Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Political Campaigns and Governance

Code

722011032

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Department

Ciências da Comunicação

Credits

10

Weekly hours

3 letivas + 1 tutorial

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Analyze the types and models of organization of political campaigns
Relate the content and styles of political campaigns with governance practices
Study the relationships between political campaigns, existing political institutions, social structures and cultural traits

Prerequisites

None.

Subject matter

Governance and governability
Institutional and cultural constraints of political campaigns
The organization of political campaigns and the social context
The influence of political campaigns in governance

Bibliography

Teaching method

Policy analysis / case study, accompanied by in-depth discussion of the relationship between
political systems and governance practices with current public opinion campaigns. Theoretical
components 70%, practice 30%

Evaluation method

Courses