- Docente: Daniela Piana
- Credits: 10
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Daniela Piana (Modulo 1) Daniela Piana (Modulo 2) Federico Alagna (Modulo 3)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2) Traditional lectures (Modulo 3)
- Campus: Forli
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
International relations and diplomatic affairs (cod. 8048)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in International relations and diplomatic affairs (cod. 8048)
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from Sep 19, 2022 to Nov 21, 2022
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from Nov 04, 2022 to Dec 16, 2022
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from Nov 03, 2022 to Dec 15, 2022
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to provide the fundamental knowledge about the method, concepts, categories and key models of Political Science. At the end of the course the student is able to describe and interpret political phenomena and in particular the functioning and transformations of political-institutional systems, democratic and otherwise; it also has the analysis tools to decode the political debate in democratic countries and relate it to the most relevant issues addressed by Political Science and the linguistic and logical tools to communicate to an audience of specialists and non-specialists the results of its analysis, theoretical and empirical.
Course contents
The course addresses in both a methodological and empirical key, the dimensions of a democracy and, in doing so, builds the tools to observe the dynamics of change of democracies and political systems in general.
Each thematic junction is addressed on the basis of the same reasoning scheme: concept, anchoring to the literature, empirical declination in existing researches of greater international significance.
Being the dimensions 8, 8 thematic junctions are planned. Despite the functional approach, the course allows you to observe political phenomena both on a macro level and with a perspective centered on actors, political parties, interest groups, actors of national, European and international institutions.
Readings/Bibliography
Specific entries of the International Encyclopedia of Political Science
LEONARDO MORLINO, Uguaglianza, libertà, democrazia, Il Mulino, 2021.
Teaching methods
The lessons are organized in such a way as to make use of a plurality of teaching methods, lectures, discussion sessions, data analysis.
Assessment methods
The course includes a verification of learning based on the assessment of the ability to apply the method to country-contexts. This learning is preparatory to effective participation in the next module.
Teaching tools
Online texts, power point, video.
Office hours
See the website of Daniela Piana
See the website of Federico Alagna