99666 - STORIA DELLO SVILUPPO POLITICO-SOCIALE IN ITALIA

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student should know the main processes of political-institutional and socio-economic transformation occurring in Italy during the contemporary age, in particular the twentieth century. Students will also be able to critically compare the different seasons of the Italian history and relate economic and social changes with the contemporary processes of widening political participation.

Course contents

The course is organized in lectures and seminars. Lectures (16 hours) aim to introduce students to the core tenets of the discipline. Seminars (12 hours) aim to provide occasions for in-depth discussions of class materials and exercises.

Readings/Bibliography

Institutional part of the syllabus
All students have to prepare the following books:

Gentiloni Silveri U., Storia dell’Italia contemporanea 1943-2019, Il Mulino, 2019

Monographic part of the syllabus
Attending students have to study a book chosen from the list below; non attending students have to study two books chosen from the list below.

- Armiero M., Biasillo R., Graf von Hardenberg W., La natura del duce. Una storia ambientale del fascismo, Torino, Einaudi, 2022
- Azara L., I sensi e il pudore. L’Italia e la rivoluzione dei costumi (1958-68), Donzelli, 2018
- Balestracci F., Papa C. (ed.), L’Italia degli anni Settanta. Narrazioni e interpretazioni a confronto, Rubbettino, 2019
- Cardini A. (ed.), Il miracolo economico italiano (1958-1963), Il Mulino, 2006
- Capuzzo P. (ed.), Genere, generazione e consumi. L’Italia degli anni Sessanta, Roma, Carocci, 2003 + Castronovo V., L' Italia del miracolo economico, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2010: the two books must be studied together
- Castronovo V., L' Italia del miracolo economico, Laterza, 2010 + Cavazza S. (ed.), Consumi e politica nell’Italia repubblicana, Il Mulino, 2013: the two books must be studied together
- Colarizi S., Gervasoni M., La tela di Penelope. Storia della seconda repubblica, Laterza, 2012
- Crainz G., Storia del miracolo italiano. Culture, identità, trasformazioni fra anni Cinquanta e Sessanta, Donzelli, 2005
- Gentile E. (ed.), Modernità totalitaria. Il fascismo italiano, Laterza, 2008
- Guazzaloca G., Una e divisibile. la RAI, la televisione e i partiti negli anni del monopolio pubblico (1954-1975), Le Monnier, 2011
- Guazzaloca G., Primo: non maltrattare. Storia della protezione degli animali in Italia, Laterza, 2018
- Orsina G., Il berlusconismo nella storia d’Italia, Marsilio, 2013
- Pombeni P. (ed.), Storia dei partiti italiani, Il Mulino, 2016
- Pombeni P., L'apertura. L'Italia e il centrosinistra (1953-1963), Il Mulino, 2022
- Ridolfi M., Italia a colori. Storia delle passioni politiche dalla caduta del fascismo ad oggi, Le Monnier, 2015
- Scarpellini E., L’Italia dei consumi. Dalla Belle Époque al nuovo millennio, Laterza, 2008

Teaching methods

The course is organized in lectures and seminars. Lectures (16 hours) aim to introduce students to the core tenets of the discipline. Seminars (12 hours) aim to provide occasions for in-depth discussions of class materials and exercises. For the seminar section of the course (12 hours), students will be divided in two groups according to their preferences; students are required to carefully read the assigned material before the session and active participation will also be expected.

Assessment methods

All students are requested to pass an oral exam based on the books chosen in the lists of Bibliography. Students attending the class will take a written exam at the end of the course on the topics covered in class.

Teaching tools

Computer

Office hours

See the website of Giulia Guazzaloca