Cursos / 1º Ciclo / Faculty of Law :: International Relations

TEORIAS DAS RELAÇÕES INTERNACIONAIS - 2017/2018

2º curricular year
Semestralidade: 2nd semester
ECTS: 6

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutor Pedro Mendes
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutor Pedro Mendes

Class type and School hours

Orientação Tutorial : 1 Horas
Teórico-prática : 2 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

The course is an introduction to international relations theories, consisting in a historical presentation of the evolution of the discipline and the various debates among its major approaches.
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Specific Aims/Objectives

Theoretical knowledge is not an end in itself: it provides rigorous frameworks likely to contribute to a better, that is, critical understanding of current trends and events in world politics.

Skills to be acquired

At the end of the semester, each student should be familiar with the main theories and concepts used in the discipline, their strengths and limitations

Teaching Procedures

Classes are interactive, encouraging oral intervention to the students on the program themes of the course, as well as conducting group discussions, reflection on case studies and practical problems.

Programme

1. Theory and History of International Relations
1.1. Relevance, meaning and function of Theory
1.2. Type of theories and theoretical traditions in IR
1.3. The invention of the discipline of International Relations

2. The Realism
2.1 The Classical Realism
2.1 The Structural Realism
2.2 The crisis of Realism
2.3 The New Realism

3. The Liberalism
3.1 Initial reactions to Realism: A phenomenological and pluralistic tradition of FPA and IT
3.2 The Neo-liberal institutionalism
3.3 The New liberalism

4. Critical Theories
4.1 Neo-Marxists theories
4.2 The New Critical theories

5. The resurgence of the English School

6. The Constructivism’s

7. Rationalism versus Constructivism

8. Theories on the periphery: the Portuguese case

9. Progress, relevance and state of the art International Relations Theory.

Evaluation Type

The system evaluation is carried out according to the rules defined in the General Regulations Assessment of Knowledge Universities Lusiada. In this sense, it is taken into account continuous assessment, including attendance, participation, completion of work, quizzes, etc..

Teaching Resources

In classes are used the audiovisual and website provided by University, in particular, through the use of projectors, data show, television and video.

Sustainability Objectives

Keywords

International Relations
Theory
Power
Cooperation
Ideas

Main Bibliography

Complementary Bibliography