Crisis, Public Administration, Citizenship
1
2022-2023
03016208
Law
Portuguese
Face-to-face
SEMESTRIAL
15.0
Elective
3rd Cycle Studies
Recommended Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Teaching Methods
Seminar. A specific topic is addressed in each class and PhD candidates are expected to engage in the discussion. Upon full presentation of the syllabus, PhD candidates are expected to elaborate a research paper. Grading will be based on that paper.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the factors behind the crisis and the effects on the reexamination of the concept of State
- Awareness of the new trends in the development of a Public Law bound anew to public values and ethical prerequisites
- Discussion of the main axes of State and Public Administration reform as part of a broader sustainability framework
- Develop the capacity to exercise responsible citizenship.
Work Placement(s)
NoSyllabus
- Contextualization: the need for a new Theory of the State
- Crisis and Crises: the economical and financial crisis, the axiological crisis
- Reconstructing operational concepts: State, sovereignty, citizenship
- Prerequisites for State reform: public ethics, democracy, participation, decentralization, transparency, simplification, sustainability, accountability
Head Lecturer(s)
Ana Raquel Gonçalves Moniz
Assessment Methods
Assessment
Research work: 100.0%
Bibliography
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DWORKIN, R., Is Democracy Possible Here?, Princeton, 2006.
MONIZ, Ana Raquel G., «Direito, Ética e Estado», in: Estudos em Homenagem a António Barbosa de Melo, Coimbra, 2013, pp. 35-71.
NABAIS, J. Casalta, Por uma Liberdade com Responsabilidade, Coimbra, 2007.
NABAIS, J. Casalta/SILVA, Suzana T. (dir.), Sustentabilidade Fiscal em Tempos de Crise, Coimbra, 2011.
PIRES, S. Moreno,«Indicators of Sustainability», in: MICHALOS, A.C. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research, Dordrecht, 2014, pp. 3209-3214.
SEN, Amartya, A Ideia de Justiça, Coimbra, 2010.
SILVA, Suzana T./RIBEIRO, Maria F. (coord.), Trajectórias de Sustentabilidade. Tributação e Investimento, Coimbra, 2013.
SPINA, Giulio, La Semplificazione Amministrativa come Principio dell'Essere e dell'Agire dell'Amministrazione, Roma, 2013.