Cursos / 2º Ciclo / / Faculty of Law :: International Relations
POLÍTICA INTERNACIONAL. HISTÓRIA DO PRESENTE - 2021/2022
1º curricular year
Semestralidade: 2nd semester
ECTS: 7.5
Teachers
Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutor Paulo Amorim
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutor Paulo Amorim
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 |
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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 |
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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 |