State and Public Policies

Description

Enable the acquisition of knowledge about: OG1 - The history and evolution of the State, as well as theoretical debates on the issue OG2 - The institutional form of the welfare state, main models and characteristics OG3 - Conditioning factors, European dimension, and development phases of public policies Enable the acquisition of knowledge about: OA1 - Origins and historical evolution of the State OA2 - The concept of power OA3 - Theoretical debates about the State OA4 - Characteristics and effects of welfare state models OA5 - State intervention and market regulation OA6 - Conditioning factors of public policies OA7 - European dimension of public policies OA8 - Main phases of public policy development CP 1. WHAT IS THE STATE? CP 1.1. Origins and historical evolution CP 1.2. Concepts of power and influence: State instruments CP 1.3. Theoretical debates about the State: institutions, globalization, and State transformation CP 2. MODERN STATE: THE EXPANSION OF STATE FUNCTIONS CP 2.1. From the modern State to the welfare state: characteristics and effects of models CP 2.2. State and economy: between intervention and regulation CP 3. PUBLIC POLICIES CP 3.1. Characteristics, conception, and study of public policies CP 3.2. Stages of the policy cycle as analytical lenses on the policy-making process CP 3.3. Theories of the political process (national/European/international) CP 3.4. Public policies in Portugal OG1: OA1 to OA3; CP1