93327 - Forms of Political and Social Representation (1)

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course students will possess a general knowledge of the main sources and historiographic issues concerning the history of movements and political parties, political and social representation and their connection with the main historical phenomena of the 19th-20th century. They will be familiar with the arguments of historians on the above issues, and be able to think and talk critically about the general points. They will have acquired a critical approach to texts and data, and know how to organize and classify problems and complex information in a concisely coherent manner. They will have acquired self-criticism and an ability to learn from mingling with others; they will also know how to choose the learning tools best suited to their own skills and purposes.

Course contents

Representation is a core concept in the political lexicon, the keystone of modern democratic societies. Tracing its historical and juridical framework and performing a historical retrospective provides the necessary concepts for the discussion on the present. Working between local, national and transnational dimensions, the course will trace the history of political and social forms of representation with a focus on the contemporary age. Moreover, the course will start from the questions that emerge nowadays due to the collapse of political participation and the increasing complexity of society, which is not always answered by traditional party and trade union forms.

Readings/Bibliography

Readings for students who will attend the lectures

Students must study 3 books according to the following guidelines:

 

Textbooks (both):

• Piero Ignazi, Partito e democrazia. L’incerto percorso della legittimazione dei partiti, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2019
• Mimmo Carrieri, I sindacati. Tra le conquiste del passato e il futuro da costruire, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2012

 

Researches into the history of politics and trade unions (1 book at the choice of the student):

• Maurizio Antonioli (a cura di), Per una storia del sindacato in Europa, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2012
• Eloisa Betti, Precari e precarie. Una storia dell'Italia repubblicana, Roma, Carocci, 2019
• Marco Bresciani (a cura di), Le destre europee. Conservatori e radicali tra le due guerre, Roma, Carocci, 2021
• Maria Paola Del Rossi, Debora Migliucci, Ilaria Romeo (a cura di), Sindacaliste. La storia della CGIL e delle sue protagoniste, Bologna, Bologna University Press, 2022 - PDF open access
  
• Carlo De Maria, Una famiglia anarchica. La vita dei Berneri tra affetti, impegno ed esilio nell'Europa del Novecento, Viella, Roma 2019
• Carlo De Maria, Andrea Costa e l'Italia liberale. Società, politica e istituzioni tra dimensione locale ed europea, Bologna, Bologna University Press, 2021 - PDF open access
• Carlo De Maria (a cura di), Storia del PCI in Emilia-Romagna: welfare, lavoro, cultura, autonomie (1945-1991), Bologna, Bologna University Press, 2022 - PDF open access
• Piero Ignazi, Il polo escluso. La fiamma che non si spegne: da Almirante a Meloni, seconda edizione, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2023
• Federico Morgagni, La Romagna delle fabbriche. Conflitti sindacali e nuovi protagonismi sociali fra gli anni Sessanta e Settanta, Roma, Bradypus, 2021 - PDF open access
• Mariuccia Salvati, Solidarietà, Roma, Treccani, 2023
• Guido Samarani, Sofia Graziani, La Cina rossa. Storia del Partito comunista cinese, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2023
• Gianluca Scroccu, Anna Tonelli, La sinistra nell'Italia repubblicana. Dalla Resistenza al campo largo, Roma, Carocci, 2023

 

 

Readings for non-attending students

Students must study 4 books according to the following guidelines:

 

Textbooks (both):

• Piero Ignazi, Partito e democrazia. L’incerto percorso della legittimazione dei partiti, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2019
• Mimmo Carrieri, I sindacati. Tra le conquiste del passato e il futuro da costruire, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2012

 

Researches into the history of politics and trade unions (2 books at the choice of the student):

• Maurizio Antonioli (a cura di), Per una storia del sindacato in Europa, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2012
• Eloisa Betti, Precari e precarie. Una storia dell'Italia repubblicana, Roma, Carocci, 2019
• Marco Bresciani (a cura di), Le destre europee. Conservatori e radicali tra le due guerre, Roma, Carocci, 2021
• Maria Paola Del Rossi, Debora Migliucci, Ilaria Romeo (a cura di), Sindacaliste. La storia della CGIL e delle sue protagoniste, Bologna, Bologna University Press, 2022 - PDF open access
  
• Carlo De Maria, Una famiglia anarchica. La vita dei Berneri tra affetti, impegno ed esilio nell'Europa del Novecento, Viella, Roma 2019
• Carlo De Maria, Andrea Costa e l'Italia liberale. Società, politica e istituzioni tra dimensione locale ed europea, Bologna, Bologna University Press, 2021 - PDF open access
  
• Carlo De Maria (a cura di), Storia del PCI in Emilia-Romagna: welfare, lavoro, cultura, autonomie (1945-1991), Bologna, Bologna University Press, 2022 - PDF open access
  
• Piero Ignazi, Il polo escluso. La fiamma che non si spegne: da Almirante a Meloni, seconda edizione, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2023
• Federico Morgagni, La Romagna delle fabbriche. Conflitti sindacali e nuovi protagonismi sociali fra gli anni Sessanta e Settanta, Roma, Bradypus, 2021 - PDF open access
• Mariuccia Salvati, Solidarietà, Roma, Treccani, 2023
• Guido Samarani, Sofia Graziani, La Cina rossa. Storia del Partito comunista cinese, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2023
• Gianluca Scroccu, Anna Tonelli, La sinistra nell'Italia repubblicana. Dalla Resistenza al campo largo, Roma, Carocci, 2023

Teaching methods

Frontal and multimedia lessons.

Assessment methods

Students who attend at least 75% of the lessons are considered to be attending.

Assessment method: oral interview.

The evaluation criteria are as follows: relevance of the answers; ability to argue; adequacy of the disciplinary language used; ability to apply the acquired knowledges to a critical interpretation of contemporaneity.

In particular, answers that will be given with a proper language and with exactitude are going to be evaluated with the top marks (29-30L).

Answers that will be given without precision or property are going to be evaluated with intermediate marks (25-28).

Vagueness in the content of the answer, one or two questions left unanswered will result in marks not higher than sufficient (18-24). Substantial errors and unanswered questions will result in a grade of Insufficient.

Attending students have the possibility, by writing a short paper (book critical review) on a book of their choice during the lectures, to bring only the 2 textbooks to the oral exam.

Teaching tools

Exploration of online resources related to the methodologies of historical communication and public history.

Office hours

See the website of Carlo De Maria