Online Master in Public Administration and Government in Latin America

1. The administrative organization in the political system: the functions of public powers in contemporary States.
2. Political relationship and administration in Latin America.
3. Public intervention through the provision of public services.
4. State models and criticism of the public sector.
5. New Public Administration and Latin America.
6. Reference administrative models and traditions in relation to Latin America.
7. Globalization of reference points and reform of the public sector.
8. The modernizing waves of Latin American Public Administrations.

1. Political science as the backbone of the study of democracy.
2. Elements of analysis of democracy, institutions, actors and political processes.
3. Social analysis.
4. The power and the state.
5. The perspective of institutional analysis.
6. The reform of the State in Latin America.
7. Social cohesion in Latin America: the conceptual debate.
8. Panorama of social inequity in Latin America.
9. Ethics and the fight against corruption in the public sphere.
10. Limited resources and growing demands on the part of the citizen.

1. The reform of the state in Latin America.
2. The great options and configurative elements of decentralization processes.
3. The centralist tradition in Latin American politics.
4. Crisis of governance, decentralization and reform of the State in Latin America.
5. Crisis of the nation-state and territorial distribution of power.
6. The development of local governments in Latin America.
7. Local autonomy and the importance of local politics.
8. Institutional capacities and subnational governments.

1. International organizations and the dynamics of interaction between countries in the region.
2. Co-operation and integration in international trade.
3. The phenomenon of regional economic integration.
4. International co-operation organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean.
5. Main regional integration processes in Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean.

1. Political Science as the backbone of the study of public policy and Public Administration.
2. The analysis of public policies as an analytical approach to Political Science.
3. The design, implementation, and evaluation of policies.
4. The definition of service offer.
5. Characteristics of services.
6. Servuction: factors to consider in the definition of the service.

1. Fight against inequality.
2.  The policy of promoting the labour market and job placement.
3. Social policies and their impact on economic development in Latin America.
4. Concept of economic development in the context of decentralization in Latin America.
5. Public policy networks in development.
6. Typologies of public action programs for development.

1. Regulation as an arena for political interaction.
2. Independent regulatory agencies in Latin America in the international context.
3. Outsourcing of services and external hiring, and the specificities in Latin America.
4. New relationship models in the external provision of services.
5. The concept of project planning.
6. Programing techniques.
7. Cost-benefit analysis in Public Administration.

1. The problems of Public Administrations in Latin America.
2. Institutional empowerment strategies.
3. The basic dimensions of an administrative structure.
4. Organizational structures.
5. Basic elements of the servuction approach.
6. The approach to operational management of services.
7. Production of services and new paradigms of public management.
8. The organizational culture of public management.

1. Neoinstitutionalism and human resource management analysis.
2. Basic characteristics of international civil service systems.
3. Models in Latin America.
4. Personal management and people management.
5. The human resources management sub-systems.
6. Planning, management and evaluation of the human resources system.
7. The evaluation of the performance of human resources.
8. The implementation of a management model for professional skills.

1. Leadership, management, and control in public administration and public services.
2. The mission and public utility. Demand in public services.
3. The inclusion of demand in the public action agenda.
4. The networks of actors in the public sphere.
5. Environmental analysis techniques.
6. The concept of quality of service.
7. The establishment of quality indicators and quality circles.
8. Participatory design: quality circles.
9. ICT in Public Administrations, digital government and open government.

This module corresponds to the International Week in Barcelona, which consists of 5 days in Barcelona. During this period, intensive sessions combining academic content with visits to Spanish public institutions are planned.

The contents of these sessions include: critical review of the governance models analysed and generation of debate on their applicability in the Latin American environment, visits to political-administrative institutions at different levels of government and public-private partnerships, and personalised tutoring of participants.

The topics to be developed will be related to the contents worked on in the different subjects and will be developed in morning and afternoon sessions at the University's facilities, as well as at the headquarters of the different institutions to be visited during the stay in Barcelona.

These face-to-face classes have the participation of collaborating teachers with diverse profiles (academics, managers and professionals who have led relevant experiences in different fields of management and public policies) and combine different teaching methodologies such as: lectures, group debates and reflection sessions, workshops, case studies, visits and discussions on real experiences with the protagonists who have developed them.

This week also aims to promote a face-to-face meeting that favours both the generation of new dynamics and connections between students and teachers, as well as the possibility of learning directly about relevant experiences from other countries and regions.

• Definition and object of study.
• Description and diagnosis of the chosen public policy or organization and its institutional framework.
• Specific proposals for action.
• Implementation of change proposals.
• Conclusions and recap.

A video must be sent with the presentation of the Project once it is finished, which will be evaluated by the academic directors.