Inserting itself in the path of the work developed at the undergraduate level, the curricular unit searches to fulfill three major objectives: firstly, to explore the nature and the value of theory and of theory building for the understanding of reality; secondly, to revisit the major theories of International Relations and to offer the students a synoptic perspective of the present international system and of the profound crisis befalling upon the West with a view towards the development among the students of better and more refined understanding of the present and of the possible futures ahead; thirdly, to motivate the students to scientific research and to the identification of a dissertation project.
Understanding the present crisis as being, more than financial, or Portuguese, of a political and Western nature, in theory we search for alternative models capable, on the hand, of making sense of the present and, on the other, of furnishing us clues for future action.
1. General introduction. Theory, knowledge and action;
2. International Relations and political organization. The state and the International System;
3. The State, realism and power. Realism, realpolitik e neo¬ realism. Realism, utopia systems theory;
4. Liberalism, utopia and institucionalism. Liberalism, markets and justice;
5. Right, prohibition and duty to war. The paradigm of Moral man and Immoral Society;
6. Theories of International Relations: crisis of the State and relevance for the future;
7. Regionalism, autonomy, integration and new political subsjects. Politics and International Relations
8. Sovereignty and anarchy, regionalism and integration;
9. The United States and Europe. Cold War and integration;
10. The Transatlantic Relation: partnership, competition and community construction. Values, interests and the idea of Atlantic Community;
11. Conclusion. The Azores, Europe and the Atlantic Community.
Theoretical classes, of exposition of contents, and theoretical-practical, of questioning, analysis and exploration of themes, texts and documents. Tutorial sessions of accompaniment and tutoring of the research and the drafting of the papers by the students.
Guidance of the presentations of the students and of the ensuing discussion.
In parallel, the students are also offered conferences and intensive courses on themes of European and international contemporary affairs, taught by our partners integrating the Master in European Studies lead by the University of Siena on The Process of Building Europe.
DOUGHERTY, James & PFALTZGRAFF, Robert, Relações internacionais. As teorias em confronto, Lisboa, 2003;
HOFFMAN, Stanley, Duties Beyond Borders. On the limits and possibilities of ethical international relations, Syracuse,1981;
HUNTINGTON, Samuel, O choque das civilizações e a mudança na ordem mundial, Lisboa, 1999;
KAGAN, Robert, O paraíso e o poder. A América e a Europa na nova ordem mundial, Lisboa, 2003;
MALTEZ, José Adelino, Curso de relações internacionais, Lisboa, 2002;
MOREIRA, Adriano, Teoria das relações internacionais, Coimbra, Almedina, 1997;
NIEBUHR, Reinhold, Moral Man and Immoral Society. A study in ethics and power, New York, 1960;
NYE, Joseph S., Compreender os conflitos internacionais. Uma introdução à teoria e à história, Lisboa, 2002.
ROSAMOND, Ben, Theories of European Integration, London, 2000;
WALTZ, Kenneth, Man, the State and War. A theoretical analysis, New York, 1959;
WALZER, Michael, Just and Unjust Wars, 2ª ed., New York, 1992
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