Domenico FRUNCILLO | POLITICAL SCIENCE
Domenico FRUNCILLO POLITICAL SCIENCE
cod. 0312300010
POLITICAL SCIENCE
| 0312300010 | |
| DIPARTIMENTO DI STUDI POLITICI E SOCIALI | |
| EQF6 | |
| SOCIOLOGY | |
| 2020/2021 |
| OBBLIGATORIO | |
| YEAR OF COURSE 2 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2019 | |
| SECONDO SEMESTRE |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPS/04 | 9 | 60 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
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| EDUCATIONAL AIMS 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. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING STUDENTS SHOULD KNOW HOW TO ORIENT THEMSELVES IN THE POLITICAL LITERATURE BY IDENTIFYING THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS DEVELOPED BY THE MAIN THEORETICAL APPROACHES AND RESEARCH PARADIGMS AND BY SELECTING THE PROBLEMATIC AND CONTROVERSIAL ASPECTS. ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING IT IS INTENDED THAT STUDENTS APPLY THIS SET OF CONCEPTS AND THEORIES TO POLITICAL REALITY TO IDENTIFY THE MAIN EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE. |
| Prerequisites | |
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| 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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| LECTURES, EXERCISES, SEMINARS. THE TRADITIONAL TEACHING APPROACH (LECTURES FOR THE PRESENTATION OF CONTENTS) WILL BE INTEGRATED BY INNOVATIVE METHODS, WITH THE AIM OF ENCOURAGING INTERACTION AMONG STUDENTS WHO, ABOVE ALL DURING THE SEMINARS, WILL BE STIMULATED TO BE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN THE DISCUSSION. FURTHERMORE, WE WILL TRY TO STIMULATE STUDENTS’ ABILITY TO CRITICALLY AND CONSCIOUSLY APPLY CONCEPTS AND THEORIES TO EMPIRICAL RESEARCH THROUGH THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN EXERCISES ON SPECIFIC RESEARCH TOPICS. |
| Verification of learning | |
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| ORAL EXAMINATION. THE VERIFICATION OF LEARNING WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGH THE ORAL INTERVIEW ON THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE. THE OVERALL EVALUATION TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE ABILITY TO REPORT THE CONTENTS OF THE REFERENCE TEXTS WITH APPROPRIATE AND CORRECT LANGUAGE, ESPECIALLY WITH REFERENCE TO THE DEFINITIONS OF CONCEPTS AND THEORIES AND THEIR RELATIVE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS. THE EVALUATION WILL BE HIGHER IF THE STUDENT SHOWS REMARKABLE LANGUAGE PROPERTIES AND A SIGNIFICANT CAPACITY FOR AUTONOMOUS PROCESSING AND CRITICAL RE-ELABORATION OF THE EXAM TOPICS. |
| 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 DOMENICO FRUNCILLO VERSO LA POLITICA POSTELETTORALE RUBBETTINO SOVERIA MANNELLI 2020 - E. MELCHIONDA, ALLE ORIGINI DELLE PRIMARIE. DEMOCRAZIA E DIRETTISMO NELL’AMERICA PROGRESSISTA, EDIESSE ROMA 2005 |
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| DURING THE COURSE, ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES WILL BE PROVIDED. |
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