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

AMÉRICA LATINA (QUESTÕES POLÍTICAS, ECONÓMICAS E SOCIAIS) - 2021/2022

3º curricular year
Semestralidade: 1st semester
ECTS: 6

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutor Paulo Amorim
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutor Paulo Amorim

Class type and School hours

Orientação Tutorial : 1 Horas
Teórico-prática : 2 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

This course unit aims at endowing the students the basic knowledge on Latin America, in matters of political, economic and social issues after the Second World War, as well as the comprehension of its position and its international role in today?s globalized world, to define its identity, how it distinguishes itself among other regions and to understand the challenges that Latin America faces, the problems that harass this particular part of the world.

Specific Aims/Objectives

The understanding of Latin America?s political, social and economic evolution after the Second World War, in order that students can apprehend the political dynamics involving this region, which means, to study the transition from dictatorship to democracy and from democracy to the recent populist shift.

Skills to be acquired

At the end of the course, students should be able to think critically about key patterns of political, economic and social development in Latin America, regional integration processes and foreign policy guidelines of the various Latin American states, situating the region in the context of globalization.

Teaching Procedures

The learning methods will be based on the student?s presence, participation and personal intervention in classes, not only through oral and written exercises, but also through group debates and reflection on specific matters of Contemporary Latin America (Political, Economic and Social Issues), in order to develop the student?s capacity to critically analyse and comprehend the issues at stake, and also perform group projects to increase the student?s communication and persuasion skills. Texts and important documentation will be supplied on Moodle.

Programme

1. Introduction
1.1. Nature, object and course unit methodology
1.2. Importance of the class for the degree
1.3. Basic bibliography presentation
2. Definition of Latin America
2.1. Geopolitical dimension
2.2. Historical dimension
2.3. Demographic dimension
2.4. Social dimension
2.5. Economic dimension
2.6. Cultural dimension
3. Latin America after the Second World War ? from dictatorship to the difficult implementation of democracy
4. Latin America between the democratization and globalization
5. Latin America between democracy and populism
6. Latin America today
7. General balance of the class.

Evaluation Type

The students will be evaluated according to the General Rules for the Evaluation of Knowledge established by Lusíada Universities. Therefore, it will be taken into consideration the continuous evaluation of the student, namely the presence, the participation, mini-tests and investigation essays.

Teaching Resources

In classes will be used cartographic, audiovisual and informatical means, which are supplied by the University, such as maps, television, video and datashow.

Sustainability Objectives

Keywords

. Latin America, States, Democratization, Conflicts

Main Bibliography

Complementary Bibliography