Stefania ECCHIA | HISTORY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Stefania ECCHIA HISTORY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
cod. 1222600010
HISTORY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
| 1222600010 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES | |
| EQF7 | |
| TERRITORIAL POLICIES AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION | |
| 2021/2022 |
| YEAR OF COURSE 2 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2019 | |
| AUTUMN SEMESTER |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SECS-P/12 | 6 | 40 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
|---|---|
| THE TEACHING AIMS TO DEFINE THE PHENOMENA THAT LEAD TO TERRITORIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, INTENDED AS A COMPLEX PROBLEM WITHIN WHICH HISTORICAL, DEMOGRAPHIC, ECONOMIC, CULTURAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL FACTORS ARE REVERED. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THE TEACHING AIMS TO PROVIDE CONCEPTS AND INTERPRETATIVE TOOLS SUITABLE FOR UNDERSTANDING LONG-TERM ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROCESSES, IN ORDER TO STIMULATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CRITICAL CONCEPT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IN PARTICULAR, THE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVATION AND PROPULSION FACTORS WILL BE ANALYZED, SUCH AS THE CAPITAL ACCUMULATION AND ITS USE THROUGH INVESTMENT PROCESSES, THE SELECTION OF TECHNOLOGIES, THE ACTIVITY OF PRIVATE ENTREPRENEURS AND THE STATE. ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THE COURSE AIMS TO INTEGRATE HISTORICAL-ECONOMIC KNOWLEDGE WITH EVIDENCE SUGGESTED FROM ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY AND DEVELOPMENT SOCIOLOGY. THE LINKS BETWEEN THE VARIOUS INTERPRETATIONS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED BY THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE AND SOME SELECTED EMPIRICAL COUNTRY REPORTS AND AVAILABLE DATA BASE WILL BE IDENTIFIED. |
| Prerequisites | |
|---|---|
| A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF ECONOMIC HISTORY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY WOULD BE USEFUL. |
| Contents | |
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| -ECONOMIC HISTORY AS HISTORY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -PROGRESS, DEVELOPMENT AND CYCLE IN THE CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC THOUGHT -DEMOGRAPHIC DYNAMICS-ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE -CULTURE, RELIGION AND DEVELOPMEMT -GREAT AND LITTLE DIVERGENCE -INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT MODELS -INSTITUTIONS AND GROWTH -KNOWLEDGE, TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFER AND CONVERGENCE - MONETARY AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS - COMMERCE AND MARKETS -AGRICULTURE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH -BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP -THE ROLE OF THE STATE IN THE ECONOMY -IMPERIALISM AND DECOLONIZATION - THE INEQUALITY -THE GLOBALIZATION |
| Teaching Methods | |
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| THE TEACHING IS ARTICULATED IN 40 HOURS OF FRONTAL LESSONS; SOME HOURS OF LESSONS WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE DISCUSSION OF CASE STUDIES AND REPORTS BY THE STUDENTS. |
| Verification of learning | |
|---|---|
| THE EXAM CONSISTS OF AN INTERMEDIATE WRITTEN TEST, IN THE FORM OF AN OPEN QUESTION TEST, AND A FINAL ORAL TEST. THE ORAL TEST AIMS TO TEST THE DEGREE OF KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING OF THE COURSE TOPICS, THE AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT AND THE CRITICAL ABILITY. THE FINAL RESULT IS GIVEN BY THE COMBINED EVALUATION OF THE TWO TESTS TAKEN BY THE CANDIDATE. |
| Texts | |
|---|---|
| -ROBERT ALLEN, GLOBAL ECONOMIC HISTORY. A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2011. LETTURE SUGGERITE: -KARL GUNNAR PERSON, AN ECONOMIC HISTORY OF EUROPE, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 2010 (SELECTED CHAPTERS). -WILLIAM EASTERLY, THE ELUSIVE QUEST FOR GROWTH. ECONOMISTS' ADVENTURES AND MISADVENTURES IN THE TROPICS, MIT, 2001 (SELECTED CHAPTERS). -MICHELE ALACEVICH, INEQUALITY: A SHORT HISTORY, BROOKING INSTITUTION PRESS, 2017. |
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