State and Administration in Portugal

Code:

CC018

Acronym:

EAPORT

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Political science

Instance: 2018/2019 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of History, Political and International Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Communication Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CC	1	CC - Study Plan	2	-	6	46	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Students should acquire skills that will enable them to monitor changes in the political structure in early nineteenth century and to perceive the construction of the administrative political system of the state and of the Portuguese public administration; Know the specifics of the political regime which, in the twentieth century, produced an administrative machine whose general lines favored it and perceive the changes of the 25 April Revolution (1974) to the present.

Learning outcomes and competences

1. Modern times (until the 18th century). 2. The birth of the new administrative mindset at the end of the 18th century; 3. Alternative models; 4. The Constitutional Regime and the Portuguese public administration; The new state and the political-administrative organization of the State; 4. The regime post-25 April 1974-Changes in public and organic Administration of the State;

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Not applicable

Program

1. The organization of the State to the implementation of liberalism-the public administration at the service of the absolute monarchy;
2. The influences of the Enlightenment in the concept of State and its functioning;
3. A new public administration. The rationalization of methods at the level of justice, Taxation and education;
4. The Constitutional Advent (1822). The new functions of the State and its administrative machinery;
5. The implementation of the Republic-what has changed?
6. The new state and the political organization of the State;
7. New State and public administration;
8. The new political organization of the state after the revolution of 25 April; The constitutional text and the administrative reforms sectorally considered
9. New Technologies and contemporary public administration;

Mandatory literature

CAETANO, Marcelo; Estudos de história da administração pública portuguesa, Coimbra Editora, 1994
MARCOS, Rui Manuel de Figueiredo; História da administração pública: relatório sobre o programa, o conteúdo e os métodos de ensino, Coimbra: Almedina, 2011
MANIQUE, António Pedro; Mouzinho da Silveira: Liberalismo e administração pública, Lisboa: Liv. Horizonte, 1989. ISBN: 972-24-0722-8
PORTUGAL. Ministério da Reforma Administrativa. Centro de Informação Científica e Técnica; Difusão bibliográfica: iniciação bibliográfica à História Administração Pública, Lisboa: Min. da Reforma Administrativa, 1983
Assembleia da República; CONSTITUIÇÕES PORTUGUESAS, Assembleia da República, 1992. ISBN: 972-556-112-0

Teaching methods and learning activities

The use of imaging and text means to provoke the discussion of various aspects covered, as well as the interplay of the pupils by raising the treatment of matters in the context of the plan.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Participação presencial	25,00
Trabalho escrito	25,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	106,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Students ' presence in tutorial orientation sessions (75%)

Calculation formula of final grade

Average between the final exam note (less than 7.5 values is not considered) the note assigned by the attendance in class and the written work note (all components are worth 0 to 20 values).

Internship work/project

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable.

Classification improvement

In accordance with the guidelines of the Pedagogical Council.

Observations

Not applicable.