North American Policy - 1st semester
Code
722071100
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Estudos Políticos
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Tiago Moreira de Sá
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:
a)Identify the basic constants of the American Politics
b)Acquire skills on the USA history, political system and Foreign Policy
c)Identify the main institutions and processes of the US domestic and Foreign Policy
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1.Understanding the U.S.
2.Understanding the structuring moments of the U.S. history
3.The U.S. political system
4.The U.S. electoral system
5.The US political party system
6.The U.S. foreign policy
7.The US politics today
Bibliography
1.Alexis de Tocqueville, Da Democracia na América, Lisboa, Principia, 2002
2.James Madison; John Jay; Alexander Hamilton, O Federalista, Lisboa, Colibri, 2003
3.James Q. Wilson; John J. Dilulio Jr.; Meena Bose, American Government. Institutions and Policies., Boston, Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 13th Edition, 2013
4.David Reynolds, America. Empire of Liberty, London, Penguin Books, 2010
5.Michael Cox & Doug Stokes, US Foreign Policy, Oxford University Press, 2012
Teaching method
Course Presentations, Contextualization of Concepts and Problems. Group discussions of the main issues.
Evaluation method
2 Exams: Exam mid-term (50%) + final exam (50%)