Political Geography
Code
711041058
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Geografia e Planeamento Regional
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
José Manuel Rodrigues Lúcio
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To acquire knowledge on key concepts, approaches and methods of Political Geography;
b) To understand the relationship between territory and policy different scales, from global to local;
c) To grasp the meaning of geographical representation for the explanation of political issues;
d) To comment texts on political issues from the point of view of discipline;
e) To identify the geographical representation in political discourse in a broad sense, at various scales;
f) To apply the acquired knowledge in professional activity upon contact with the powers in place as well as target populations at local and regional scale.
Subject matter
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1) Definitions, main approaches, theories and concepts of Political Geography;
2) Nation and State. Territorial inequality between nation and state, and its implications for the Political Geography
3) Geopolitics - Authors and Main Theories of Geopolitics
4) The \"space crisis\" - Paul Bracken and \"Finite Space\"
5) Geography, Geopolitics and War
6) Some Political Geography issues for the XXI Century
7) Nation, Nationalism and Citizenship
8) New Social Movements. Migrations and Political Geography at the beginning of the XXI Century.
Bibliography
Agnew, J., Mitchell, K., Toal, G. (eds.) (2003). A Companion to Political Geography. Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 93-248; pp. 335-420.
Defarges, P. M. (2003). Introdução à Geopolítica. Lisboa: Gradiva.
Flint, C. & Taylor, P. (2001). Political Geography (6th Edition). New York: Routledge.
Fukuyama, F. (2006). A Construção dos Estados: Governação e Ordem Mundial no Século XXI.
Lisboa: Gradiva.
Painter, J. & Jeffrey, A. (2009). Political Geography: An Introduction to Space and Power. Londres: Sage.
Teaching method
Theoretical and practical classes. The students have several opportunities to participate in the discussions during classes.
Evaluation method
Reading of selected references – the interpretation and comprehension of these selected references will be tested on a writting exam (70%);
Group work – the students will have the opportunity to analyse different perspectives, concepts and theories on the subject of regional and urban economics (15-20pag) (30%).
(According to the FCSH Assessment Standards, the proposed evaluation elements to introduce students in the first class may suffer readjustments, particularly in the percentage of each element).