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 of the present. Working between local, national and transnational dimensions, the course will trace the history of the forms of political and social 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:

 

Textbook (obligatory):

• Piero Ignazi, Partito e democrazia. L’incerto percorso della legittimazione dei partiti, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2019

 

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
• 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
• Giampietro Berti, Carlo De Maria (a cura di), L’anarchismo italiano. Storia e storiografia, Milano, Biblion, 2016
• 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
• Patrizia Dogliani, Luca Gorgolini, Un partito di giovani. La gioventù internazionalista e la nascita del Partito comunista d’Italia (1915-1926), Firenze-Milano, Le Monnier Università - Mondadori Education, 2021
• Marco Bresciani (a cura di), Le destre europee. Conservatori e radicali tra le due guerre, Roma, Carocci, 2021
• Piero Ignazi, I partiti in Italia dal 1945 al 2018, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2018
• 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
• Eloisa Betti, Precari e precarie. Una storia dell'Italia repubblicana, Roma, Carocci, 2019
• Eloisa Betti, Le ombre del fordismo. Sviluppo industriale, occupazione femminile e precarietà del lavoro nel trentennio glorioso (Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italia), Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2020 - PDF open access
• Stefano Bartolini, Pietro Causarano, Stefano Gallo (a cura di), Un altro 1969: i territori del conflitto in Italia, Palermo, New Digital Frontiers, 2020 - PDF open access
• Federico Morgagni, La Romagna delle fabbriche. Conflitti sindacali e nuovi protagonismi sociali fra gli anni Sessanta e Settanta, Roma, Bradypus, 2021 - PDF open access
  

 

 

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
• Maurizio Ridolfi, Storia della politica. Italia e italiani in prospettiva transnazionale nei secoli XIX-XXI, Milano-Torino, Pearson, 2020

 

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
• 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
• Giampietro Berti, Carlo De Maria (a cura di), L’anarchismo italiano. Storia e storiografia, Milano, Biblion, 2016
• 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
• Patrizia Dogliani, Luca Gorgolini, Un partito di giovani. La gioventù internazionalista e la nascita del Partito comunista d’Italia (1915-1926), Firenze-Milano, Le Monnier Università - Mondadori Education, 2021
• Marco Bresciani (a cura di), Le destre europee. Conservatori e radicali tra le due guerre, Roma, Carocci, 2021
• Piero Ignazi, I partiti in Italia dal 1945 al 2018, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2018
• 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
• Eloisa Betti, Precari e precarie. Una storia dell'Italia repubblicana, Roma, Carocci, 2019
• Eloisa Betti, Le ombre del fordismo. Sviluppo industriale, occupazione femminile e precarietà del lavoro nel trentennio glorioso (Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italia), Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2020 - PDF open access
• Stefano Bartolini, Pietro Causarano, Stefano Gallo (a cura di), Un altro 1969: i territori del conflitto in Italia, Palermo, New Digital Frontiers, 2020 - PDF open access
• Federico Morgagni, La Romagna delle fabbriche. Conflitti sindacali e nuovi protagonismi sociali fra gli anni Sessanta e Settanta, Roma, Bradypus, 2021 - PDF open access

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.

More in particular, the answers that will be given with a proper language and with exactitude are going to be evaluated with the top marks.

The answers that will be given without precision or property are going to be evaluated with intermediate marks.

The answers that show a complete ignorance of the themes proposed will be evaluated with insufficent marks.

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