, J. (2002) The Economics of Labour Market, USA: South-Western College Pub (6th edition).
- Lopes, H., Cerejeira, J. (Coords), Sousa, S., Suleman, F., Marques, P. e Figueiredo, H. (2023) Economia do Trabalho: Mercados e Instituições, Almedina.

Optional

- Carvalho da Silva, M., Hespanha, P. and Castro Caldas, J. (Coords.) (2017) Trabalho e Políticas de Emprego: Um Retrocesso Evitável, Coimbra: Actual.
- Centeno, M. (2013) O Trabalho: Uma Visão de Mercado, Lisboa: Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos.
- Doeringer, P. and Piore, M. (1971) Internal Labour Markets and Manpower Analysis, Lexington MA: Heath Lexington Books.
- Grimshaw, D., Ward, K., Rubery, J. and Beynon, H. (2001) ‘Organisations and the transformation of the internal labour market’, Work, Employment and Society, 15(1): 25-54.
- Hyman, R. (2001) Understanding European Trade Unionism, London: SAGE.
- Kaufman, B. (1997) Government Regulation of the Employment Relationship, Cornell University Press.
- Kaufman, B. (2010) ‘Institutional Economics and the Minimum Wage: Broadening the theoretical and policy debate’, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 63(3): 427-453.
- Kerr, C. (1954) ‘The balkanisation of labor markets’. In: Bakke, E., Hauser, P., Palmer, G., Myers, C., Yolder, D. e Kerr, C., Labor Mobility and Economic Opportunity, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Kluve, J. (2010) ‘The effectiveness of European active labor market programs’, Labor Economics, 17(6): 904-918. - Lindbeck, A and Snower, D. (2001) ‘Insiders versus outsiders’, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 15(1): 165-188.
- Morel, N., Palier, B. and Palme, J. (2012) Towards a Social Investment Welfare State, London: Policy Press.
- Osterman, P. (1984) (Ed) Internal Labor Markets, Cambridge: The MIT Press.
- Weil, D. (2014): The fissured workplace: why work become so bad for so many and what can be done to improve it, Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
- Wilkinson, A., Gollan, P., Marchington, M., and Lewin, D. (2010) ‘Conceptualizing Employee Participation in Organizations’. In: Wilkinson, A., Gollan, P., Marchington, M., and Lewin, D. (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Participation in Organizations, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 4-26.

CP1 - The Research Process
1.1 Introduction to the Research Process in Social Sciences
1.2 The Stages of the Research Process
1.3 Research Methods and Techniques: Key Notions and Characteristics
CP2 - Extensive Research
2.1 Extensive Research: Main Characteristics
2.2 Planning and Conducting Surveys using Questionnaires
2.3 Key Sampling Techniques
2.4 Types of Questions, Construction, and Validation of Questionnaires
2.5 Online Surveys
CP3 - Intensive Research
3.1 Intensive Research: Main Characteristics
3.2 Types of Interviews and Levels of Directiveness
3.3 Planning and Conducting Interviews
3.4 Developing Interview Guides
CP4 - Analysis and Interpretation of Quantitative and Qualitative Data
4.1 Structure of quantitative databases
4.2 Variables and Types of Variables
4.3 Interpretation of Tables and Graphs and their Suitability to Types of Variables
4.4 Content Analysis of Interviews and Other Documents

Students can choose one of the two assessment methods established for this UC in accordance with the General Regulation on Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (RGACC) of ISCTE: Assessment throughout the semester and Assessment by exam.

Assessment throughout the semester: This assessment method consists of two components: Methodological Applications Pathway (60%) and Group Assignment (40%).

a) Methodological Applications Pathway: This component consists of a sequence of methodological exercises that challenge students to apply the knowledge acquired in each block of programmatic contents of the UC. The exercises are completed individually throughout the semester, either synchronously or asynchronously, allowing for continuous assessment of students and their progress in the field of social research methods. To remain assessed throughout the semester, students may opt to skip the submission of only one of the proposed methodological exercises. The grade obtained in this component accounts for 60% of the final grade for the UC.

b) Group Assignment: This component involves analyzing two empirical studies, one intensive and one extensive, based on the examination of two master’s theses related to the students' areas of interest. Preference should be given to analyzing master’s theses developed within the scientific field of the student's enrolled master's program. The work can be done in groups (two members) or individually. The document must be written according to the structure proposed by the teaching team. To remain assessed throughout the semester, students must achieve a minimum grade of 10 points on the Group Assignment. The grade obtained in this component accounts for 40% of the final grade for the UC.

In addition to the minimum requirements for each component, assessment throughout the semester requires students to attend at least 60% of the classes.

Assessment by exam: This assessment occurs exclusively during the exam period and covers all the material taught in the curricular unit, with both theoretical and theoretical-practical questions. It consists of an individual written exam designed to evaluate both the practical skills for applying social research methods and the theoretical knowledge gained from reading the main bibliography. Students who have chosen this assessment method, as well as those who did not pass the assessment throughout the semester, are eligible for this assessment method.

Mandatory

Albarello, L. et al. (2011). Práticas e métodos de investigação em ciências sociais. Gradiva.
Bardin, L. (2020). Análise de conteúdo (Edição revista e ampliada). Edições 70.
Beaud, S., & Weber, F. (2007). Guia para a pesquisa de campo. Editora Vozes.
Bryman, A. (2022). Social research methods (6th ed.). Oxford University Press.
Campenhoudt, L. V., Marquet, J., & Quivy, R. (2023). Manual de investigação em ciências sociais (2ª ed. rev.). Gradiva.
Creswell, J. W., & Creswell, J. D. (2018). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches (5th ed.). SAGE Publications.
Flick, U. (2018). An introduction to qualitative research (6th ed.). SAGE Publications.
Foddy, W. (1996). Como perguntar – Teoria e prática da construção de perguntas para entrevistas e questionários. Celta Editora.
Ghiglione, R., & Matalon, B. (1992). O inquérito – Teoria e prática. Celta Editora.
Maroco, J. (2021). Análise estatística com o SPSS Statistics (7ª ed.). ReportNumber.

Optional

Becker, H. (1997). Métodos de pesquisa em Ciências Sociais. Hucitec.
Bertaux, D. (2020). As narrativas de vida. Mundos Sociais.
Bryman, A. & Cramer, D. (1993). Análise de dados em ciências sociais: introdução às técnicas utilizando o SPSS. Celta Editora.
Burgess, R. (2001). A pesquisa de terreno: uma introdução. Celta Editora.
DeCastellarnau, A. (2018). A classification of response scale characteristics that affect data quality: A literature review. Quality & Quantity, 52(4), 1523-1559. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-017-0533-4
Della Porta, D., & Keating, M. (Orgs.). (2008). Approaches and methodologies in the social sciences: A pluralist perspective. Cambridge University Press.
Denzin, N. K., & Lincoln, Y. S. (Eds.). (2018). The SAGE handbook of qualitative research (5th ed.). SAGE Publications.
Laureano, R., & Botelho, M. C. (2017). IBM SPSS Statistics: O meu manual de consulta rápida (3ª ed.). Sílabo.
Moreira, J. M. (2004). Questionários: Teoria e Prática. Almedina.
Oliveira, A. et al. (2021). O questionário online na investigação em educação: reflexões epistemológicas, metodológicas e éticas. Universidade Aberta.
Paugam, S. (Coord.). (2015). A pesquisa sociológica. Editora Vozes.
Silva, A. S., & Pinto, J. M. (2014 [1986]). Metodologia das ciências sociais. Edições Afrontamento.
Silverman, D. (2011). Interpreting qualitative data (4th ed.). SAGE Publications.
Sue, V. e Ritter, L.A. (2012). Conducting Online Surveys (2ª ed.), Thousand Oaks, Sage.
Vicente, P., Reis, E. & Ferrão, F. (2001). Sondagens. A amostragem como factor decisivo de qualidade. Sílabo.

S1. Work and its Sociology

S2. Modalities of work organization: from manufacture to Fordism

S3. The productive restructuring in the era of flexible accumulation and its consequences for the labour process

S4. The digital work: towards a capitalism of platforms?

S5. Qualifications and skills

S6. The degradation of work in the era of flexible accumulation: the various manifestations of precariousness

S7. Work, subjectivity and resistance

S8. Women and the world of work: the persistence of gender inequality

S9. Labour market and employment management

S10. The technological revolution and the future of work

The preferred method of assessment is assessment throughout the semester, although final assessment by exam is also foreseen, which should be an exception. Assessment throughout the semester requires attendance at at least 70.0 per cent of classes. There are two moments of assessment: 1) A group work, consisting in a theoretical paper focusing on the contents of one of the planned lessons (30,0%); 2/ an individual test covering all the subjcts taught during the semester (60.0%). The remaining 10,0% is allocated to class participation, namely in the debates that will take place.

Mandatory

Antunes, R. (org.) (2023). Icebergs à Deriva. São Paulo: Boitempo.
Antunes, R. (org.) (2020). Uberização, Trabalho Digital e Indústria 4.0. São Paulo: Boitempo.
Antunes, R. (2013). Os Sentidos do Trabalho. Coimbra: Almedina.
Beck, U. (2000). The Brave New World of Work. Cambridge: Polity.
Berg, J (ed.) (2015). Labour Markets, Institutions and Inequality: Building Just Societies in the 21st Century. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Castel, R. (1999) From Manual Workers to Wage Labor. Transformation of the Social Question. New Brunswick: Transaction.
Edgell S, Gottfried H, Granter E (ed.) (2015). The SAGE Handbook of the Sociology of Work and Employment. London: Sage.
Freire, J. (2001). Sociologia do Trabalho: Uma Introdução. Porto: Afrontamento.
Kovács, I. (org) (2005). Flexibilidade de Emprego. Oeiras: Celta.
Kovács, I.; Castillo, J (1998). Novos Modelos de Produção: Trabalho e Pessoas. Oeiras: Celta.
Standing, G. (2011). The Precariat: the New Dangerous Class. Londres: Bloomsbury Academic.

Optional

Alves, G. (2013). Dimensões da Precarização do Trabalho ? Ensaios de Sociologia do Trabalho. São Paulo: Editora Praxis.
Antunes, R. (2018). O Privilégio da Servidão: o Novo Proletariado de Serviços na Era Digital. São Paulo: Boitempo.
Antunes, R.; Braga, R. (orgs). (2009). Infoproletários: Degradação Real do Trabalho Virtual. São Paulo: Boitempo.
Braverman, H. (1974). Labor and Monopoly Capital: the Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century. New York: Monthly Review Press.
Demazière, D. (1995). La Sociologie du Chômage Paris: La Découverte.
Friedmann, G.; Naville, P. (1973 [1961]). Tratado de Sociologia do Trabalho. São Paulo: Cultrix.
Huws, U. (2019). Labour in Contemporary Capitalism. What Next? Londres: Palgrave Macmillan.
Jones, P. (2021). Work Without the Worker. Labour in the Age of Platform Capitalism. Londres: Verso
Kovács, I. (2002). As Metamorfoses do Emprego. Oeiras: Celta.
Meda, D (1999) O Trabalho: um Valor em VIas de Extinção. Lisboa: Fim de Século.
Sennett, R (2001) A Corrosão do Carácter: as Consequências Pessoais do Trabalho no Novo Capitalismo. Lisboa: Terramar.

1. The concept of the welfare state in comparative perspective
1.1 Social citizenship and political properties
1.2 Models - typologies
2. Social protection in the instruments of the International Labour Organization
3. The European Union and social policy
3.1 The social dimension in the process of European construction
3.2 Current instruments: regulation and the open method of coordination - case studies of policy areas
3.3 Social policy in the EU after the great financial crisis
3.4 Governance of social policies in Europe in the framework of multilevel governance
4. Social policy reforms in comparative perspective:
4.1 Trajectories of adjustment of social models in Europe
4.2 Retreat and recalibration
4.3 Parametric reforms and structural changes - case studies of social policies

Assessment throughout the semester requires attendance at least 70% of classes and consists of three assessment moments: a) Facilitation of thematic discussion in class (group work), 40% of the final grade
b) Practical exercise – case study (individual report), 20% of the final grade
c) Thematic essay (individual work), 40% of the final grade
The final assessment consists of individual work and two tests: a) Practical exercise – case study (20% of the final grade)
b) Two thematic essays (80% of the final grade)

Mandatory

Oxford: Oxford University Press | Busemeyer, M. R., Kemmerling, A., Van Kersbergen, K., & Marx, P. (Eds.). (2022). Digitalization and the welfare state. Oxford: Oxford University Press. | Geyer, R. R. (2013). Exploring European social policy. John Wiley & Sons. | Hemerijck, A. (2012). Changing Welfare States. Oxford: Oxford University Press. | Kaufmann, F. X. (2012). European Foundations of the Welfare State, New York: Bergahn Books | Kazepov, Y. (Ed.). (2017). Rescaling social policies: Towards multilevel governance in Europe. Oxon. Routledge | Kennett, P. (Ed.) (2017) Handbook of European Social Policy, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar | Taylor-Gooby, P., Leruth, B., & Chung, H. (Eds.). (2017). After austerity: Welfare state transformation in Europe after the great recession. Oxford: Oxford University Press

Optional

Alber, J.; Gilbert, N. (2009). United in Diversity? Comparing Social Models in Europe and America. Oxford, Oxford University Press. | Bagadirov, A., Hemerijck, A., & Puertas Roig, P. (2025). Stepping-stone solidarity: The normative foundation of the social investment welfare state. Acta Sociologica. | Barr, N. (2001). The welfare state as piggy bank - information, risk, uncertainty annd the role of the state. Oxford. Oxford University Press | Barr, N. A. (2020). The economics of the welfare state. Oxford University Press. | Bonoli, G. (1997). ""Classifying Welfare States: a two-dimension approach"". Journal of Social policy, 26, 351-372 | Busch, K., Hermann, C., Hinrichs, K., & Schulten, T. (2013). Euro crisis, austerity policy and the European Social Model. International Policy Analysis, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Berlin. | Castel, R. (1998), As metamorfoses da questão social, Petrópolis, Editora Vozes. | Clasen, J., & van Oorschot, W. (2002). Changing principles in European social security. European Journal of Social Security, 4(2), 89-115 | Copeland, P., & Daly, M. (2018). The European Semester and EU social policy. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 56(5), 1001-1018. | Daly, M. (2012). Paradigms in EU social policy: a critical account of Europe 2020. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, 18(3), 273-284. | De la Porte, C., & Heins, E. (2016). A new era of European integration? Governance of labour market and social policy since the sovereign debt crisis. In The sovereign debt crisis, the EU and welfare state reform. Palgrave Macmillan UK, p. 15-42. | Degryse, C., Jepsen, M., & Pochet, P. (2013). The Euro crisis and its impact on national and European social policies. Brussels. ETUI | Eick, G. M.; Leruth, B. (2023) ""A farewell to welfare? Conceptualising welfare populism, welfare chauvinism and welfare eurospecticism"". SocArXiv, 30 | Esping-Andersen, G. (1990), The three worlds of welfare capitalism, Cambridge, Polity Press | Esping-Andersen, G. (1999), Social Foundations of Post-industrial economies, Oxford, Oxford University Press | Esping-Andersen, G. (2000), ""Um Estado-Providência para o século XXI"", in M.J. Rodrigues (Coord.), Para uma Europa da Inovação e do Conhecimento, Oeiras, Celta Editora | Esping-Andersen, G. (2002), Why We Need a New Welfare State, Oxford, Oxford University Press | Esping-Andersen, G. (2009). Incomplete revolution: Adapting welfare states to women's new roles. Cambridge, Polity. | Faist, T. (2009). The transnational social question: Social rights and citizenship in a global context. International Sociology, 24(1), 7-35. | Ferrera, M. (2000) ""A reconstrução do Estado Social na Europa meridional"". Análise Social, 151-152, 457-475 | Ferrera, M. ; Hemerijck, A. ; Rhodes, M. (2000). O Futuro da Europa Social - Repensar o Trabalho e a Protecção Social na Nova Economia. Oeiras: Celta Editora. | Gough, I. and G.D. Wood (2004). Insecurity and welfare regimes in Asia, Africa, and Latin America: social policy in development contexts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | Guibentif, P. (1997). La sécurité sociale au Portugal. La pratique du droit international et communautaire de la sécurité sociale. Étude de sociologie du droit de la coordination, à l'exemple du Portugal. Genebra, Helbing & Lichtenhahn | Guillén, A.; Álvarez, S.; Silva, P. A. (2005), ""O redesenhar dos Estados-providência espanhol e português: o impacto da adesão à União Europeia”; in Portugal, Espanha e a Integração Europeia - um balanço. Lisboa: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais. Capítulo 9. pp.293-345 | Hemerijck, A. (2020). Is comparative welfare state research facing significant challenges? Stato e mercato, 40(2), 229-256 | Hermann, C. (2017). Crisis, structural reform and the dismantling of the European Social Model(s). Economic and Industrial Democracy, 38(1), 51-68. | Hespanha, Pedro e Carapinheiro, graça (orgs.) (2001), Risco Social e Incerteza. Pode o Estado-Social Recuar Mais? Porto, Afrontamento, | Holmwood, J. (2000). ""Three Pillars of Welfare State Theory: T. H. MArshall, Karl Polanyi and Alva Myrdal"", European Journal of Social Theory, 3-23 | Jepsen, M., & Serrano Pascual, A. (2005). The European Social Model: an exercise in deconstruction. Journal of European Social Policy, 15(3), 231-245. | Laruffa, F., & Nullmeier, F. (2025). A model to follow? The EU and global eco-social policy. Global Social Policy, 25(1), 151-169. | Leibfried, Stephan (ed.) (2001) Welfare State Futures, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press | Leibfried, Stephan, Mau, Steffan (2008), Welfare States: construction, deconstruction, reconstruction, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar | Minkler, L. (ed.). (2013). The state of economic and social human rights: a global overview. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | Morel, N., Palier, B. e Palme, J. (orgs.) (2012), Towards a Social Investment Welfare State?, Bristol, The Policy Press. | Moreno, L. (2019), Robotization and welfare scenarios, Instituto de Política y Bienes Públicos (IPP), CSIC, Working Paper,. 2019.01. | Mozzicafreddo, J. P. (1998). Estado Providência e Cidadania em Portugal. Oeiras: Celta Editora. | Nello, S.S. (2011), The European Union - Economics, Policies & History, Berkshire, UK, McGraw-Hill, 3ª edição. | Nugent, N. (2017), The government and politics of the European Union, 8th ed., Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan | Pedroso, P. (2010), Modelos de activação dos desempregados: os desafios estruturais e as condicionantes conjunturais, Lisboa, GEP/MTSS | Pierson, C. (1998). Beyond the Welfare State. The New Political Economy of Welfare. Cambridge: Polity Press. | Pierson, P. (ed.) (2001), The new politics of the Welfare State, Oxford: Oxford University Press | Scharpf, F. W. (2002). The European social model. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 40(4), 645-670. | Silva, A. M. (2013). A União Europeia e a política social: parâmetros, perplexidades e perspetivas. Estudos do Século XX, Nº 13 | Silva, P. A. (2002), “O modelo de welfare da Europa do Sul: reflexões sobre a utilidade do conceito?”, Sociologia Problemas e Práticas, nº 38, pp. 25-59. | Silva, P. A. (2016). A política social europeia: da esperança à desesperança. In Ferreira, E. P. União Europeia, Reforma ou Declínio. Lisboa: Nova Vega. | Streeck, W. (2019). Regressão Progressiva: Metamorfose da Política Social Europeia (1). Princípios, (158). | Taylor-Gooby, P., Leruth, B., & Chung, H. (eds.). (2017). After austerity: Welfare state transformation in Europe after the great recession. Oxford University Press | Taylor-Gooby, P. (ed.) (2004), New risks, new welfare, The Transformation of the European Welfare State, Oxford Policy Press. | Wallace, H., Pollack, M.A., Young, A.R. (orgs.) (2014), Policy Making in the European Union, 7ª edição, Oxford, Oxford University Press. | Zeitlin, J. and Vanhercke, B. (2018) 'Socializing the European Semester: EU social and economic policy co-ordination in crisis and beyond', Journal of European Public Policy, 25(2): 149-174.

1. Introduction: The scope.
2. European Union labour law: institutions, processes, contents. European Union social dialogue. The "legal bases": the evolution of Treaties. European Union regulation instruments: regulations, directives.
3. The stages of European Union social legislation. The key-directives. Fundamental social rights and the Lisbon treaty.
4. International labor conventions. ILO: structure and functioning. The "fundamental conventions". Strengths and weaknesses of ILO's action. The effectiveness of international labour standards.
5. The Council of Europe and the European Social Charter: nature, contents, effects. The Social Rights Committee and its case-law. The revision of the Charter. The collective complaints procedure.

- Assessment throughout the semester, comprising the preparation of class reports (30%), participation in the discussion of the main topics (20%) and completion of a final written work (60%).
- Final written exam (100%), for those who were not evaluated or did not pass the evaluation throughout the semester.

Mandatory

- Publicações da DGERT/MTSSS - Condições de Trabalho: Normas Internacionais e OIT
-António Monteiro Fernandes, Direito do Trabalho, 22ª edição, 2023, reimpressão 2024, Almedina.
- Federico Navarro Nieto/Miguel Rodríguez-Piñero Royo/José Manuel Gómez Muñoz, Manual de Derecho Social de la Unión Europea, tecnos, 2011
Luísa Teixeira Alves, El cumplimiento de la Carta Social Europea en materia de salarios, 2014 Libros Juridicos, Atelier, Barcelona.

Optional

1. Introduction and contextualisation of the main concepts and theories of labour relations and trade unionism.
2. Social dialogue and democracy.
3. Industrial democracy: the various forms of workers' representation and collective bargaining.
4. From Fordist regulation to neoliberal deregulation of employment relations.
5. Labour disputes, protests and strikes.
6. Trade unions and employers' associations as bureaucratic organisations.
7. The crisis and revitalisation of trade unionism.
8. Labour relations patterns and the European social model.
9. Labour relations in Portugal.
10. New social actors, new forms of collective action and the future of labour relations.

Assessment throughout the semester is based on:
20% Attendance and participation in classes. 80% Individual written essay.
Each student can choose one of the following options for the essay:
A) An essay on one or more topics from the programme, based on the analysis of at least 8 relevant scientific articles published in the lastdecade in specialised journals;
B) An essay on the negotiation of a collective labour agreement, a labour dispute, or a recent trade union campaign, based on thecollection of empirical material. There is no final exam.

Mandatory

Barry, M. & Wilkinson, A. (2011). Reconceptualising employer associations under evolving employment relations: countervailing power revisited. Work, employment and society 25(1), 149–162. | Ebbinghaus, B., & Visser, J. (2000). Trade unions in Western Europe since 1945. Palgrave Macmillan. | Freire, J., Rego, R. & Rodrigues, C. (2014). Sociologia do trabalho: Um aprofundamento. Afrontamento. | Hyman, R. (2001). Understanding European trade unionism: Between market, class and society. Sage. | Offe, C. (1988). Partidos políticos y nuevos movimientos sociales. Editorial Sistema. ISBN: 84-86497-06-X | Olson, M. (2018 - 1965). A lógica da ação coletiva: Bens públicos e teoria dos grupos. Editora Almedina. | Rego, R., & Costa, H. A. Eds. (2022). The Representation of workers in the digital era: Organizing a heterogeneous workforce. Palgrave Macmillan. | Traxler, F. & Huemer, G. (2007). Handbook of Business Interest Associations, Firm Size and Governance A Comparative Analytical Approach. Routledge.

Optional

Barreto, J. M. T. (1991). A formação das centrais sindicais e do sindicalismo contemporâneo em Portugal (1968–1990) [Dissertação de doutoramento, Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa]. Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa. | Brandl, B & Lehr, A. (2007). The strange non-death of employer and business associations: An analysis of their representativeness and activities in Western European countries. Economic and Industrial Democracy 2019, Vol. 40(4) 932–953. Radboud University, Institute for Management Research, Department of Political Science, The Netherlands | Crouch, C., & Streeck, W. (Eds.). (2006). The diversity of democracy: Corporatism, social order and political conflict. Edward Elgar Publishing | Dray, G. (Coord.). (2016). Livro verde sobre as relações laborais. Gabinete de Estratégia e Planeamento do Ministério do Trabalho, Solidariedade e Segurança Social. | Frege, C. M., & Kelly, J. E. (Eds.). (2013). Comparative employment relations in the global economy (1st ed.). Routledge. | Gumbrell-McCormick, R., & Hyman, R. (2013). Trade unions in Western Europe. Oxford University Press. | Lehndorff, S., Dribbusch, H., & Schulten, T. (Eds.). (2018). Rough waters: European trade unions in a time of crises. ETUI. | Pires de Lima, M., et al. (1992). A acção sindical e o desenvolvimento: Uma intervenção sociológica em Setúbal. Edições Salamandra. | Rego, R. (Org.). (2023). Representatividade de organizações sindicais e de empregadores em Portugal: Resultados do Projeto REP. Sílabo. | Rosa, M. T. S. (1997). Sindicalismo e movimento operário: Os metalúrgicos de Setúbal. Edições Afrontamento. | Smelser, N. J., & Swedberg, R. (Eds.). (2005). The handbook of economic sociology (2.ª ed.). Princeton University Press. | Stoleroff, A. (2016). The Portuguese labour movement and industrial democracy: From workplace revolution to a precarious quest for economic justice. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, 22(1), 101–119. | Touraine, A., Wieviorka, M., & Dubet, F. (1984). Le mouvement ouvrier. Librairie Arthème Fayard. | Yon, K. (2016). A long-awaited homecoming: The labour movement in social movements studies. In O. Fillieule & G. Accornero (Eds.), Social movement studies in Europe: The state of the art (pp. 54–68). Berghahn. | Wilkinson, A., Bacon, N., Redman, T., & Lepak, D. P. (Eds.). (2019). The SAGE handbook of human resource management (2ª ed.). SAGE Publications.

1. Research as a producer of knowledge to know and/or to intervene.
1.1. Empirical research as theoretically oriented.
1.2. Research as problem solving: diagnosis, evaluation, intervention.
1.3. Ethics in different types of research.

2. How to design a research project and/or intervention.
2.1. Formulation of the problem and definition of objectives.
2.2. Conceptualization.
2.3. Operationalization and observation.
2.4. Project's design.

3. Methodological strategies.
3.1. Adequacy of the methodological strategies to the objectives of tthe research.
3.2. Extensive research: large surveys, statistical databases, etc..
3.3. Intensive research: case studies, field research, participant observation, ethnographic approach, etc.
3.4. Action research and social intervention.
3.5. Comparative research: objectives and problems of comparison.
3.6. Mixed methods.

The learning process proceeds trough theoretical-practical classes, seminar presentations and debate (which are given prevalence), tutorials and students' autonomous work.

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Evaluation along the semester, comprising the following components:
(a) Class participation and presentation of the research and/or intervention project (35%)
b) Final written work: research project and/or intervention (65%).
OR
Final assessment, consisting of a final written work: research project and/or intervention, complemented with an oral discussion, if the teacher considers necessary (100%).

The evaluation of this course does not include a final exam.

Mandatory

Ragin, C2019Constructing social research.Pine Forge.
Quivy, R&Champenhoud,L2003Manual de Investigação em Ciências Sociais.Gradiva.
Leedy, P. D., & Ormrod, J. E. 2023 Practical Research: Planning and Design. Pearson. 
Della Porta, D&M Keating, eds 2008 Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences.CUP.
Creswell, JW 2003 Research design: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches.Sage.
Chen, H 2015 Practical program evaluation: theory-driven evaluation and the integrated evaluation perspective.Sage.
Capucha, L 2008 Planeamento e avaliação de projectos: guião prático.DGIDC.
Campenhoudt, L van 2003 Introdução à análise dos fenómenos sociais.Gradiva.
Booth, Wayne C. et al 2016 The Craft of Research.The University of Chicago Press.
Burgess, R 2001 A pesquisa de terreno.Celta.
Bryman, A 2016 Social Research Methods.UP.
Blaikie, N 2007 Approaches to social enquiry.Polity Press.
Alasuutari, P, Bickman, L., and Brannen, J. 2008 Sage Handbook on Social Research Methods. Sage.

Optional

Whyte, William Foote (ed.) (1991) Participatory Action Research. London: Sage Publications.
Turner, Jonathan (2005) "A new approach for theoretically integrating micro and macro analysis", in Craig Calhoun, C. Rojek,B. Turner (Ed.) , The Sage Handbook of Sociology. London: Sage Publications.
Roberts, B. 2007 Getting the Most Out of the Research Experience. London: Sage.
Turner, F J. (2005). Social Work Diagnosis in Contemporary Practice. New York, Oxford: University Press.
Silverman, D (ed.) (2011) Qualitative Research. London: Sage.
Scott, J. (1990) A Matter of Record: Documentary Sources in Social Research. Cambridge: Polity Press.
Schiefer, U, et al. (2007) Método aplicado de planeamento e Avaliação. Manual de Planeamento e Avaliação de Projectos. Estoril: Editora Principia.
Ragin, C C. (1987) The Comparative Method: Moving Beyond Qualitative and Quantitative Strategies. Berkeley/Los Angeles/London: University of California Press.
Oyen, Else (1990) Comparative methodology. Theory and practice in international social research. London: Sage.
Patton, M. (2018) Facilitating evaluation: principles in practice. Sage Thousand Oaks.
Kettner, P., Moroney, R. & Martin, L. (2016). Designing and managing programs: an effectiveness-based approach. (5nd. Ed.). Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Iphofen, R., Ed. (2020) Handbook of Research Ethics and Scientific Integrity. Springer.
Ghiglione, R & Matalon, B (1992) O Inquérito. Teoria e Prática. Oeiras: Celta Editora.
Foddy, William (1996) Como perguntar. Teoria e Prática da construção de perguntas para entrevistas e questionários. Oeiras: Celta Editora.
European Institute of Public Administration (2004) Improving an organization through self-assessment? common assessment framework. Maastricht: European Institute of Public Administration.
Dogan, M & Pelassy, D (1990, 1984) How to Compare Nations. Strategies in Comparative Politics. New Jersey: Chatham House Publishers.
Carvalho, H (2004) Análise Multivariada de Dados Qualitativos. Lisboa: Sílabo.
Calley, N. (2011). Program development in the 21st Century: an evidence-based approach to design, implementation and evaluation. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Brannen, J (2005) Mixed methods research: a discussion paper, Economic & Social Research Council, National Centre for Research Methods. URL: http://eprints.ncrm.ac.uk/89/1/MethodsReviewPaperNCRM-005.pdf
Brady, H E & Collier, D (2004) Rethinking Social Inquiry: Diverse Tools Shared Standards. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Booth, W C, Colomb, G G e Williams, J M (2003) The Craft of Research. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
Bertaux, D. (2020) As narrativas de vida. Lisboa: Mundos Sociais.
Beckett, C (2010) Assessment and intervention in social work. Sage Publications: London.
Na medida em que o desenho de pesquisa pode ter algumas especificidades em função da área científica de pesquisa, listam-se abaixo algumas sugestões de suporte bibliográfico.
Becker, Howard S. (2017) Evidence, Chicago, The University of Chicago Press.
Mestrado em Sociologia
Shaw, I, Briar-Lawson, K, Orme, J & Ruckdeschel, R 2010 The Sage Handbook of Social Work Research. Londres: Sage.
Hardwick, L et al (eds) 2017 Innovations in Social Work Research. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Bell, L 2017 Research methods for Social Workers. Londres: Palgrave.
Mestrado em Serviço Social
Toshkov, D 2016 Research Design in Political Science. London: Palgrave.
Howard, C 2017 Thinking Like a Political Scientist: A Practical Guide to Research Methods. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Filho, Dalson Britto Figueiredo; Paranhos, Ranulfo; Rocha, Enivaldo Carvalho da; Silva Junior, José Alexandre da; Santos, Manoel Leonardo Wanderley Duarte 2012 Levando Gary King a Sério: Desenhos de Pesquisa em Ciência Política. In Revista Eletrônica de Ciência Política 3 (1-2), pp. 86-117.
Capucha, L. e Caramelo, S. (2024). Ciências Sociais Aplicadas - Planeamento e Avaliação de Políticas Públicas. Coimbra: Almedina.
Bukve, O 2019 Designing Social Science Research. Cham: Palgrave.
Mestrado em Políticas Públicas
Treadwell, D, & Davis, A 2016 Introducing communication research: Paths of inquiry. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 3ª ed.
Silverman, D. (2017) Doing Qualitative Research. Londres: Sage. https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/doing-qualitative-research/book251108
Quan-Haase, A., & Sloan, L. (eds.). 2022 The SAGE handbook of social media research methods. Sage.
Kubitschko, S., & Kaun, A. (eds). 2016 Innovative methods in media and communication research. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.
Hine, C. (2017). Digital Ethnography. In The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory, B.S. Turner (Ed.).
Berger, A. A. 2018 Media and communication research methods: An introduction to qualitative and quantitative approaches. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications.
Mestrado em Gestão dos Novos Media
Klotz, A & Prakash, D (eds) 2008 Qualitative methods in International Relations: A pluralist guide. New York: Palgrave (v. plataforma moodle).
Sprinz, D F & Wolinsky, Y (eds.) 2004 Cases, numbers and models: International Relations research methods. Ann Arbor: Michigan University Press. (Em linha: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/89c3/34b5c514acb817b8862dcdf675bd7d4863de.pdf
https://uk.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/71316_Lamont_Research_Methods_in_International_Relations_Chapter_1.pdf).
Lamont, C 2015 Research methods in International Relations. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications (capitulo 1 on-line em:
Mestrado em Estudos Internacionais
Stein, T. S., Bathurst, J. R., & Lasher, R. 2022 Performing arts management: A handbook of professional practices. Simon and Schuster.
Quan-Haase, A., & Sloan, L. (Eds.). 2022 The SAGE handbook of social media research methods. Sage.
Osterwalder, A., & Pigneur, Y. 2010 Business model generation: a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers (Vol. 1). John Wiley & Sons.
Mestrado em Estudos e Gestão da Cultura
Zeleza, T (ed) 2007 The study of Africa. The global and transnational engagements (Vol II). Dakar: CODESRIA.
Zeleza, T (ed) 2006 The Study of Africa. Disciplinary and interdisciplinary encounters (Vol I). Dakar: CODESRIA.
Ouédraogo, J-B & Cardoso, C (ed) 2011 Readings in methodology: African Perspectives. Dakar: CODESRIA. Em linha: https://www.codesria.org/spip.php?article1502&lang=en
Mestrado em Estudos Africanos
Amado, J. (Org.). (2013). Manual de investigação qualitativa em educação. Coimbra: Imprensa da UC.
Bogdan, R & Biklen, S 1994 Investigação qualitativa em educação: uma introdução à teoria e aos métodos. Porto: Porto Editora.Cohen, L., Manion, L., & Morrison, K. (2007). Research methods in education (6th Ed.). London: Routledge.
Dal-Farra, R. A. & Lopes P. T. C. (2013). Métodos mistos de pesquisa em educação: pressupostos teóricos, Nuances: estudos sobre Educação, 24(3), 67-80.
Gay, L., Mills, G., & Airasian, P. (2012). Educational research. Competencies for analysis and applications. Columbus, OH: Pearson.
Tuckman, B. (2005). Manual de investigação em Educação. Lisboa: F.C.G.
Mestrado em Educação e Sociedade
Treadwell, D, & Davis, A 2016 Introducing communication research: Paths of inquiry. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 3ª ed.
Quan-Haase, A., & Sloan, L. (eds.). 2022 The SAGE handbook of social media research methods. Sage.
Kubitschko, S., & Kaun, A. (eds). 2016 Innovative methods in media and communication research. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.
Berger, A. A. 2018 Media and communication research methods: An introduction to qualitative and quantitative approaches. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications.
Mestrado em Comunicação, Cultura e Tecnologias da Informação
Se necessário, solicitar referências adicionais ao/à(s) docente(s).
Mestrado em Ciências do Trabalho e Relações Laborais
Pollock III, Philip H.& Edwards, B C 2019 The Essentials of political analysis. 6ªed., Washington D.C.: CQ Press.
Silverman, D (2018) Doing qualitative research. Los Angeles: Sage.
Johnson, J B & Reynolds, H T 2020 Political Science research methods, 9ª ed. Los Angeles: Sage.
Mestrado em Ciência Política
Se necessário, solicitar referências adicionais ao/à(s) docente(s).
Mestrado em Administração Escolar
Se necessário, solicitar referências adicionais ao/à(s) docente(s).
Mestrado em Ação Humanitária

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.

Mandatory

- 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

Optional

Steps in the preparation and elaboration of the dissertation;
From the pre-projecto exercise to the project for the dissertation;
General and specific objectives for the dissertation's project;
Reviewing the Literature;
The analytical model and its implications for research or prospective; Presentation of the work in progress.

The evaluation for the seminar is included as relevant information of the students' work in the exam of the dissertation or project. Components of the evaluation are:
The definition of the specific objectives for the dissertation or project;
A literature review;
A plan for research or preparation of the project; Presentation of work in progress.

Mandatory

Buchanan, David A. and Bryman, Alan (eds.) (2011) The Sage handbook of organizational research methods. Los Angeles: Sage. | Bryman, Alan (2012) Social research methods, 4th edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. | Bryman, Alan (1988) Doing research in organizations. New York : Routledge. | Bell, Judith (1997), Como Realizar um Projecto de Investigação, Lisboa, Gradiva.

Optional

Bibliografia adicional é preparada especificamente para cada projeto e dissertação consoante o seu tema e metodologia. | Scott, John (1990), A Matter of Record. Documentary Sources in Social Research, Cambridge, Polity Press. | O'Dochartaigh, Nial (2002), The Internet Research Handbook: a Pratical Guide for Students and Researchers in the Social Sciences, London: Sage Publications. | Kielcolt, K. Jill, e Laura E. Nathan (1985), Secondary Analysis of Survey Data, London, Sage. | Hantrais, Linda, e Steen Mangen (eds.) (1996), Cross-National Research Methods in the Social Sciences, London, Pinter. | Foddy, William (1996), Como Perguntar. Teoria e Prática da Construção de Perguntas para Entrevistas e Questionários, Oeiras, Celta Editora. | Burgess, Robert G (1997) A pesquisa de terreno: uma introdução (trad. Eduardo de Freitas e Maria Inês Mansinho). Oeiras: Celta Editora.

Steps in the preparation and elaboration of the project;
From the pre-project exercise to the project for the Masters;
General and specific objectives for the project;
Reviewing the Literature;
The analytical model and its implications for research or prospective; Presentation of Work in progress.

The evaluation for the seminar is included as relevant information of the students' work in the exam of the project. Components of the evaluation are:
The definition of the specific objectives for the project;
A literature review;
A plan for research or preparation of the project; Presentation of work in progress.
Public examination and defence of the project before a committee.

Mandatory

Buchanan, David A. and Bryman, Alan (eds.) (2011) The Sage handbook of organizational research methods. Los Angeles: Sage. | Bryman, Alan (2012) Social research methods, 4th edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. | Bryman, Alan (1988) Doing research in organizations. New York : Routledge. | Bell, Judith (1997), Como Realizar um Projecto de Investigação, Lisboa, Gradiva.

Optional

"Bibliografia adicional é preparada especificamente para cada projeto consoante o seu tema e metodologia. Scott, John (1990), A Matter of Record. Documentary Sources in Social Research, Cambridge, Polity Press. O'Dochartaigh, Nial (2002), The Internet Research Handbook: a Pratical Guide for Students and Researchers in the Social Sciences, London: Sage Publications. Kielcolt, K. Jill, e Laura E. Nathan (1985), Secondary Analysis of Survey Data, London, Sage. Hantrais, Linda, e Steen Mangen (eds.) (1996), Cross-National Research Methods in the Social Sciences, London, Pinter. Foddy, William (1996), Como Perguntar. Teoria e Prática da Construção de Perguntas para Entrevistas e Questionários, Oeiras, Celta Editora. Burgess, Robert G (1997) A pesquisa de terreno: uma introdução (trad. Eduardo de Freitas e Maria Inês Mansinho). Oeiras: Celta Editora."