Political Area Studies - 1st semester
Code
711071058
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Estudos Políticos
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Carmen Rodrigues Silva Fonseca
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) Identify key regional areas in a geopolitical perspective;
b) Understand how the regional areas influence states foreign policy;
c) Understand the relationships established between different regional areas.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1. Introduction
1.1. Concepts and current debates
2. The origins of Area StudiesAs origens dos Estudos de Área
2.1. The Geopolitics
2.2. The Regional dynamics
2.3. Theories of Regionalism
3. How to study and compare the regions?
4. Regions and the international system
5. The regions: political, security, institutional and identity dynamics
Bibliography
ACHARYA, Amitav e JOHNSTON, Alastair Iain Johnston (eds.) – Crafting Cooperation. Regional International Institutions in Comparative Perspective, London: Oxford University Press, 2007.
BÖRZEL, Tanja A. e RISSE, Thomas – The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Regionalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016.
BUZAN, Barry e WAEVER, Ole – Regions and Powers. The Structure of International Security, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
COHEN, Saul B. – Geopolitics: The Geography of International Relations, Nova Iorque: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2008.
FAWCETT, Louise e HURRELL, Andrew (eds) – Regionalism in World Politics. Regional Organization and International Order, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995.
HURRELL, Andrew – «One world? Many worlds? The place of regions in the study of international society», In International Affairs, vol. 83, n.º 1, 2007, pp. 127–146
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
Written exam (50%) e bibliographic essay in group (50%)