26139 - Comparative Political History

Learning outcomes

Via analysis of the various case studies, the contemporary history course introduces students to comparative analysis techniques as applied to historical phenomena. By the end of the course the student will:

 -        have a first in-depth understanding of historical events relating to course themes

-        have a critical grasp of comparative history methodology

-        be able to understand and explain specialist history essays

-        have acquired a method by which to deepen his/her understanding of the subjects dealt with

-        have acquired a method of developing the techniques of comparative history and applying them to case studies other than those considered.

Course contents

Course contents Course content:  Rebirth and development fo democracy in Italy and Germany after the second world war (1945-1990)
The course has the aim to introduce students to the methodology of comparison and to ist use into the historical analysis. The course is divided in to units: I units (Methodology) II units ( anlysis of case studies)

I Unit: Methodology (seminar with reading list)
The seminar takes place 1 time in the week . Each week students are required to have read the suggested readings 

I and II  Unit (Lecture with reading list)
This part will take place 2 times in the week. The course will analyse the crisis of  democracy  and the development of fascist movements. the seizuyre fo power and the build of dictatorship in Italy and Germany

Readings/Bibliography

Students attending the class
The syllabus and the recommmended  reading list will be on line before the beginning of the course  at the follwing link:
http://didattica.spbo.unibo.it/cgi-bin/adon.cgi?act=idx&sid=697

For the methodological unit is organized as a seminar, students are required to read the recomended  readings before each meeting 

Students not attending the class
all Students are required to choose 1 book frome the List A, + 1 book from the list  B1 + 1 book from the list C  :
List A)
Ian Kershaw, Che cos'è il nazismo? Problemi interpretativi e prospettive di ricerca , Torino, Bollati-Boringhieri,  1995
Richard Bessel (a cura di) Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, Cambridge UP, 1996

List B)
Alberto De Bernardi, Una dittatura moderna: il fascismo come problema storico , Milano,Bruno Mondadori, 2001
Luca La Rovere, Storia dei GUF. Organizzazione, politica e miti della gioventù universitaria fascista , Torino, Bollati-Boringhieri, 2003
Petra Terhoeven, Oro alla patria. Donne, Guerra e propaganda nella giornata della fede fascista, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2006
Sven Reichardt, Camicie nere, Camicie brune. Milizie fasciste in Italia e Germania, Bologna, Il Mulino 2009
Francesco Cassata, La difesa della Razza. Politica, ideologia e immagine del razzismo fascista, Torino, Einaudi, 2008
E. Gentile, Il Culto del littorio, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1993;
S. Falasca-Zamponi,  Lo spettacolo del fascismo, Soveria-Mannelli, Ribettino, 2003

list C
Heinrich August Winkler, La repubblica di Weimar, roma, Donzelli, 1998
Detlev Peukert, La Repubblica di Weimar: anni di crisi della modernità classica, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri, 1996
Richard Evans,  Il Terzo Reich al potere 1933-1939, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2010
Götz Aly, Lo stato sociale di Hitler: rapina, guerra razziale e nazionalsocialismo, Torino, G. Einaudi, 2007.
Hans-Ulrich Thamer, Il  Terzo Reich : la Germania dal 1933 al 1945, Bologna, Il mulino, 2001
  Ian Kershaw, Hitler, 1889-1936, Milano, Bompiani, 1999.
 Ian Kershaw, Hitler, 1936-1945, Milano, Bompiani, 2001

Teaching methods

Unit 1 Seminar
Unit 2 and 3 Lecture with discussion groups

Assessment methods

Students  attending the class
Participation (20%), Written examination (60%),  Oral examination (20%)

Students  NOT attending the class
Written examination (40%),  Oral examination (60%)

Erasmus and overseas students attending or not attending classes
Erasmus and overseas students can use English, German or French for the written examination.

Teaching tools

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Links to further information

http://www2.spbo.unibo.it/pais/cavazza/index.html

Office hours

See the website of Stefano Cavazza