History of Public Administration

Code:

CINF014

Acronym:

HAP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	History

Instance: 2023/2024 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of History, Political and International Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor of Arts in Information Science

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CINF	73	Study plan	1	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students
Obs.: Português

Objectives

Contextualize, in space and time, the evolution of public administration, its organization and functionality.

Identify the administrative entities that produce information, specifically, the successive institutions created within the Portuguese Public Administration, in the period between the formation of the Kingdom and the democratic organization.

Identify the logic of governance of the Portuguese territory.

Understand and identify the reflexes of the administration (central, peripheral and local) in the production of information and in the different record supports that are in the custody of local and national archives.

Learning outcomes and competences

Ability to historically contextualize institutions created over time, relate time, space and structural and conjunctural change.

Understand the evolution of concepts related to public administration throughout the History of Portugal.

Develop research, organization and consultation of bibliographic information and critical thinking skills.

The aim is that the information obtained can be reused in work to be carried out in other disciplines and in professional life.

Working method

Presencial

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

Not applicable.

Program

History of Public Administration
1.1. Definition and discussion of concepts
1.2. Information-producing institutions linked to Portuguese public administration: locating and researching information

2. The Portuguese Monarchy: from medieval to early modern times
2.1. Medieval central administration: a Kingdom under “construction”, articulation of powers, legislation
2.2. From the "Curia" to the "Cortes" (medieval and early modern times)
2.3. Central administration in the early modern period: evolution of the State apparatus, bureaucratic specialization
2.4. Local administration: multiplicity/coexistence of territorial circumscriptions

3. From the Constitutional Monarchy to the Portuguese Republic
3.1. The organization of powers in the central administration:
a) From the Cortes Constituintes to the Assembleia: the Constitutions
b) The Courts
c) From State Secretariats to Ministries
3.2. Electoral systems: administrative consequences at central and local levels
3.3. Reorganization of local administration
3.4. The structure of Portuguese public administration today.

Mandatory literature

CAETANO, Marcelo ; Estudos de História da Administração Pública Portuguesa, Coimbra Editora, 1994
HESPANHA, A. Manuel ; História das Instituições, Almedina, 1982
Dir. José Mattoso; História de Portugal, v.2, 4 a 8, 1ª ed., Círculo de Leitores, 1992
coord. Joel Serrão, António Barreto, Maria Filomena Mónica; Dicionário de História de Portugal. 7 vols., Porto: Figueirinhas, 1999-2000
HOMEM, António Pedro Barbas ; O Espírito das Instituições. Um estudo de História do Estado
Silveira, Luís Nuno Espinha da; Território e poder. ISBN: 972-744-021-5

Complementary Bibliography

Santos, José António; As^freguesias. ISBN: 972-8027-38-9

Comments from the literature

In classes, specific bibliography will be suggested for each topic.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Use of image and text projection means around various aspects covered.

Analysis and discussion of texts from different periods within the scope of curricular contents.

Reflection and research exercises on institutional web pages and bibliography.

keywords

Humanities > History > Social history
Humanities > Information science > Documenttion
Humanities > History > Local history
Humanities > History > History of law
Humanities > History > Political history

Evaluation Type

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	121,00
Frequência das aulas	41,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

By final exam. Even though attendance is not mandatory, regular attendance and participation in classes is considered essential.

Calculation formula of final grade

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Internship work/project

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

According to the FLUP's current Evaluation Regulation.