ECONOMIC HISTORY

Stefania ECCHIA ECONOMIC HISTORY

1212100073
DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE POLITICHE, SOCIALI E DELLA COMUNICAZIONE
POLITICAL AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SCIENCE
2015/2016

YEAR OF COURSE 3
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2008
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1STORIA ECONOMICA - MODULO 1
540LESSONS
2STORIA ECONOMICA - MODULO 2
540LESSONS
Objectives
ACHIEVING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING SKILLS FOR A BASE TRAINING IN ECONOMIC HISTORY BY LEARNING SPECIFIC MAIN THEMES ABOUT EVOLUTIONARY SCENARIO OF CAPITALIST ECONOMIES.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING SKILLS APPLICATION OF ECONOMIC HISTORY GENERAL LINES, IN ORDER TO DEVELOPE STUDENT'S INTERPRETATION ABILITY – IN A LONG RUN PERSPECTIVE – THE MAIN MACROECONOMIC PHENOMENA RELATED TO ECONOMIC CYCLES, THE ECONOMIC GROWTH PROCESSES, THE CAPITALIST ECONOMIES DEVELOPEMENT MODELS, THE CHANGES IN THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROCESS.
ABILITY TO USE AND INTERPRET IN AN INDIPENDENT WAY, ECONOMIC PHENOMENA, BY TEACHING-LEARNING ACTIVITIES(LESSONS, WORKSHOPS, INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM WORK, CASE STUDY DISCUSSION) QUALI-QUANTITATIVE DATA FINDING ORIENTED, AND CRITICAL EVALUATION OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE
COMMUNICATION SKILL DEVELOPEMENT, TO EXPRESS IN A CLEAR AND SUPPORTED WAY INFORMATION, IDEAS PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS LINKED TO THE STUDY OF DEVELOPEMENT AND GROWTH MODELS IN THEIR HISTORIC EVOLUTION. THE STUDENT ACHIEVES FIT SKILLS TO DESCRIBE, INTERPRET AND REPRESENT MICRO AND MACROECONOMIC PROBLEMS TO INTERLOCUTORS (QUALIFIED OR NOT)
THE STUDENT - BASING ON METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH AND ECONOMIC HISTORY ANALYSIS – IS ABLE TO USE LOGICAL REASONING AND CRITICALLY EVALUATE DIFERENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPEMENT MODELS AND THEIR EVOLUTION IN TERMS OF PATH DEPENDANCE. FURTHERMORE, THE ACQUISITION OF THESE LEARNING SKILLS, WILL BE USEFULL IN EVERY STAGE OF STUDY'S IMPROVING
Prerequisites
A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF ECONOMICS AND EUROPEAN (MODERN AND EARLY MODERN) HISTORY IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
Contents
I PART: EUROPE DURING MODERN AGE AS AN INTEGRATED ECONOMIC SYSTEM. TOWARDS GROWTH: NEW BALANCES AND GENERAL TRENDS OF CONTINENTAL ECONOMY. CONTINUITY AND DIVERGENCES IN 18TH CENTURY'S ECONOMIC GROWTH. 19TH CENTURY'S EUROPEAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPEMENT: GROWTH, TRANSFORMATION AND DYNAMICS. FIRST INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS: INTERPRETATION AND HISTORIOGRAPHIC DEBATE. THE PECULIARITY OF ITALIAN CASE. THE XXTH CENTURY BETWEEN BREAKING AND PROSPERITY. THE WORLD ECONOMIC READJUSTMENT AFTER WORLD WAR II. INDUSTRIALIZATION AND DEINDUSTRIALIZATION: CHANDLER'S PARADIGM OVERCOMING AND THE INNOVATION NEW PARADIGM. THE STAGE TOWARDS EUROPEAN INTEGRATION. THE GLOBALIZATION.
II PART: ITALIAAN ECONOMY EVENTS DURING RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD AFTER WWII TO "ECONOMIC MIRACLE" AND FAST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF 50'S AND 60'S. THE CRISIS OF 70'S AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF INDUSTRIAL SECTOR IN ITALY. THE ORIGIN OF DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH OF ITALY. THE CONVERGENCE POLITICS. EUROPEA TREATIES AND COMMON CURRENCY.

Teaching Methods
FRONTAL LESSONS, SEMINARS, STUDY AND WORK GROUPS, CASE STUDY DISCUSSION, PRACTICE, CLASS DISCUSSION AND IUNTERACTION WITH THE TEACHER ALSO BY EMAIL.
Verification of learning
INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP REPORT AND FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION
Texts
A. DI VITTORIO (EDIT.) AN ECONOMIC HISTORY OF EUROPE, ROUTLEDGE, LONDON, 2006.
P. MALANIMA, V. ZAMAGNI, 150 YEARS OF THE ITALIAN ECONOMY, «JOURNAL OF MODERN ITALIAN STUDIES», 2010, 15, PP. 1 - 20
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