Class Governance and Information and Communication Technologies

The UC aims to debate the concept of governance and promote a more complete understanding of the transformations inherent in an increasingly globalized world marked by the advancement of communication technologies and the hybridization of national public spheres. In this framework, relevant issues of global governance will be delved into, considering the role of the media, national institutions and international actors, in particular the EU, as well as the challenges and opportunities posed by the emergence of new forms of communication.

I- Governance and Government

1.1 Conceptual Distinction
1.2 Reforms and Traditions in Public Governance 
1.3 New Interactive Models of Governance 
1.4 Public Governance in a Comparative Perspective

II New Challenges in a Globalized World

1.1 The Public Sphere
1.2 Habermasian Public Sphere
1.3 European Public Sphere and the Europeanization of national arenas
1.4 Case studies of E-Governance (e.g. National Parliaments)

Debate on current issues articulated with the syllabus contents

Hurrell, Andrew (1999). “Sociedade Internacional e Governança Global”, Lua Nova, n.º 46, 55-75

Kaufmann, D., et al. (2010) “The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Methodology and Analytical Issues”.World Bank Policy Research Working Paper,No. 5430.

Stoker, G. (1998). Governance as Theory: Five Propositions. International Social Science Journal, 50(1), 17-28.

Heeks, Richard. "Understanding e-governance for development." (2001).

Eriksen, Erik Oddvar. "An emerging European public sphere." European journal of social theory 8.3 (2005): 341-363.

Brüggemann, Michael, and Hagen Schulz-Forberg. "Becoming pan-European? Transnational media and the European public sphere." International Communication Gazette 71.8 (2009): 693-712.

Trenz, H. J. (2004). Media coverage on European governance: Exploring the European public sphere in national quality newspapers. European Journal of Communication, 19(3), 291-319.