A construção do estado liberal. Elite política e burocracia na "Regeneração" (1851-1890)

Quem governa ? Qual a configuração e dinâmica da burocracia ? Sinteticamente, estas duas questões enunciam os objectivos principais da presente investigação sobre o sistema politico administrativo no Portugal oitocentista. No essencial, o âmbito cronológico do nosso estudo coincide com os limites temporais da "Regeneração ", no sentido lato do termo, isto e, com o novo ciclo liberal que tem como acto fundador o pronunciamento militar üsaldanhista" de finais de Abril de 1851 e se prolonga até à crise de 1890. comummente identificada pela historiografia portuguesa como um momento crucial de viragem. Este período de cerca de quarenta anos singulariza- se pela combinação de três aspectos fundamentais. Por um lado, tratou-se de uma época de relativa acalmia politica e social - apenas seriamente ameaçada na conjuntura critica de 1868 a 1871 -, durante a qual as manifestações de conflito violento, que tinham marcado a fase inicial do liberalismo, cederam o lugar às formas de conflito regulado. Esta alteração do tipo dominante de conflito, associada à institucionalização dos mecanismos e processos do sistema de "governo representativo", resultou da afirmação de uma lógica de compromisso (a "politica dos acordos") entre as várias parcialidades ou coligações rivais da elite, que implicava a subordinação da luta politica às regras da competição pacifica e a garantia de expectativas credíveis de alternância no poder. Em larga medida, essa transformação não teria sido possível sem uma ampla renovação do pessoal politico dirigente. Por outro lado, correspondeu a uma etapa decisiva na consolidação do aparelho burocrático do Estado liberal, que se traduziu numa dinâmica de expansão e modernização das estruturas e meios de administração. Finalmente, foi um ciclo marcado por importantes "melhoramentos materiais· e um razoável crescimento económico. embora à custa de um elevado endividamento público. Ocupando as principais posições de comando na hierarquia formal de poder e. como tal, intervindo activamente na construção das instituições e regulam o curso da vida colectiva, na elaboração das normas que as elites politicas são um dos actores centrais em todos os processos de mudança social, independentemente da avaliação positiva ou negativa do seu protagonismo histórico . Por essa razão. o estudo da sua formação e composição ou da sua acção transformadora constituem importantes eixos temáticos da investigação em sociologia politica.

The Cornerstones of Modern Government Maps, Weights and Measures and Census in Liberal Portugal (19th century)

Thesis submitted for assessment with a view to obtaining the degree of Doctor in History and Civilisation from the European University Institute

Learning in higher education: strategies to overcome challenges faced by adult students – lessons drawn from two case studies in Portugal

This paper appears in International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education edited by Lawrence A. Tomei (Ed.) Copyright 2007, IGI Global, www.igi-global.com. Posted by permission of the publisher. URL:http://www.idea-group.com/journals/details.asp?id=4287.

Distance continuing education for enterprises in European Universities

Proceedings of EDEN 10th Anniversary Conference, 10-13 June 2001 Stockholm, Sweden

Environmental impact assessment in higher education and training in Portugal

Journal of Cleaner Production, nº 16, p. 639-645

The development of a knowledge-based society - Challenges for e-learning and adult students in higher education

This chapter appears in Encyclopaedia of Distance Learning 2nd Edition edit by Rogers, P.; Berg, Gary; Boettecher, Judith V.; Howard, Caroline; Justice, Lorraine; Schenk, Karen D.. Copyright 2009, IGI Global, www.igi-global.com. Posted by permission of the publisher. URL: http://www.igi-global.com/reference/ details.asp?ID=9703&v=tableOfContents

Building a knowledge and learning society in Portugal - Adult students in technological schools and higher education institutions

Chapter in Merrill, Barbara (ed.) (2009) Learning to Change? The Role of Identity and Learning Careers in Adult Education. Hamburg: Peter Lang Publishers. URL: http://www.peterlang.com/ index.cfm?vID=58279&vLang=E&vHR=1&vUR=2&vUUR=1

A crítica de Alasdair MacIntyre ao modelo liberal de racionalidade

Dissertação apresentada para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Filosofia Geral

Program Catapultas: Education for development in Bairro Padre Cruz

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Economics from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Education for sustainable development – How are Portuguese children being educated in order to become responsible consumers

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

The use of corpora to the teach english as a foreign language in secondary education in Portugal

Trabalho de Projecto apresentado para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Didáctica Do Inglês

Conference on Enabling Teachers for Entrepreneurship Education

The Conference on Enabling Teachers for Entrepreneurship Education (ENTENP2013) in Initial Teacher Education (ITE) will be held at the Guarda Polytechnic Institute (GPI) in Guarda on 7/8 June 2013. We expect delegates from all the Portuguese Higher Education Institutions and the EU Member States, as well as Pre-Accession Countries and countries participating in the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP). ENTENP 2013 addresses to all practitioners from the area of teacher education and entrepreneurship education, but also the early stage adopters of education in entrepreneurship. The conference is jointly organized by Guarda Polytechnic Institute with the collaboration of Castelo Branco Polytechnic Institute, Viana do Castelo Polytechnic Institute and Universidade Nova de Lisboa and shall be hosted by the European Commission and GPI. The purpose of the event is to discuss burning questions and exchange good practice examples in the field of enabling teachers for entrepreneurship education and looking at possible areas of development and cooperation.

Public funding of higher education: who gains, who loses?

This paper analyses the effects of public funding of higher education on the welfare of the different agents. It takes into account the hierarchical nature of the educational system and also the fact that parents always have the possibility to complement basic public education with private expenditures in individual tutoring. It is obtained that although public funding implies a larger access to higher education it is always the case that some of the agents that gain access lose in welfare terms. Moreover, it is shown that the marginal agent to access university would always prefer a pure private funding system. Thus, when studying the effects of public funding of higher education, we can not identify gaining access to University with an increase in welfare. Finally, I consider a funding system where only those that send their o¤spring to university support the funding of higher education.

Returns to vocational education in Portugal

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Economics from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics