Contemporary Portuguese History II

Code:

HISTO076

Acronym:

HCONP2

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	History

Instance: 2021/2022 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://moodle.up.pt/course/view.php?id=1853
Responsible unit:	Department of History, Political and International Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in History

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
HISTO	71	HISTO - Study Plan	3	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

At the end of the semester, students should be able to:

1. Realise the need of scientific analysis of the History of the Present for the understanding of the historical context in which they live.

2. Organise historically and chronologically the major cycles of the Portuguese history of the twentieth century.

3. Identify and interrelate explanatory elements of the emergence and crisis of the Portuguese political regimes of the twentieth century.

4. Synthesise the structural aspects of the Portuguese socio-economic evolution along the last century.

5. Apply critically essential concepts of Social Sciences to the different historical cycles of the Portuguese contemporaneity.

6. Analyse critically in a written exam at least two relevant problems of the Portuguese history of the last hundred years.

Learning outcomes and competences

1. To realise the need of scientific analysis of the History of the Present for the understanding of the historical context in which they live.

2. To organise historically and chronologically the major cycles of the Portuguese history of the twentieth century.

3. To identify and interrelate explanatory elements of the emergence and crisis of the Portuguese political regimes of the twentieth century.

4. To synthesise the structural aspects of the Portuguese socio-economic evolution along the last century.

5. To apply critically essential concepts of Social Sciences to the different historical cycles of the Portuguese contemporaneity.

6. To analyse critically in a written exam at least two relevant problems of the Portuguese history of the last hundred years.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. INTRODUCTION: an overview of the evolution of Portuguese society and economy in the 20th century.

2. MONARCHIST AUTHORITARIANISM AND FIRST REPUBLIC: TWO UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO OVERCOME THE CRISIS OF THE PORTUGUESE LIBERAL SYSTEM (1906-26):

2.1 João Franco's caesarianism and the final crisis of the Monarchist regime.

2.2 Republican reformism: a progressive programme for Education and State reform.

2.3 War, political violence and instability:

2.3.1 The intervention in the Great War: colonial nationalism, political destabilisation, religious upsurge, social rupture.

2.3.2 War and political violence: the military in political life, Sidonism (1917-18) and putsches, working-class repression.

2.3.3 The post-war period: a rudimentary social Republic and the authoritarian swing of the right.

3. NEW ORDER, FIRST SALAZARISM AND RESISTANCE (1926-45):

3.1 Fascism and fascistised authoritarianism in the Age of Fascism (1918-45).

3.2 The implementation of Salazar's rule: from the authoritarian transition (1926-33) to the fascistisation of the New State (1933-43/45):

3.2.1 The new political order: constitutional appearance, mass political framework, Politics of the Spirit, preventive and punitive violence, "an intermittent civil war" (F. Rosas, 1927-39).

3.2.2 Corporatism and social control.

3.2.3 War (Spanish Civil War and World War II), social distress and repression.

4. DICTATORSHIP, MODERNISATION AND WAR (1945-74):

4.1 The post-war authoritarian modernisation and the incipient opening of Portuguese economy (OEEC and EFTA).

4.2 A society that resists: the reorganization of the Communist Party and the cycle of anti-fascist unity (1943-49); Delgado's" hurricane" (1958) and the 1960s and 1970s radicalization.

4.3 Colonialism and the Colonial War: racism, forced labour and Lusotropicalism; Goa (1961), the war in Africa (1961-74) and its impact (emigration, exhaustion, desertion, protest).

4.4 The Marcelismo (1968-74): the aborted political spring and the internal contradictions of the regime.

5. PORTUGUESE DEMOCRACY: FROM THE REVOLUTION OF 1974-76 TO THE "GREAT LOCKDOWN" OF 2020-21:

5.1 Revolution, democratisation and decolonisation (1974-76): the Portuguese model of democracy.

5.2 Democratic normalization (1976-86): crisis, counter-revolution and the European option.

5.3 The contradictory impact of European integration: economic (neo)liberalisation, financialisation, economic crises and degradation of the welfare state.

5.4 A new Portuguese identity: culturally and ethnically plural, secular, but still conservative.

5.5 The "political economy of retrocession" (J. Reis et al.): from the "lost decade" (2002-15) to the "Great Lockdown" (2020-21).

Mandatory literature

BRITO, J. M. Brandão de; ROSAS, Fernando (coords.); Dicionário do Estado Novo. , Lisboa: Bertrand, 1996
MATTOSO, José (dir.) ; História de Portugal (vols. V a VII)., Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores., 1993
REIS, António (dir.) ; Portugal Contemporâneo, Alfa, 1990
Rosas, Fernando; Salazar e o poder. ISBN: 978-989-671-140-5

Complementary Bibliography

SERRÃO, Joel (dir.) ; Dicionário de História de Portugal +Suplemento, Porto: Figueirinhas,, 1981,1999
Rosas, Fernando 340; História da Primeira República Portuguesa. ISBN: 978-972-8955-98-4
Rosas, Fernando 340; A^transição falhada. ISBN: 972-46-1538-3
Torgal, Luís Reis 340; Estados autoritários e totalitários e suas representações. ISBN: 978-989-8074-53-9
Torgal, Luís Reis 340; Estados autoritários e totalitários e suas representações. ISBN: 978-989-8074-53-9
Ferreira, José Medeiros, 1942-; Ensaio histórico sobre a revolução do 25 de Abril
Ferreira, José Medeiros, 1942-; Portugal na Conferência da Paz. ISBN: 972-564-140-X
Ferreira, José Medeiros, 1942- 080; Adesão de Portugal às Comunidades Europeias. ISBN: 972-556-300-X
Alexandre, Valentim; Velho Brasil, novas Áfricas
PINTO, António Costa; MONTEIRO, Nuno Gonçalo; História Contemporânea de Portugal, Objectiva, 2015
Marques, A. H. de Oliveira, 1933-2007; Guia de História da 1ª República Portuguesa
Pimentel, Irene Flunser; A^Polícia Internacional de Defesa do Estado / Direcção-Geral de Segurança (PIDE/DGS), 1945-1974
Pimentel, Irene Flunser; História das organizações femininas do Estado Novo. ISBN: 972-759-449-2
LAINS, Pedro; SILVA, A. Ferreira da (coord.); História Económica de Portugal, 1700-2000. , ICS, 2000

Comments from the literature

Please look for list of relevant works available DOCUMENTS attached to this module webpage, as well as a full list of relevant Biliography.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical-practical classes (TP) will consist of teaching activities that will the presentation of information, sometimes using texts previously made available to students attached to this webpage, usually through multimedia presentations, analysis of written documents, films and pictures, graphs and tables. Experience shows that in modules with over 40 students enrolled it becomes impossible (even if this was pedagogically important) for a single teacher (and evaluator) to ensure in the tutorials (OT) the supervision of research activities, in the form, for instance, of critical reviews of articles/books chosen by the students. Thus, OT activities will focus on the analysis of historical documents of the same nature as those that each student will have to analyse and interpret in the Final Exam, in which he/she will have the possibility to use printed material, excluding access to the Internet.

keywords

Social sciences > Political sciences > Policy studies > International relations
Social sciences > Sociology > Social changes
Humanities > History

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	108,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Approval in this module requires:

(i) to attend to 75% of the ldctures, both Theory-practical and Tutorials;

(ii) a minimal score of 10 (ten) out of 20 at the final written exam.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final exam = 100%

 

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Accordance with Assessement Regulations in force.

Classification improvement

Accordance with Assessement Regulations in force.

Observations

1. Students may have access to printed literature and study materials (but not to the Internet) during the exams, which means that these will mostly involve the resolution of practical problems.

2. Lectures will be held in Portuguese, but English, French, Spanish or Italian may be used as working languages, including in the final exams.

3. Mobility students who do not read Portuguese are advised not to enrol in this module. Bibliography used in the module is published in Portuguese which is perfectly expectable in a module on Portuguese History taught in a Portuguese university.