- Docente: Daniela Giannetti
- Credits: 10
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Daniela Giannetti (Modulo 1) Andrea Pedrazzani (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially) (Modulo 1); In-person learning (entirely or partially) (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Political, Social and International Sciences (cod. 8853)
Course contents
This course is intended to provide students with the basic conceptual tools for understanding and analyzing political phenomena. This course is divided into three parts (Module 1), plus a seminar (Module 2). The course will deal with the following topics: birth and evolution of the nation state; democratic and non democratic regimes; political culture, political communication and political participation; interest groups; parties and party systems; electoral systems and party competition in advanced democracies; legislative assemblies; goverments and bureacracy; policy making. The seminar will deal in more detail with the basic features of contemporary democracies.
Readings/Bibliography
For students who will attend class
Rod Hague and Martin Harrop, Comparative Government and Politics. An Introduction, McGraw Hill 2010
Arend Liiphart, Patterns of Democracy, last edition.
For students who will not attend class
Rod Hague and Martin Harrop, Comparative Government and Politics. An Introduction, McGraw Hill 2010
Arend Liiphart, Patterns of Democracy, last edition.
Giovanni Sartori, Comparative Constitutional Engineering, New York University Press, 1997.
Teaching methods
There are 30 teaching sessions of two hours each. 25 of them are about the textbook topics; 5 are related to the seminar.
You are expected to contribute to discussing the various topics examined.
Assessment methods
For students who will attend class
Students may pass their exam by completing two written tests (midterm and final). The final score is the average of the marks obtained in both tests. Each test includes 15 questions, 5 of which are short answer questions and 10 multiple choice answer questions. Short answer questions are graded up to 1.5; multiple choice questions are graded 1 (correct) or 0 (wrong or missing).
For students who will not attend class
Students may pass their exam by completing a written test including 30 questions, 10 of which are short answer questions and 20 multiple choice answer questions. Short answer questions are graded up to 1.5; multiple choice questions are graded 1 (correct) or 0 (wrong or missing).
Teaching tools
Powerpoint slides will be available on line, at the web site http://campus.cib.unibo.it.
Office hours
See the website of Daniela Giannetti
See the website of Andrea Pedrazzani