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Portuguese Contemporary Society
Courses Degree in Applied Languages | Degree in Social Sciences
Cod: 41056
Department: DCSG
ECTS: 6
Scientific area: Sociology
Total working hours: 156
Total contact time: 15

This course unit provides essential information on the Portuguese social situation after 1960, as well as tools and analytical perspectives on its major evolutionary trends mainly in fields of population, society, economics and culture.

Portuguese Society DemographyDevelopment Cultural Identities
Demography
Development
Cultural Identities

Students are expected:
1.    To identify the main evolution trends of Portuguese population after 1960, from the viewpoint of its main dynamics, growth and age structure;
2.    To know the major evolution trends and factors of the economic, social and political development in Portugal since 1960;
3.    To analyse the main changes in the Portuguese economics, social and cultural, since 1960.

 

1.    The concept of society

2. Epistemology and Sociology Theory
3.To know the Portuguese society - empirical knowledge. Description and interpretation
3.1. Population and Territory
3.2. The Social, Economic and Political Organization
3.2.1. State, Administration and Citizenship
3.2.2. The Production and Distribution of Wealth
3.2.3. Social stratification, Institutions, Civil Society and Culture.

 

Joaquim Torres Costa, Sociedade Portuguesa Contemporânea, Lisboa, Universidade Aberta, 2002

Augusto Mateus (Coord.) (2015). Três Décadas de Portugal Europeu – balanço e perspectivas. Lisboa: Fundação Manuel Soares dos Santos.

PORDATA (2016). Retrato de Portugal 2015. Lisboa: Fundação Manuel Soares dos Santos

António Pinto (Coord.) (2005), Portugal Contemporâneo. Lisboa: Dom Quixote.

DRAIN, Michel (1975) Geografia da Península Ibérica. Lisboa: Livros Horizonte.

DDEPP (Departamento de Estudos, Prospectiva e Planeamento, Ministério do trabalho e da Solidariedade Social e CELTA Editora)(2002). Portugal 1995-2000 Perspectivas de Evolução Social. Lisboa: DEEP/MST e CELTA Editora.

MACEDO, Jorge Braga de et Altres (1999) O Bem Comum dos Portugueses.Lisboa: Vega.

Silva, Manuela (org.) (1986). Portugal Contemporâneo, Problemas e Perspectivas.Oeiras: INA.

VIEGAS, José Manuel e COSTA, António Firmino da (1998). Portugal, que Modernidade?.Oeiras: Celta Editora.

CAMERON, Rondo (2000). História Económica do Mundo. Mem-Martins: Publicações Europa-América.

BARRETO, António (Org.) (1997). A Situação Social em Portugal, 1960-1995. Lisboa: Universidade de Lisboa, IICS.

Other texts to be made available in the virtual room

 

E-learning.

Continuous assessment is privileged: 2 digital written documents (e-folios) during the semester (40%) and a final digital test, Global e-folio (e-folio G) at the end of the semester (60%). In due time, students can alternatively choose to perform one final exam (100%).