Cursos / 2º Ciclo / Faculty of Law :: International Relations

Versao Portuguesa

POLÍTICA INTERNACIONAL. HISTÓRIA DO PRESENTE - 2019/2020

1º curricular year
Semestralidade: 2nd semester
ECTS: 7.5

Teachers

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

Class type and School hours

Orientação Tutorial : 1 Horas
Teórico-prática : 1 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

In the course of International Politics History of the Present, one explains and discusses the main transitions of the contemporary international order (from the nineties to the 21st century) from the perspective of international politics, namely the challenges of globalization and consequent reconstructive movements on new visions of power, global ideas and norms, as well as key actors in international politics.

Specific Aims/Objectives

Understand and discuss: 1. the rise and fall of hegemonic powers, 2. the impact of globalization on international politics; 3. China´s rise and its implications. 4. What is the global South; 5 The new Global actors.6. The retreat of democracy and the rise of populism; 7. New Global Issues and Agenda. This discussion is directed and interconnected with the conduct of students´ written research work.

Skills to be acquired

Acquire the appropriate skills to identify, describe and select the relevant information in the context of International Politics, in the light of a set of concepts that will be indispensable to the master student in the elaboration of the Master´s thesis, in order to develop his critical spirit, his theoretical background and a taste for research.

Teaching Procedures

Self-learning methodology based on participatory classes with mandatory personal and oral interventions; reflection on concrete cases of International Politics; study of different themes previously announced, in light of selected bibliography; access to all students of the works presented in class, which, once analyzed and criticized, will be made available in Moodle.

Programme

1. Presentation
1.1. Theoretical and disciplinary framework.
1.2. International Politics: actors; processes, and structures.
2. The Contemporary International Order (from unipolar moment to counter-hegemonic contestation)
3. Hegemony, dynamism, and power transitions in international politics (1990-2010).
3.1. The construction of unipolar hegemony and its reflexes in International Politics
3.1.1. The victory of liberal democracy and the optimism of the spread of multilateral liberalism: examples
3.1.2. Rise and Fall of American hegemony: examples

4. The Post-American International Order (2010-2020)
4.1 Russian Counterhegonomic Activism
4.2 The Rise of the Global South: Examples
5. The current international order: Globalization, Hybridism, and Populism.
5.1. The rise of China.
5.2. The new global issues: Environment; Regulation; Emigration; Safety.
6. UN Agenda and Objectives: reviews and challenges.

Evaluation Type

The students´ evaluation of this course unit, bearing in mind that will work as a seminar, will take into account attendance, class participation and especially the final written work.

Teaching Resources

Classes will make use of cartographic, audiovisual and computer means provided by the University, namely, through the use of maps, overhead projectors, video projector and TV.

Sustainability Objectives

Keywords

International Politics
Globalization
Hegemony
International Order
Asian Affirmation

Main Bibliography

Author John Baylis (Editor), Patricia Owens (Editor), St
Title THE GLOBALIZATION OF WORLD POLITICS.
Edition 8ª edição
Place Oxford
Editor Oxford : University Press
Year 2019
Author Beeson, Mark and Nick Bisley, eds. Palgrave Mac
Title Issues in 21st Century World Politics
Edition 3rd ed
Place New York
Editor Oxford University Press
Year 2017.
Author Fareed Zakaria
Title The Post-American World
Year 2012

Complementary Bibliography

Author Amitav Acharya
Title The End of American World Order
Edition 2nd ed.
Place
Editor Polity
Year 2018
Author Amitav Acharya
Title Constructing Global Order: Agency and Change in Wo