Contemporary Economic History

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical analysis made by the teacher - issues and problems for a seminar on Contemporary Economic History; oral presentations made by / the students /, followed by discussion; Discussion of the draft written work and sharing their contents and problems with / colleagues and teacher.

According to this teaching methodology, focus will be continuous assessment, by the way according to the assessment requirements by the 2^nd Cycle of studies.

Learning Outcomes

Insert the main contemporary economic phenomena in its historical context  . Sensitize students to "think historically" the economy of the Contemporary period and its social processes. Identify the main steps and processes of formation of the contemporary world economy. Describe and interpret the processes of intensification of inter-regional economic relations in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Identify and discuss the changes in the hierarchy of spaces since the begin of the contemporary world economy.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Economy, History and "social structures" - concepts, perspectives, problematics II. The Economy in (s) time (s) and spaces: a short course on the formation of the contemporary world economy III. For a history of the contemporary world economy 1. The world economy in the first half of the eighteenth century 2. Geo-economics of large spaces: the savings-tax world of Islam, the world-economies of the Far East IV tax. Formation and consolidation of the contemporary world economy 1. Steps, bases and processes of intensification of economic interregional relations V. Prosperity, wars and crises of the twentieth century: new clashes between political economy and the "real economy" 1. 1870-1914 - globalization and economic prosperity 2. 1918-1945 - 3 wars and crises. 1945-1973 - economic growth and development VI. Portugal at the crossroads of the world economy: economic backwardness and its progress (XIX-XX).

Head Lecturer(s)

António Manuel Antunes Rafael Amaro

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Research and treatment of specific literature and analysis papers selected by the teacher: 100.0%

Bibliography

CAMERON, R.-História económica do mundo: de uma forma concisa, de há 30.000 anos até ao presente. Mem Martins: Publicações Europa-América, 2000
CHANDLER JR, A. D. -The visible hand: the managerial revolution in American business. Cambridge, Mass: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1977
FREEMAN, C.; LOUÇÃ, F.-Ciclos e crises no capitalismo global: das revoluções industriais à revolução da informação. Porto: Edições Afrontamento, 2004
GARCÍA RUIZ, J. L. -Historia económica de la empresa moderna. Madrid: Istmo, 1994.
HIERARQUIAS de gestão: perspectivas comparativas sobre o desenvolvimento da moderna empresa industrial. Org. Chandler Jr., H. D.. Oeiras: Celta Editora, 1994
LISBOA, M. -A indústria portuguesa e os seus dirigentes: crescimento na segunda metade do século XX e potencial de inovação das funções capitalista, empresarial e de gestão. Lisboa: Educa, 2002
REICH, R. B. -O trabalho das nações: preparando-nos para o capitalismo do século XXI. Lisboa: Quetzal Editores, 1993