Domenico FRUNCILLO | POLITICAL SCIENCE
Domenico FRUNCILLO POLITICAL SCIENCE
cod. 0312300010
POLITICAL SCIENCE
| 0312300010 | |
| DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE POLITICHE, SOCIALI E DELLA COMUNICAZIONE | |
| EQF6 | |
| SOCIOLOGY | |
| 2017/2018 |
| OBBLIGATORIO | |
| YEAR OF COURSE 2 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2011 | |
| SECONDO SEMESTRE |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPS/04 | 9 | 60 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
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| THIS COURSE AIMS TO IDENTIFY FUNDAMENTAL REFERENCE POINTS IN THE STUDY OF POLITICAL PROCESSES AND ACTIVITIES USING APPROPRIATE ANALYTICAL CATEGORIES AND ADOPTING THE SPECIFIC METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH OF POLITICAL SCIENCE. PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE A BROAD OVERVIEW OF THEORETICAL REFLECTIONS AND EMPIRICAL FINDINGS ON THE MAIN THEMES IN POLITICAL SCIENCE. BY EXPLORING THE BASIC CONCEPTS AND METHODS USED BY POLITICAL SCIENTISTS TO STUDY POLITICAL PHENOMENA, STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP A COMPARATIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE POLITICAL AND INSTITUTION FRAMEWORKS OF THE MATURE DEMOCRACIES AND WILL BE INVITED TO ADOPT A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF CRUCIAL ASPECTS OF THE ITALIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM AND ITS RECENT TRANSFORMATIONS. |
| Prerequisites | |
|---|---|
| NONE |
| Contents | |
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| THE COURSE IS SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE SECTIONS: (1) FOUNDATIONS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, (2) THE CONTEMPORARY DEMOCRACIES AND (3) THE ITALIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM. THE FIRST MODULE IS DEDICATED TO THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND ITS PRINCIPAL OBJECTS OF STUDY. THE METHODOLOGICAL SPECIFICITIES OF THE DISCIPLINE WILL BE CLARIFIED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COURSE AND THE NOTION OF POLITICS ITSELF WILL BE DEFINED USING A RANGE OF DIFFERENT THEORETICAL APPROACHES. THE CONCEPT OF POLITICAL REGIME WILL BE INTRODUCED AND PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE FOCUSED ON THE CONTEMPORARY DEMOCRACIES, INCLUDING THEIR SPECIFIC FORMS OF REPRESENTATION, PARTICIPATION, PARTIES, GROUPS AND MOVEMENTS. THE SECOND MODULE WILL ADOPT A COMPARATIVE APPROACH TO THE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CONTEMPORARY DEMOCRACIES, BUILDING ON THE RESULTS OF RESEARCH CARRIED OUT IN RECENT DECADES. THE MAIN REFERENCE POINTS WILL BE THE TWO MODELS OF DEMOCRACY DEVELOPED BY A. LIJPHART, WITH THEIR EMPHASIS ON FORMS OF GOVERNMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ELECTORAL SYSTEMS AND PARTY SYSTEMS AND THE FORM OF THE STATE. A KEY THEME IN THIS PART OF THE COURSE WILL BE THE TRANSFORMATION OF ÉLITES IN THE CONTEMPORARY DEMOCRACIES. THE OBJECT OF STUDY DURING THE THIRD MODULE IS THE ITALIAN CASE, INCLUDING ITS FORM OF GOVERNMENT, ELECTORAL SYSTEM, PARTY SYSTEM, ELECTORAL BEHAVIOUR, POLITICAL CULTURE ETC. IN PARTICULAR, THE COURSE WILL EXPLORE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM AND THE POLITICAL TRANSFORMATIONS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN RECENT YEARS. THE ANALYSIS OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS WILL BE THE PRINCIPAL TOOL USED TO ANALYSE THE CHANGING ITALIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM FROM THE MID-1990S ONWARDS. |
| Teaching Methods | |
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| TRADITIONAL LECTURES, THEMATIC SEMINARS, EXERCISES. |
| Verification of learning | |
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| ORAL EXAM. |
| Texts | |
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| MODULE 1. FOUNDATIONS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE 1) G. SARTORI, ELEMENTI DI TEORIA POLITICA, IL MULINO, BOLOGNA 1995 CAPP. 1, 2, 3, 8, 10, 11, 12, 15 2) D. DELLA PORTA, INTRODUZIONE ALLA SCIENZA POLITICA, IL MULINO, BOLOGNA 2008, CAPP. I, II, III, IV, V MODULE 2. THE CONTEMPORARY DEMOCRACIES 3) S. VASSALLO (A CURA DI) SISTEMI POLITICI COMPARATI - SECONDA EDIZIONE 2016 LIMITATAMENTE AI CAPITOLO I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII, XIII 4) R. DI LEO, IL RITORNO DELLE ÉLITES, MANIFESTOLIBRI, ROMA 2012 MODULE 3. THE ITALIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: 5) M. CALISE, IL PARTITO PERSONALE. I DUE CORPI DEL LEADER, LATERZA ROMA-BARI NUOVA EDIZIONE 2010 - M. CALISE, LA TERZA REPUBBLICA. PARTITI CONTRO PRESIDENTI, LATERZA, ROMA-BARI 2006 - E. MELCHIONDA, ALLE ORIGINI DELLE PRIMARIE. DEMOCRAZIA E DIRETTISMO NELL’AMERICA PROGRESSISTA, EDIESSE ROMA 2005 |
| More Information | |
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| DURING THE COURSE, ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES WILL BE PROVIDED. STUDENTS WHO INTEND TO CHOOSE POLITICAL SCIENCE AS AN OPTIONAL COURSE ARE REQUESTED TO CONTACT THE LECTURER IN ADVANCE, SO THAT THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE CAN BE FURTHER TAILORED TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL SITUATION. |
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