Class Comparative Political Systems in the Lusophone Space

This curricular unit is part of the Masters of Diplomacy and International Relations and of Political Science, Citizenship and Governance. It focuses on Lusophone countries and allows us to understand the current reality of these countries and their relationship within the CPLP. It also allows  to present the political system and to measure how Lusophone countries are being governed using the Index of Good Governance Index and the Index of Democracy.

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Concepts: Comparative policy and the steps of the comparative method Lusophone Space: definition; genesis; creation of the CPLP; difficulties resulting from the lack of definition of the project; current reality; future of the community. Political Systems of Lusophone Countries: Definition of a political system according to several political scientists; Constitutive elements of a political system; Evolution of the political system; Phase of the single party in several PALOP and opening to the multipartidarism; Military dictatorship in Brazil; Current reality of all Lusophone countries IIAG: Variables of the index; Evolution of the index in the PALOP Regional Integration: Portugal: from the Community to the EU; Brazil: the Mercosul; Integrations in Africa: African Union, SADC, ECOWAS, Commonwealth, Timor-Leste and ASEAN Relationships at the Lusosphere Level: Cooperation; Sectors and activities; Modalities and Amount

The innovative methodologies to support the teaching-learning process are based on the active participation of students in the debate of the themes as a factor to acquire critical thinking and synthesis skills necessary for the elaboration of a critical review.

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