ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 99 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 24 Interactive Classroom: 24 Total: 150
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Applied Economics
Areas: Economic History and Institutions
Center Faculty of Economics and Business Studies
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
1) To familiarize students with the most important characteristics and trends of the Spanish economic history from the end of the 18th Century to the present day, by remarking the economic peculiarities that approach and separate Spain from the general tendency of the most developed countries in Europe.
2) By taking into account that socioeconomic formations are historical, We’ll put emphasis on the understanding that economic growth always takes place within social formations. So, if the complexity of the contemporary world wants to be understood, a historical analysis that goes beyond the merely "presentistic" approaches is definitely necessary.
3) Related to the previous point, students will be taught how to analyze historical series and interpret them with the help of the economic theory and quantitative methods.
4) It will be sought that all of the students develop skills focused on understanding the continuous processes of change that affects every human society as well as its individual activity.
1. INTRODUCTION. SPANISH ECONOMY IN THE 18TH CENTURY
1.1. Growth of the population and demographic systems.
1.2. Agriculture and enlightened agrarian reformism.
1.3. Handicrafts, manufactured goods and markets.
1.4. Military spending, tax reformations, indebtedness and creation of the Banco Nacional de San Carlos.
2. THE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN SPAIN IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES: THE MAIN MACROMAGNITUDES.
2.1. Population increase.
2.2. The evolution of the National Product and the Per capita Income.
2.3. Money and prices.
2.4. Regional differences.
3. THE CRISIS IN THE ANCIENT REGIME AND THE LIBERAL REVOLUTION (1789-1840).
3.1. The contradictions of the historical legacy and the temporary factors.
3.2. Institutional changes of liberal nature.
3.3. Handcraft standstill and changes in trade.
3.4. Monetary and bank situation.
3.5. Balance of the period.
4. SPANISH INDUSTRIALIZATION (1840-1880). OBSTACLES AND BOOSTS .
4.1. Spain and the changes in trade and the European industrialization.
4.2. State, infrastructures and capitals.
4.3. Creation and crisis of the modern banks.
4.4. Agrarian expansion and its limits.
4.5. Mining development.
4.6. Industry: textile, iron and steel and non-leading sectors.
5. FROM THE TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY CRISIS TO THE FIRST WORLD WAR.
5.1. From the Great Depression to the economic modernization.
5.2. Commercial, monetary and tax policies.
5.3. Transport, communications and foreign relations.
5.4. The intersecular rise, the new mixed banks and the beginning of the second industrial revolution
6. SPANISH ECONOMY BETWEEN THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND THE CIVIL WAR.
6.1. The impact of the First World War on Spanish economy.
6.2. The post-war crisis, the prosperity in the 20’s and the distribution of the income.
6.3. Growth and structural changes during the Dictatorship.
6.4. The economic policies during Primo de Rivera dictatorship and the Second Republic.
6.5. Foreign investment and industrial growth.
6.6. The Depression in the 30’s and the failure of social and political reformism.
7. SPAIN IN THE FIRST YEARS OF FRANCOISM ( 1939-1959)
7.1. Spanish economy during the war.
7.2. Autarchy, interventionism and social counter-reformation.
7.3. The failure of autarchy and the reformations in the 50’s.
7.4. Industrialization substituting imports.
8. THE GOLDEN PERIOD OF THE SPANISH ECONOMIC GROWTH. FROM THE STABILIZATION PLAN TO THE OIL SHOCK.
8.1. The Stabilization Plan and the open foreign policies.
8.2. Agrarian modernization.
8.3. A quick industrial growth.
8.4. Economic policy and weaknesses of the modernization process.
9. THE SPANISH ECONOMY IN THE DEMOCRATIC PERIOD (1976-2007).
9.1. Energy shock, economic crisis and politic transition in Spain.
9.2. The restructuring of industry, the bank reorganization and the structural policies.
9.3. Spanish economy from the entry into the EEC to the creation of the European Currency Union.
9.4. The Spanish economy in the Economic and Currency Union.
BASIC HANDBOOKS:
COLLANTES, F. (2017), La economía española en 3D. Oferta, demanda y largo plazo. Madrid, Pirámide.
COMÍN, F.; HERNÁNDEZ, M. e LLOPIS, E. (eds) (2002), Historia Económica de España (siglos X - XX). Barcelona, Crítica.
CARRERAS, A. e TAFUNELL, X. (2010), Historia económica de la España contemporánea (1789-2009). Barcelona, Crítica.
CARRERAS, A. e TAFUNELL, X. (2018), Entre el imperio y la globalización. Historia económica de la España contemporánea. Barcelona, Crítica.
MALUQUER DE MOTES, J. (2014), La economía española en perspectiva histórica. Barcelona, Pasado y Presente.
ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY:
ALCAIDE INCHAUSTI, J. (Dir.) (2007), Evolución de la población española en el siglo XX por provincias y comunidades autónomas. Bilbao, Fundación BBVA.
BARCIELA, C.; LÓPEZ, M. I.; MELGAREJO, J.; MIRANDA, J. A. (2005), La España de Franco (1939-1975). Madrid, Síntesis.
BRODER, A. (2000), Historia económica de la España Contemporánea. Madrid, Alianza.
CARMONA, J. e SIMPSON, J. (2003), El laberinto de la agricultura española. Zaragoza, PUZ.
CARRERAS, A., TAFUNELL, x. (coord.) (2005), Estadísticas históricas de España, siglos XIX y XX. Madrid, Banco Exterior de España.
CATALÁN, J. (1995), La economía española y la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Barcelona, Ariel.
COMÍN, F. (1996), Historia de la Hacienda Pública II. España (1808-1995). Barcelona, Crítica.
ETXEZARRETA, M. (coord.) (1991), La reestructuración del capitalismo en España, 1970-1990. Barcelona, Icaria.
FERNANDEZ DE PINEDO, E. e HERNANDEZ MARCO, J.L. (eds.) (1988), La industrialización del norte de España. Barcelona, Univ. País Vasco/Crítica.
FONTANA, J. (ed.) (1986), España bajo el franquismo. Barcelona, Crítica.
GARCÍA DELGADO, J. L. (dir.) (1993), España. Economía. Madrid, Espasa Calpe.
GARCÍA SANZ, A.; GARRABOU, R.; JIMÉNEZ BLANCO, J. I. e BARCIELA, C. (eds.) (1985), Historia agraria de la España Contemporánea. 3 Vols. Barcelona, Crítica.
GARRABOU, R. (ed.) (1988), Las crisis agrarias de fines del siglo XIX. Barcelona, Crítica.
GERMÁN, L.; LLOPIS, E.; MALUQUER, J. e ZAPATA, S. (eds.) (2001), Historia económica regional de España, siglos XIX y XX. Barcelona, Crítica.
GÓMEZ MENDOZA, A. (1989), Ferrocarril, industria y mercado en la modernización de España. Madrid, Espasa Calpe.
GRUPO DE ESTUDIOS DE HISTORIA RURAL (1981), Estadísticas históricas de la producción agraria española, 1859-1935. Madrid, Ministerio de Agricultura.
HERNÁNDEZ ANDREU, J. e GARCÍA RUÍZ, J. L. (coords.) (1996), Historia monetaria y financiera de España. Madrid, Síntesis.
LE BOT, F.; PERRIN, C. (dir.) (2011), Les chemins de l’industrialisation en Espagne et en France. Les PME et le développement des territoires (XVIIIè-XXIè siècles). Bruxelles, Peter Long.
LLOPIS, E. (ed.) (2004), El legado económico del Antigo régimen en España. Barcelona, Crítica.
LLOPIS, E. e MALUQUER DE MOTES, J. (EDS.) (2013), España en crisis. Las grandes depresiones económicas, 1348-2012. Barcelona, Pasado y Presente.
NADAL, J. (1975), El fracaso de la Revolución Industrial en España, 1814-1913. Barcelona, Ariel.
NADAL, J. (1984), La población española (siglos XVI a XX). Barcelona, Ariel.
NADAL, J.; CARRERAS, A. e SUDRIÀ, C. (eds.) (1987), La economía española en el siglo XX. Una perspectiva histórica. Barcelona, Ariel.
NAREDO, J. M. (1996), La evolución de la agricultura en España (1940-1990). Granada, Univ. de Granada.
NÚÑEZ, C. E. (1992), La fuente de la riqueza. Educación y desarrollo económico en la España contemporánea. Madrid, Alianza.
PÉREZ MOREDA, V. e REHER, D.S. (eds.), (1988), Demografía histórica en España. Madrid, El Arquero.
PRADOS DE LA ESCOSURA, L. (1988), De Imperio a nación. Crecimiento y atraso económico en España (1780-1930), Madrid, Alianza.
PRADOS DE LA ESCOSURA, L. (2003), El progreso económico de España (1850-2000). Bilbao, Fundación BBVA.
SÁNCHEZ ALBORNOZ, N. (1988), Españoles hacia América. La emigración en masa, 1880-1930, Madrid, Alianza.
SÁNCHEZ ALONSO, B. (1995), Las causas de la emigración española, 1880-1930, Madrid, Alianza.
TORTELLA CASARES, G. (1973), Los orígenes del capitalismo en España. Banca, industria y ferrocarriles en el siglo XIX. Madrid, Tecnos.
TORTELLA CASARES, G. (1994), El desarrollo económico de la España Contemporánea. Historia económica de los siglos XIX y XX. Madrid, Alianza.
Competences of the Degree contributed by the subject:
• To know and understand the main strokes of the economy and the economic history
• To guide the learning process from an interdisciplinary point of view
• To gather and handle the most important information from the bibliographical, statistical and documentary sources
• To introduce into the development and the oral and written presentation of reports and essays
• To participate within a teamwork
Specific competences of the subject:
- Knowledge of the main factors of the Spanish pre-industrial economy and the factors that caused the Ancient Regime crisis.
- Understanding of the process of change in the Spanish production sectors throughout the 19th century, including obstacles and advances and taking into account the role played by the economic policies that were implemented.
- To understand the economic, social and political changes that occurred in Spain in the 20th century, by distinguishing clearly the main stages of a century that has been marked by two world wars, the Spanish Civil War and the formation of the European Union, in which Spain was incorporated late.
- After having studied this subject, the future economists should have a general perspective of the economic evolution of Spain from the 18th century to nowadays, be able to include the Spanish case in the evolution of the European economy and understand the regional differences in Spain.
1. Lessons: taught by teachers, preferentially based on the master lesson, but with the support of new teaching techniques (screening, promotion of the intervention and debate) and, especially, with the promotion of the reading habit.
2. Seminars: they are sessions about specific topics of the programme. For these activities, students must do, previously, some readings. There are two types of readings: ordered by teachers and chosen by students. After those readings, students will have to do different activities: to interact, to write essays or to debate about their content.
3. Virtual classroom of the subject in the USC Virtual Campus for an interactive teaching. Teachers will show texts, pictures or statistics and these will be discussed by students in the web page (Virtual Campus). There is information about the development of the subject in the virtual classroom.
4. Reports (Courseworks): they will be done by students under the guidance of the teacher. Teachers will set the format and the calendar for the realization and public exhibition of this activity.
5. Resolution of practical exercises by students in the classroom.
6. Tutorships will take place in person.
I. Continuous assessment:
a. Attendance at interactive classes, presentation in interactive classes of previously prepared topics, execution of other activities, active participation in classes: 40%
b. Written final exam: 60%
To pass the subject by this modality, it is necessary to meet the following requirements:
1) To get a five or more in the global assessment
2) To get in each of the parts, as minimun, 40% of the highest mark
II. Final assessment:
There will only be a final exam. This modality is applicable to the students with dispensation from class attendance.
The assessment system will be applied in both opportunities (ordinary and extraordinary).
Finally, repeating students will have the same assessment possibilities.
Class hours to attend:
- Classes in big groups … … … … … … … … … … … …................................................... 15 hours
- Interactive classes in limited groups..................................................................... 31 hours
- Tutorships in very limited groups … … … … … … … … … …........................................... 3 hours
- Final examination … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …....................................... 2 hours
TOTAL (classes) … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …................................ 51 hours
Own pupil work:
- Personal autonomous study or in group … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 65 hours
- Participation in the virtual classroom of the subject … … … … … … … … … … … … … …....… 10 hours
- Recommended readings … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … ......… … … 12 hours
- Development of oral presentations, essays and exercices … … … … … … … … … … …. 12 hours
TOTAL (own pupil work) … … … … … … … … … …… … .… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … ….99 hours
It will be basic to study the subject day-to-day and to participate in the tasks, face-to-face or virtual, available to the students, because it is the only way to pass the course successfully.
Carlos De Francisco Mantiñan
Coordinador/a- Department
- Applied Economics
- Area
- Economic History and Institutions
- Phone
- 881811668
- carlos.francisco [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary supply professor to reduce teaching hours
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