Portuguese Foreign Policy - 2nd semester
Code
722071041
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Estudos Políticos
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Daniel Marcos
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To identify the main theories of international relations and its application in foreign policy analysis;
b) To understand and to identify the main instruments of foreign policy analysis;
c) To acquire proficiency about the domestic and external determinants and historical constants of the Portuguese foreign policy models;
d) To identify, on a historical perspective, the basic thrust of the Portuguese foreign policy, especially in what concerns the events, structures, changes and continuities;
e) Identify the actors, processes, and strategies behind the formulation of the Portuguese foreign policy.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
Part I Theoretic Perspective
1. Foreign Policy and International Relations Theory;
2. Foreign Policy Analysis: theory and instruments of analysis.
Part II Historical Perspective
1. Constitutional Monarchy;
2. First Republic;
3. New State;
4. Democracy;
Part III Contemporary Perspective.
1. The Europeanization of the Portuguese foreign policy;
2. Portugal and the transatlantic relations;
3. Post-colonial visions in Portuguese foreign policy;
4. Portugal and the Iberian Peninsula;
5. Portuguese foreign policy for the Middle East and the Mediterranean;
6. Portugal, Brazil and Latin America;
7. Portuguese participation on the multilateral organizations: NATO and the EU;
8. Portuguese Foreign Policy: Geopolitical constraints, historical and contemporary models.
Bibliography
a) TEIXEIRA, Nuno Severiano, Entre a Africa e a Europa: A política Externa Portuguesa, 1890-2000, in Pinto, António Costa, Portugal Contemporâneo, Lisboa, D. Quixote, 2005
b) AAVV., Visões da Política Externa Portuguesa, Sociedade de Geografia/Instituto Diplomático, Lisboa, 2005.
c) Hudson, Valerie, Foreign Policy Analysis: Classic and Contemporary Theory, Nova Iorque: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2006.
d) HILL, Cristopher, The Changing Politics of Foreign Policy, Palgrave, Londres, 2003.
e) CHARILLON, Frédèric, Politique Étrangére. Nouveaux Regards, Paris, PUF, 2002.
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) Participation in the class and discussion of the required reading (20%);
b) Critical Review (20%)
c) Final Paper (60%)