Governance, Government and Citizenship
Code
10235
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente
Credits
3.0
Teacher in charge
Lia Maldonado Teles de Vasconcelos
Weekly hours
1
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
1.To know models and practices of Government
2.To know examples of good practice of Governance
3.To know and test tools and methodologies for public participation in the planning decision
processes
a) Awareness and preparation of the students to the understanding of the conceptual framework of
support to active participation;
b) Key concept acquisition for the operationalization of active participation;
c) Competence development in conducting and structuring of interactive methodologies in practice.
Prerequisites
Besides the course content, the methodology adopted is supported by two main components: (1) individual study and reflection, and (2) collaborative work. The individual study includes reading of the materials made available to the students, confronting the materials with the student previous knowledge, separating the essential aspects from the accessory ones, in a perspective of critical and distant evaluation, organizing and developing personal synthesis.
With this the student has to prepare comments and development of personal texts to participate actively in the thematic debates.
The course will also encourage hands on simulation and role play games for government and conflict resolution at the planning processes and testing of different methodologies and tools according to the technical and financial resources allocated.
At the end of the semester a final test will be delivered.
Subject matter
Democracy and citizenship. The institutions. The networks. The coalitions. Leadership. Decision making processes in the perspective of the forums, arenas and courts. The needs and value-added generated through deliberative spaces. Discursive institutions.
Government Institucional regimes, structures and models;
National, Regional and local Institucional competences;
Public Participation. Requirements and legal framework. The role of public administration. Contexts, levels and myths of participation. The information and knowledge. Lose-lose, win-lose e win-win methodologies. Interactive methodologies (third generation /mutual gain) for the collaborative resolution of problems. Adversial and collaborative techniques.
Key concepts: Type of problems and approaches; Communication; Group dynamics; Interactive model; Interests/values and positions.
Operacionalization: Case studies; Workshop WinWin; Case studies and simulation games reflecting real settings;
Bibliography
Ridder, D. , E. Mostert, H. A. Wolters (editors). (2006) Learning Together to Manage Together. Harmonising Collaborative Planning. Institute of Environmental Systems Research. Osnabrueck Germany. Pp99 ISBN: 3-00-016970-9
Serrat, O. (2010) Building communities of practice. Washington, DC: Asian Development Bank
Smith, Tim (dir) 2004 The Citizen Science ToolBox. Disponível em https://app.secure.griffith.edu.au/03/toolbox/index.php Coastal Cooperative Research Centre Griffith University,
Wesselink, A., Paavola, J., Fritsch, O. & Renn, O.(2011).Rationales for public participation in environmental policy and governance: practitioners’ perspectives, Environment and Planning, Vol. 43 (11):2688 – 2704