Master in Advanced Studies in Human Rights (Plan: 290 - Estudio: 67)
EPD
Coordinating teacher: RIBOTTA , SILVINA VERONICA
Department assigned to the subject: International Law, Ecclesiastical Law and Philosophy of Law Department
Type: Compulsory
ECTS Credits: 1.0 ECTS
Course: 1º
Semester: 1º
Objectives
The aim of this subject is to offer the students appropriate theoretical and practical skill in Social Science research. The aim is to make them able to perform social science research, knowing the different methodologies and research techniques.
Description of contents: programme
1. The empiricial turn in international legal studies: advances and challenges
2. Research design: what, why and how?
3. Localizing human rights part I: field research methodologies
4. Localizing human rights part II: Participatory Action Research (PAR)
Learning activities and methodology
- Lectures, seminars, and debate.
- Seminars on different methodologies.
- Tutorials
Assessment System
% end-of-term-examination 0
% of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 100
Basic Bibliography
A-J. ARNAUD y Mª J. FARIÑAS DULCE. Sistemas Jurídicos: Elementos para un Análisis Sociológico de los Sistemas Jurídicos. BOE-Universidad Carlos III. 2006
Castells, Manuel y Ipola, Emilio de. Metodología y epistemología de las Ciencias Sociales. Ayuso. 1981
Della Porta, Donatella y Keating, Michael . Enfoques y metodologías de las Ciencias Sociales. Una perspectiva pluralista. Akal. 2013
Galtung, Johan. Teoría y métodos de la investigación social. Eudeba. 1966
Valles, Miguel. écnicas cualitativas de investigación social. Reflexión metodológica y práctica profesional. Síntesis. 1997
The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.
