History of Public Administration I

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Lectures on the topics as detailed in the syllabus and in-class discussion on the relevant topics, as a way of assessing to what extent contemporary Public Administration is indebted to the historical perspective.  

Learning Outcomes

As far as contents and critical reflection are concerned, students are expected to: a) understand  why History of Public Administration, its effects on the way contemporary administration is organized and the norms regulating it ought to be studied; b) realize the international and national relevance of Public Administration studies; c) learn the objectives that have underpinned the exercise of administrative work  throughout history; d) understand the rationality underlying the successive Administration models; e) articulate the legal, economic, political, social and cultural dimensions operative in Administration studies; f) contextualize Public Administration in the period prior to the rise of Portugal as a nation.  

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. History  of Public Administration in debate

  1. Introductory remarks

2. Different views on History  of Public Administration

 3. Concatenations of Public Administration at the historical level

II. Pictures of the History of Public Administration teaching at the Coimbra school

1. The submerged phase of Public Administration studies
2. Autonomization of Public Administration teaching

III. Iberian Public Administration in the period prior to the rise of Portugal as a nation

1. A glimpse into early Iberian peoples’ administrative organization
2. Roman Public Administration
3. Visigotic Public Administration
4. Impact of Muslims on Iberian Administration
5. Public Administration and Christian Reconquista

 

Head Lecturer(s)

Rui Manuel de Figueiredo Marcos

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Frequency: 100.0%

Bibliography

Marcos, R. F. (2006a). Concatenações da Administração Pública no Plano Histórico, Estudo e Ensino da Administração Pública em Portugal (pp. 131-142). Lisboa: Escolar Editora

Marcos, R. F. (2006b). História da Administração Pública. Relatório sobre o Programa, o Conteúdo e os Métodos de Ensino. Coimbra: Almedina

Marcos, R. F. (2012). As Concepções da Administração Pública e os Quadros Históricos do seu Ensino na Escola de Coimbra. Boletim da Faculdade de Direito, 88, 317-342.

Marcos, Rui de Figueiredo (2015). História da Administração Pública. Coimbra: Almedina (no prelo).