Political Área Studies
Code
711071058
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Estudos Políticos
Credits
6
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) Identify key regional areas in a geopolitical perspective;
b) Understand how the regional areas influence states foreign policy;
c) Understand the relationships established between different regional areas.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
a) Analysis of the main theoretical approaches;
c) Definition of key concepts of political area studies;
c) Analysis of the main geopolitical areas and the foreign policies of its major states.
Bibliography
MEHLER, Andreas; Bert Hoffmann, Area Studies. In Bertrand Badie et. al. International Encyclopedia of Political Sciences, Vol. 1, Los Angeles, Sage, 2011, pp. 86-89.
BUZAN, Barry; Ole Waever, Regions and Powers. The Structure of International Security, Cambridge University Press, 2003.
COHEN, Geopolitics: The Geography of International Relations, Nova Iorque: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2008.
FREIRE, Maria Raquel, Política Externa. As Relações Internacionais em Mudança, Coimbra, Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2011.
KAPLAN, Robert D., The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells US about Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate, New York, Random House, 2012.
Teaching method
Presentation of the main issues debated during the course with a contextualization of concepts and problems. Collective discussion of the main points.
Evaluation method
A mid-term test and a final test (each count 50% of the final grade).