Political Science

Code:

FLUP0452

Acronym:

CIPOLT

Instance: 2004/2005 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Journalism and Communication Sciences
Course/CS Responsible:	Journalism and Communication Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
JCC	52	Official Study Plan - LJCC	3	4	6	-
		Official Study Plan - LJCC	3	4	6	-

Objectives

Politics is one if the central factors of society. Political Science has asserted itself in the course of the 20th century as a major sociological subject. The central themes of this subject are: power, State, democracy, administration … words that are part of the daily lexicon of a journalist or a communicator.

Therefore, upon completing this subject, students should be acquainted with the basic political trerms in order to prepare information on this issue more successfully.

Program

I – INTRODUCTION

1. Notion of science.
2. Notion of Political Science.
3. Object of Political Science.
4. Methods of Political Science.

II – POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (THEORY OF POWER)

1. Notion.
2. Max Weber’s thought.
3. Forms of power.
4. Politics and society, morality, ethics
5. Division of powers.
6. Legitimacy and legality.

III – IDEOLOGY

1. Notion.
2. Liberalism.
3. Conservatism.
4. Socialism (Marxism, Communism)
5. Nationalism.
6. Fascism.

IV – DEMOCRACY

a) Notion.
b) Political Regime, Political System.
c) Historical groundings of democracy.
d) Theories of democracy.

V - STATE

1. Notion.
2. Old political forms of power.
3. Evolution.
4. Welfare state.

VI - POLITICAL PROCESSES

1. Notion
2. Political culture
3. Interest associations
4. Political paerties
5. Electoral systems

VII – ADMINISTRATION

1. Notion.
2. Representation and Parliament.
3. Government.
4. Public Administration and Public Policies.
5. Judicial Power.

Main Bibliography

BOBIO, Norberto, MATTEUCCI, Nicola e PASQUINO, Gianfranco, DICIONÁRIO DE POLÍTICA I e II, Editora Universidade de Brasília, 1991.
CAETANO, Marcello, MANUAL DA CIÊNCIA POLÍTICA E DIREITO CONSTITUCIONAL, Lisboa, 1972.
PORTA, Donatella Della, INTRODUÇÃO À CIÊNCIA POLÍTICA, Editorial Estampa, Lisboa, 2002.
FERNANDES, António José, CIÊNCIA POLÍTICA - TEORIAS, MÉTODOS E TEMÁTICAS, Escola Superior de Polícia, Lisboa, 1991.
LARA, António de Sousa, ELEMENTOS DE CIÊNCIA POLÍTICA, edição Pedro Ferreira, Sintra, 1995.
MALTEZ, José Adelino, PRINCÍPIOS DE CIÊNCIA POLÍTICA, ISCSP, Lisboa, 1996.
MIRANDA, Jorge, CIÊNCIA POLÍTICA, FORMAS DE GOVERNO, edição Pedro Ferreira, Sintra, 1996.
MOREIRA, Adriano, CIÊNCIA POLÍTICA, Almedina, Coimbra, 1992.
MARQUES, António Bessa, e NOGUEIRA, Jaime Pinto, INTRODUÇÃO À POLÍTICA, I, II, III, Verbo, Lisboa, 2002.
PASQUINO, Gianfranco, CURSO DE CIÊNCIA POLÍTICA, Principia, Estoril, 2001.
RUGEIRO, Nuno, O QUE É POLÍTICA, Difusão Cultural, Lisboa, 1993.
SARTORI, Govani, A POLÍTICA, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, 1981.

Teaching methods and learning activities

The methods and techniques to be followed in this subject will privilege the ones that are common to the social sciences, namely, the explanatory method will be chosen. Discourse technique will incorporate the use of projectable and non-projectable audiovisual aids, that is to say, the use of whiteboards, slide and overhead projectors, thematic maps, etc.

Software

No specific software is required.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Eligibility for exams

Minimum class attendance is not required.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final exam - 100%.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to the Assessment Regulations in force.

Classification improvement

According to the Assessment Regulations in force.

Observations

Language of instruction: Portuguese.