The Formation of Contemporary Portuguese Society
Code
711081010
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Sociologia
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
David Justino, Jorge Miguel Pedreira
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
1. Knowledge and understanding of a set of structures that characterize the Portuguese society as it is configured today, as well as historical processes, economic and social changes that led to this structure.
2. The ability to discuss and analyze structurally the contemporary Portuguese society, using the studies and empirical materials available.
3. The ability to relate the problems of contemporary Portuguese society with long-term economic and social dynamics.
4. The ability to relate the macro and micro scales of problems.
5. The ability to present and communicate acquired knowledge and the results of performed analyses and problematization, in an accurate and meaninful way.
Prerequisites
Subject matter
0. Introduction, guidelines and key problems.
1. Population, settlement and territory
2. Activity, employment, and human capital
3. Economy and development
4. Social structures: groups and dynamics
5. State, political configurations and modes of social regulation
6. Rethinking Portuguese society. Confined modernities and multiple dualisms: how can the liberal illusion deal with an illiberal society?
Bibliography
Barreto, A. (1997). A situação social em Portugal, 1960-1995. Lisboa: ICS (3ª ed.), pp. 57-58.
Cabral, M.V. (1976). O desenvolvimento do capitalismo em Portugal no século XIX. Porto: A Regra do Jogo, 1976.
Godinho, V.M. (1975). Estrutura da antiga sociedade portuguesa. Lisboa: Arcádia (2ª ed.).
Justino, D. (1989). A formação do espaço económico nacional: Portugal, 1810-1913 (2 vol.). Lisboa: Vega.
Pinto, A.C. (ed.) (2005). Portugal contemporâneo. Lisboa: Dom Quixote.
Santos, B.S. (ed.) (1993). Portugal: Um retrato singular. Porto, Afrontamento.
Viegas, J.M.L. & Costa, A.F. (1998). Portugal, que modernidade? Oeiras: Celta.
Viegas, J.M.L., Carreiras, H. & Malamud, A. (2009). Portugal in the European context. Lisboa: CIES, ISCTE e Celta Editora.
Teaching method
Lectures (50%).
Practical classes (50%): analyses of data and discussion by the students on issues of sociological relevance; presentation and discussion of texts by the students, to reinforce the skills for a critical reading of texts.
Evaluation method
Continuous evaluation of students´ participation in classroom exercises and debates (15%). One written essay (30%). Oral presentation of the essay (5%). One written test in class on the whole syllabus (50%).