- Docente: Daniela Piana
- Credits: 8
- SSD: SPS/04
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in International relations and diplomatic affairs (cod. 8783)
Course contents
This course covers the analysis of the processes of change that take place within democratic countries in relationship to or in interaction with the processes of regional integration. It will start from the European cases and the consequent impact the EU integration has on the MSs' democratic institutions. Then it will move to focus on the interaction between the democratic changes and the regional integraton in other regions of the world, with specific attention devoted to the Latin Americas.
Students can rely for their research and study on the data set resulting from two international research projects on EU democracies and economic crisis and on LAs.
Readings/Bibliography
O. Dabéne, The politics of regional integration in Latin America, Macmillan, 2009.
F. Laursen, Comparative regional integration: Europe and Beyond, Ashgate, 2010.
L. Morlino, Changes for democracy, OUP, 2011.
A specific reference list will be defined individually with students in relation to the topic of their final paper.
Teaching methods
Traditional method
International data set analysis
Tutorials with groups
Class attendance is highly recommended
Assessment methods
Final Paper
Teaching tools
Power point
International data set (web access)
Office hours
See the website of Daniela Piana