HISTORY OF PARTIES AND TRADE UNIONS

Roberto PARRELLA HISTORY OF PARTIES AND TRADE UNIONS

1212100105
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES
EQF6
POLITICAL AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SCIENCE
2024/2025

YEAR OF COURSE 3
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2019
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
960LESSONS
Objectives
THE TEACHING AIMS TO UNDERSTAND THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND TRADE UNION ORGANIZATIONS IN ITALY IN THE SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS FOLLOWING THE END OF WORLD WAR II. THE STUDENT WILL KNOW BOTH THE ITALIAN POLITICAL AND TRADE UNION EVENTS IN RELATION TO THE CHANGING INTERNAL AND INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK, AND THE HISTORIOGRAPHY ON THE TOPIC, ACQUIRING METHODS OF RECONSTRUCTION AND CRITICAL ANALYSIS RELATING TO THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE WHOLE PERIOD CONSIDERED. THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO DISTINGUISH AND INTERPRET BOTH THE CONSTITUTIVE CHARACTERISTICS AND DYNAMICS OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM AND TRADE UNION ORGANIZATIONS IN POST-WORLD WAR II ITALY, AS WELL AS THEIR MUTUAL INTERACTIONS IN RELATION TO CHANGES IN THE INTERNATIONAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC BALANCES OF THE COUNTRY. THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO FORMULATE CRITICAL JUDGMENTS ON THE MAIN POLITICAL AND TRADE UNION PROCESSES, AS WELL AS ON THE GOVERNMENT FORMULAS THAT HAVE GRADUALLY CHARACTERIZED THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY FROM 1945 TO TODAY. THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP COMPARATIVE ANALYZES OF THE MAIN PARTY-POLITICAL AND TRADE UNION MODELS PROPOSED AS WELL AS BY THE HISTORICAL AND SOCIO-POLITICAL DISCIPLINES. THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO BOTH NAVIGATE THE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTATION ON THE TOPIC AND START SCIENTIFIC OR JOURNALISTIC RESEARCH ACTIVITIES USING HISTORICAL SOURCES AND THE MOST RECENT LITERATURE.
Prerequisites
PRELIMINARY TO THIS DIDACTIC ACTIVITY IS THE TEACHING OF CONTEMPORARY HISTORY.
Contents
THE TEACHING CONSISTS OF 1 SINGLE MODULE.
SINGLE MODULE, 60 HOURS:
THE PARTIES AND THE "FORM OF GOVERNMENT" IN THE ITALIAN CONSTITUTION (4 HOUR LESSONS)
DE GASPERI'S "PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY" (4 HOUR LESSONS)
WORKERS AND PEASANTS: THE TRADE UNION REPRESENTATIVES (4 HOUR LESSONS)
A WEAK "CENTRISM" (4 HOUR LESSONS)
THE NEW MATERIAL CONSTITUTION (4 HOUR LESSONS)
THE CENTER-LEFT AND PROGRAMMING (4 HOUR LESSONS)
THE "INCOME POLICY" AND TRADE UNION MAXIMALISM (4 HOUR LESSONS)
THE INSTITUTIONAL BASES OF "CONSOCIATIVISM" AND THE END OF COLLATERALISM. (4 HOUR LESSONS)
GOVERNMENTS OF NATIONAL UNITY (4 HOUR LESSONS)
THE VIRTUAL END OF THE FIRST REPUBLIC (4 HOUR LESSONS)
THE BERLINGUER-CRAXI CLASH (4 HOUR LESSONS)
THE COLLAPSE OF THE REPUBLIC OF PARTIES (4 HOUR LESSONS)
THE FINANCIAL RECOVERY OF THE AMATO AND CIAMPI GOVERNMENTS (4 HOUR LESSONS)
ROMANO PRODI'S GOVERNMENT AND ENTRY INTO THE EURO (4 HOUR LESSONS)
BEYOND THE SECOND REPUBLIC (4 HOUR LESSONS)
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE IS DIVIDED INTO FRONTAL LESSONS (60 HOURS). THE FRONTAL LESSONS WILL ALLOW THE STUDENT TO ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE RELATING TO BOTH ITALIAN POLITICAL AND TRADE UNION EVENTS FROM THE POST-WAR PERIOD TO THE PRESENT DAY, AND TO THE HISTORIOGRAPHY ON THE TOPIC, THROUGH THE MOST RECENT METHODS OF RECONSTRUCTION AND CRITICAL ANALYSIS REGARDING THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE PERIOD CONSIDERED.
Verification of learning
THE EXAM CONSISTS OF A FINAL ORAL EXAM AIMED AT TESTING THE STUDENT'S KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND TRADE UNION ORGANIZATIONS IN ITALY IN THE SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS FOLLOWING THE END OF WORLD WAR II AS WELL AS HIS ABILITY TO DEVELOP IN AUTONOMY CRITICAL JUDGMENTS ON THE MAIN SOCIO-POLITICAL PROCESSES AND ON THE GOVERNMENT FORMULAS THAT HAVE CHARACTERIZED THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY FROM 1945 TO THE PRESENT. AT LEAST THREE QUESTIONS WILL BE FORMULATED TO ASSESS SUCH KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY. THE MARK (MIN 18, MAX 30 WITH POSSIBLE HONORS) IS DETERMINED BY THE LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING DIMENSIONS OF THE ORAL EXPOSURE: MASTERY OF THE CONTENTS, APPROPRIATENESS OF HISTORICAL REFERENCES, CLARITY OF THE ARGUMENTATION, DOMINATION OF THE MAIN HISTORIOGRAPHICAL INTERPRETATIONS.
Texts
P. CRAVERI, L'ARTE DEL NON GOVERNO, L'INESORABILE DECLINO DELLA REPUBBLICA ITALIANA, MARSILIO, VENEZIA, 2016.
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