History of Public Administration

Code:

CINF014

Acronym:

HAP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	History

Instance: 2010/2011 - 1S

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	55	Plano Oficial a partir de 2008/2009	2	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Goals
The fundamental goal is to situate the Information Sciences’ student within long-term historical contexts of the administrative entities of information production, particularly the institutions consecutively created within Public Administration, in the period of time between the Kingdom’s formation and the democratic organization.
Competences
We also seek that the students are capable of organizing their own research, including bibliographical support, printed sources and, preferably, manuscript documentation.
We aim that the information shall be reused and disclosed in practical works, in order to develop them in other subjects and during a student’s professional career.

Program

1. Discussing the program’s goals, bearing in mind the degree’s profile. Basic bibliography. Evaluation rules.

1st PART – From the foundation of Nationality to Liberalism
2. Territory and Territories – an articulation of powers – territory dispersion – secular and religious landlords – constraints associated to the Christian reconquest process:
- the contingencies of territory’s formation in the Kingdom of Portugal and “territory” construction;
- the obstacles to territory construction – the difficulties of knowledge and circulation in the territory;
- the construction of public interest over private interest – the evolution of legal codes;
- government structures – from Court to medieval Courts.

3. The organization of the central power – institutionalization of the State in the modern period
- The King as tutor and the Kingdom’s governor;
- The responsibility of functionalism and memory organization: written culture;
- Institutions: chancellery, courts and the exchequer;
- Courts and modern courts – the loss of competences.

4 . The organization of local territory magistrates in medieval and modern periods:
- Inspectors (“corregedores”), ombudsmen (“provedores”) and judges (“juízes de fora”) – guardianships and competences.

2nd PART – From Liberalism to a Decentralized Administration

1. The Constituent Courts and the new government order – the separation of powers;
2. Electoral systems and the repercussions on local and central governance;
3. From the Tables to Ministries (from the 19th century to the Republic);
4. “Starting from below”: the reorganization of the local administration and the broadening of competences: from districts (“distritos”) to parish councils (“juntas de paróquia”).

Mandatory literature

HESPANHA, A. Manuel ; História das Instituições, Almedina, 1982
CAETANO, Marcelo ; Estudos de História da Administração Pública Portuguesa, Coimbra Editora, 1994
Dir. José Mattoso; História de Portugal, v.2, 4 a 8, 1ª ed., Círculo de Leitores, 1992
BARROS, Henrique de Gama ; História da Administração Pública em Portugal. Séculos XII a XV, 2ª ed., Sá da Costa, 1947
SILVEIRA, Luís Nuno Espinha da ; Território e poder, Patrimonia, 1997
coord. Joel Serrão, António Barreto, Maria Filomena Mónica; Dicionário de História de Portugal. 7 vols., Porto: Figueirinhas, 1999-2000

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical lessons (TP) assume an expositive component by the teacher, and a participated discussion by the students. The latter is supposed to be spontaneous or provoked, as long as the topics demand a deeper concept, theory or methodology study about specific materials (tables, boards, texts/documents). We seek that the students develop instrumental competences so as to be prepared for different historical-spatial realities (information organization) they will be subject to, in the future.
Theoretical and practical lessons will be used for a formal display of the program, using slideshows and bibliography, including information treatment in printed documentation as well. The outcomes will be presented by the students.
Some classes will be exclusively for preparation of practical works and for applied research.

keywords

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

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
	Exame	10,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	96
	Total:	96,00

Eligibility for exams

75% attendance.

Calculation formula of final grade

Work assessment (reviews, critical analysis of guides and/or inventories, documentation analysis): 50%
Final exam: 50%.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.