Domenico FRUNCILLO | POLITICS AND SOCIETY

cod. 0312300068

POLITICS AND SOCIETY

	0312300068
	DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL STUDIES
	EQF6
	SOCIOLOGY
	2024/2025

CURRICULUM WELFARE

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 2
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2019
	SPRING SEMESTER

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	SPS/04	9	60	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

EXAMS

Exam	Date	Session
POLITICA E SOCIETA'	08/01/2025 - 09:00	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO
POLITICA E SOCIETA'	22/01/2025 - 09:00	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO
POLITICA E SOCIETA'	10/02/2025 - 09:00	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO

	Objectives
	EDUCATIONAL AIMS THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE THE ESSENTIAL COORDINATES FOR THE STUDY OF POLITICAL PROCESSES AND ACTIVITIES THROUGH ANALYTICAL CATEGORIES AND ACCORDING TO THE SPECIFIC METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. TO THIS END, STUDENTS WILL BE PRESENTED WITH A BROAD OVERVIEW OF THEORETICAL REFLECTIONS AND EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON THE POLITICAL SPHERE. IN ADDITION, IN ORDER TO DEEPEN THE BASIC NOTIONS (CONCEPTS AND METHODS) FOR THE STUDY OF POLITICS ACCORDING TO THE SOCIAL SCIENCES APPROACH, STUDENTS WILL BE INTRODUCED TO THE EXAMINATION, FROM A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE, OF THE POLITICAL-INSTITUTIONAL SET-UPS OF MATURE DEMOCRACIES AND TO THE CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF CRUCIAL ASPECTS OF THE ITALIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM AND, IN PARTICULAR, OF ITS RECENT TRANSFORMATIONS. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING IT IS INTENDED THAT STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO ORIENT THEMSELVES IN THE POLITICAL LITERATURE BY IDENTIFYING THE NOTIONS DEVELOPED BY THE MAIN THEORETICAL APPROACHES AND RESEARCH PARADIGMS AND BY SELECTING THE PROBLEMATIC AND CONTROVERSIAL ASPECTS, RECONSTRUCTING THE THEMES OF THE DEBATE. ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING IT IS INTENDED THAT STUDENTS APPLY THIS SET OF CONCEPTS AND THEORIES TO POLITICAL REALITY IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY ITS MAIN EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS ON A NATIONAL LEVEL AND IN A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE.

EDUCATIONAL AIMS

THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE THE ESSENTIAL COORDINATES FOR THE STUDY OF POLITICAL PROCESSES AND ACTIVITIES THROUGH ANALYTICAL CATEGORIES AND ACCORDING TO THE SPECIFIC METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. TO THIS END, STUDENTS WILL BE PRESENTED WITH A BROAD OVERVIEW OF THEORETICAL REFLECTIONS AND EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON THE POLITICAL SPHERE. IN ADDITION, IN ORDER TO DEEPEN THE BASIC NOTIONS (CONCEPTS AND METHODS) FOR THE STUDY OF POLITICS ACCORDING TO THE SOCIAL SCIENCES APPROACH, STUDENTS WILL BE INTRODUCED TO THE EXAMINATION, FROM A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE, OF THE POLITICAL-INSTITUTIONAL SET-UPS OF MATURE DEMOCRACIES AND TO THE CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF CRUCIAL ASPECTS OF THE ITALIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM AND, IN PARTICULAR, OF ITS RECENT TRANSFORMATIONS.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

IT IS INTENDED THAT STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO ORIENT THEMSELVES IN THE POLITICAL LITERATURE BY IDENTIFYING THE NOTIONS DEVELOPED BY THE MAIN THEORETICAL APPROACHES AND RESEARCH PARADIGMS AND BY SELECTING THE PROBLEMATIC AND CONTROVERSIAL ASPECTS, RECONSTRUCTING THE THEMES OF THE DEBATE.
ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

IT IS INTENDED THAT STUDENTS APPLY THIS SET OF CONCEPTS AND THEORIES TO POLITICAL REALITY IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY ITS MAIN EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS ON A NATIONAL LEVEL AND IN A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE.

	Prerequisites
	NONE

	Contents
	THE COURSE IS SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE SECTIONS: 1) THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF POLITICS; 2) REFLECTIONS FROM A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE ON CONTEMPORARY DEMOCRATIC REGIMES; 3) ANALYSIS OF THE ITALIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM. THE FIRST AREA IS DEVOTED TO THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS AND THEORIES THAT THE SOCIAL SCIENCES HAVE DEVELOPED AND PROPOSED WITH REFERENCE TO POLITICAL PHENOMENA, ESPECIALLY REFLECTIONS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLITICAL SPHERES AND SOCIETY IN GENERAL. PRELIMINARILY, THE IDEA OF POLITICS ITSELF WILL BE DESCRIBED ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT THEORETICAL APPROACHES. THE MAIN FOCUS WILL BE ON POLITICAL REGIMES AND IN PARTICULAR ON CONTEMPORARY DEMOCRACIES AND CONSEQUENTLY ON 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. PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE FOCUSED ON FORMS OF GOVERNMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ELECTORAL AND PARTY SYSTEMS, AND THE FORMS OF STATE AS THEY MAY BE OBSERVED IN MAJOR WESTERN COUNTRIES. 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.

Contents

THE COURSE IS SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE SECTIONS: 1) THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF POLITICS; 2) REFLECTIONS FROM A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE ON CONTEMPORARY DEMOCRATIC REGIMES; 3) ANALYSIS OF THE ITALIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM.

THE FIRST AREA IS DEVOTED TO THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS AND THEORIES THAT THE SOCIAL SCIENCES HAVE DEVELOPED AND PROPOSED WITH REFERENCE TO POLITICAL PHENOMENA, ESPECIALLY REFLECTIONS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLITICAL SPHERES AND SOCIETY IN GENERAL. PRELIMINARILY, THE IDEA OF POLITICS ITSELF WILL BE DESCRIBED ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT THEORETICAL APPROACHES. THE MAIN FOCUS WILL BE ON POLITICAL REGIMES AND IN PARTICULAR ON CONTEMPORARY DEMOCRACIES AND CONSEQUENTLY ON 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.

PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE FOCUSED ON FORMS OF GOVERNMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ELECTORAL AND PARTY SYSTEMS, AND THE FORMS OF STATE AS THEY MAY BE OBSERVED IN MAJOR WESTERN COUNTRIES.
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
	LECTURES, EXERCISES, SEMINARS. THE TRADITIONAL TEACHING APPROACH (LECTURES FOR THE PRESENTATION OF CONTENTS) WILL BE INTEGRATED BY OTHERS 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.

Teaching Methods

LECTURES, EXERCISES, SEMINARS. THE TRADITIONAL TEACHING APPROACH (LECTURES FOR THE PRESENTATION OF CONTENTS) WILL BE INTEGRATED BY OTHERS 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
	ORAL EXAMINATION. THE VERIFICATION OF LEARNING WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGH THE ORAL INTERVIEW ON THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE. THE OVERALL ASSESSMENT WILL BE AWARDED TAKING INTO ACCOUNT TWO CRITERIA: A) THE ABILITY TO REFER IN CORRECT LANGUAGE TO THE CONTENTS OF THE RECOMMENDED TEXTS AND ESPECIALLY WITH REFERENCE TO THE DEFINITIONS OF CONCEPTS AND THEORIES AND THE RELEVANT THEORETICAL REFERENCES; B) THE PROPERTY OF LANGUAGE AND THE SIGNIFICANT CAPACITY FOR AUTONOMOUS ELABORATION AND CRITICAL RE-ELABORATION OF THE EXAMINATION TOPICS. STUDENTS WHO SHOW IN THE COURSE OF THE ORAL EXAMINATION THAT THEY HAVE MET AT LEAST THE FIRST CRITERION WILL BE AWARDED A MARK OF BETWEEN 18 AND 25. STUDENTS WHO SHOW THAT THEY HAVE MET BOTH OF THE ABOVE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA WILL BE AWARDED A HIGHER MARK, I.E. BETWEEN 26 AND 30 WITH DISTINCTION.

Verification of learning

ORAL EXAMINATION. THE VERIFICATION OF LEARNING WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGH THE ORAL INTERVIEW ON THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE. THE OVERALL ASSESSMENT WILL BE AWARDED TAKING INTO ACCOUNT TWO CRITERIA: A) THE ABILITY TO REFER IN CORRECT LANGUAGE TO THE CONTENTS OF THE RECOMMENDED TEXTS AND ESPECIALLY WITH REFERENCE TO THE DEFINITIONS OF CONCEPTS AND THEORIES AND THE RELEVANT THEORETICAL REFERENCES; B) THE PROPERTY OF LANGUAGE AND THE SIGNIFICANT CAPACITY FOR AUTONOMOUS ELABORATION AND CRITICAL RE-ELABORATION OF THE EXAMINATION TOPICS. STUDENTS WHO SHOW IN THE COURSE OF THE ORAL EXAMINATION THAT THEY HAVE MET AT LEAST THE FIRST CRITERION WILL BE AWARDED A MARK OF BETWEEN 18 AND 25. STUDENTS WHO SHOW THAT THEY HAVE MET BOTH OF THE ABOVE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA WILL BE AWARDED A HIGHER MARK, I.E. BETWEEN 26 AND 30 WITH DISTINCTION.

	Texts
	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 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 4) A BOOK OF YOUR CHOICE FROM R. DI LEO, IL RITORNO DELLE ÉLITES, MANIFESTOLIBRI, ROMA 2012 E. MELCHIONDA, ALLE ORIGINI DELLE PRIMARIE. DEMOCRAZIA E DIRETTISMO NELL’AMERICA PROGRESSISTA, EDIESSE ROMA 2005 5) A BOOK OF YOUR CHOICE FROM P. FANTOZZI, R. DE LUCA, D. FRUNCILLO ( A CURA DI) LA POLITICA TRA AZIONE COLLETTIVA E PARTICOLARISMO. CLIENTELISMO, SCAMBIO E PERSONALIZZAZIONE FRANCO ANGELI MILANO 2019 (CAPITOLI INTRODUZIONE, 1, 4, 5) OPPURE DOMENICO FRUNCILLO VERSO LA POLITICA POSTELETTORALE RUBBETTINO SOVERIA MANNELLI 2020

Texts

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

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
4) A BOOK OF YOUR CHOICE FROM
R. DI LEO, IL RITORNO DELLE ÉLITES, MANIFESTOLIBRI, ROMA 2012
E. MELCHIONDA, ALLE ORIGINI DELLE PRIMARIE. DEMOCRAZIA E DIRETTISMO NELL’AMERICA PROGRESSISTA, EDIESSE ROMA 2005

5) A BOOK OF YOUR CHOICE FROM
P. FANTOZZI, R. DE LUCA, D. FRUNCILLO ( A CURA DI) LA POLITICA TRA AZIONE COLLETTIVA E PARTICOLARISMO. CLIENTELISMO, SCAMBIO E PERSONALIZZAZIONE FRANCO ANGELI MILANO 2019 (CAPITOLI INTRODUZIONE, 1, 4, 5)
OPPURE
DOMENICO FRUNCILLO VERSO LA POLITICA POSTELETTORALE RUBBETTINO SOVERIA MANNELLI 2020

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