Global security - 2nd semester
Code
73217160
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Estudos Políticos
Credits
7,5
Teacher in charge
Alexandra Magnólia Dias
Weekly hours
2
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
1) Consolidate knowledge about the theories at the epicentre of Security Studies, Globalization Studies and International Relations and assess the heuristic value, as well as the limitations of classical theories, Critical Security Studies and alternative and post-positivist approaches; 2)Critically examine how Theorising about the International and international relations’ Practice are intertwined and its implications for Security Studies and for global security; 3) Design, define and test the applicability of theoretical frameworks and analytical approaches to make sense of the central questions of global security in the international agenda and processes; 4) Deliver Presentations, debate and write in a theoretically and empirically grounded fashion about Security Studies and International Relations’ central concepts in relation to the central questions in the international agenda of global security, to contemporary events and historical processes.
Prerequisites
Attendance is compulsory and the research students are expected to have read the recommended readings (journals’ articles and/or books’ chapters) and to actively engage in the Seminar’s debates with peers and invited guests. The students are expected to be able to read other languages than Portuguese.
Subject matter
Plan
1 Introductory Session
PARTE I Theorethical Approaches and understanding the reconfiguration of the global order
2 Security Studies, International Relations and Political Science. Security and Strategy.
3 Security Studies, International Relations and Realism’s resilience.
4 Liberalism and the Democratic Peace thesis.
Peace Studies
5 Constructivism.
6 Critical Security Studies.
7 Other Schools : Copenhagen School
PART II ISSUES AND DEBATES
8 Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism.
9 From State’s security to Human Security? Challenges for Global Security.
10 Global Security in the twenty-first century: Concepts, Dynamics and Challenges.
11 Conclusion
Bibliography
Booth, K., Theory of World Security. Cambridge: CUP, 2007.
Brown, C. et al. Compreender as Relações Internacionais. 2 ed: Gradiva, 2012.
Bukovanski, M. et al.. Special Responsibilities: Global Problems and American Power. Cambridge: CUP, 2012.
Buzan, B. et al., The Evolution of International Security Studies. Cambridge: CUP, 2009.
Curto, D. R. (Ed.) Estudos sobre a Globalização. Lisboa: Edições 70, 2016. CS 15930
Fierke, K.M. Critical Approaches to International Security. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2015.
Gaspar, C., O Pós-Guerra Fria. Lisboa: Tinta-Da-China, 2016.
Kaldor, M. et al., ed. Handbook of Global Security Policy. Wiley Blackwell, 2013.
Mayall, J., Nationalism and International Society. Cambridge: CUP, 1990. CS12171
Rodrigues, T. et al., ed. Globalization and International Security. An Overview. N.Y.: Nova Science P., 2015.
Teixeira, N.S. et al., ed. Historia Militar De Portugal. Lisboa: Esfera dos Livros, 2017.
Teaching method
Presentation of key debates around the selected themes and discussion of assigned readings and of the Final Written Essay Project.
Evaluation method
Grade % Task
60% Final Written Essay
10% Participation and Oral Presentation
10% Written Essay Project
20% Thematic Review (Books and articles)