Globalisation and Security
Code
722071092
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Estudos Políticos
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Alexandra Magnólia Dias
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
1. Develop capacity to understand, analyse and investigate themes and problems arising from the procedure (s) of Globalisation, inserted a logic security and securitization;
2. From practical case studies, acquire in-depth theoretical knowledge about the concept of security, with emphasis on the terms of cooperative security and human security in a changing World,
3. Acquire knowledge about response instruments for use in a global world increasingly characterized by the emergence of new risks, threats and conflicts inter and infraestatais (diplomacy, development, cooperation, democracy
.)
4. Develop capacity to perceive, and analyze the positioning of Portugal, in terms of the various alliances (military, economic
) and of international cooperation.
5. Gather information about current and future reality, enabling participation in processes of strategic analysis and decision-making support, in particular in the sphere of public policy.
UC ends with several sessions dedicated to the presentation of case studies and a final synthesis, where they discuss the issues addressed in the various modules.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
Module 1. Globalisation & Security-concepts and Dinamics
Conceptual definitions of globalization.
Security and Defense
Population and Resources New Demographic Balances
Modulo 2. A new World order: Actors and Challenges
Actors, Issues and Problems
Hard Power & Soft Power
Incertainties and Risks in a Global World
Module 3. Thematic Options
Team Work: Thematic Options - Correlation With Security & Defence - Case studies
Bibliography
Baylis, J., Smith, S., & Owens, P., The Globalization of World Politics, 6ed., Nova Iorque: Oxford University Press, 2013
BUZAN, Barry; HANSEN, Lene; The Evolution of International Security Studies, Nova Iorque: Oxford University Press, 2009
COLLINS, Allan, Contempory Security Studies, 2nd ed, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013
HELD, David; McGREW, Anthony, Globalization/ Anti-Globalization: Beyond the Great Divide, 2ªed., Cambridge: Polity Press, 2007.
SCIUBBA, Jennifer Dabbs, The Future Faces of War. Population and National Security, California-Colorado-Oxford, Praeger, 2011
Teaching method
Presentation of the different subjects by the teacher and other invited specialists. Presentation and discussion of texts and of the students individual researches (case studies).
Evaluation method
60% Individual Report (paper version and CD) with about 15 pages.
40% Work and Presentation of Team Group
Unjustified not attendance of the sessions will be subject to penalty up to a maximum of 2 points in the final classification