Italian Political System
A.Y. 2023/2024
Learning objectives
This course aims to provide knowledge about the Italian political system, from 1945 up to date, tracking its evolution over time. The course will combine aspects related to political science, history, constitutional law and analysis of public opinion, with a focus on the role played by political parties and other political actors. The course will also providing basic knowledge about the techniques to estimate the positions of political actors in the Italian case
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be able to understand the main features of the Italian political system. They will be able to debate around primary concerns and formulate scenarios. Finally, students will also learn how to analyze Italian politics taking advantage of existing empirical data and basic techniques that allow to estimate the positions of political actors in the Italian case
Lesson period: Second trimester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second trimester
Course syllabus
The course will cover the following themes:
The concept of political system
The Italian political system during the first republic
The changes related to the "second" and "third" republic
Elections and electoral systems
Party systems in Italy from the Unification of Italy to date
Party factions and party splits
Government and parliament
Referendums in Italy
Terrorism
Tangentopoli
The personalization of politics
Populism
Other political actors: the judiciary, mass media, trade unions, interest groups
Measuring the positions of political actors
The concept of political system
The Italian political system during the first republic
The changes related to the "second" and "third" republic
Elections and electoral systems
Party systems in Italy from the Unification of Italy to date
Party factions and party splits
Government and parliament
Referendums in Italy
Terrorism
Tangentopoli
The personalization of politics
Populism
Other political actors: the judiciary, mass media, trade unions, interest groups
Measuring the positions of political actors
Prerequisites for admission
Political science
Teaching methods
The lectures will employ a variety of teaching methods:
- frontal lessons to introduce the basics concepts;
- third-party audiovisual multimedia contents and informed discussion on these contents;
- group presentation based on academic papers suggested by the teacher;
- online interaction to scrutinize the topics of the course.
- frontal lessons to introduce the basics concepts;
- third-party audiovisual multimedia contents and informed discussion on these contents;
- group presentation based on academic papers suggested by the teacher;
- online interaction to scrutinize the topics of the course.
Teaching Resources
The required readings will be made available on the website of the course (https://andreaceron.com/teaching) and on ARIEL
Assessment methods and Criteria
Non-attending students: oral exam
Attending students: class attendance and active participation during the "debate sessions" and on the "online forum" + group presentation & discussion + final oral exam
Attending students: class attendance and active participation during the "debate sessions" and on the "online forum" + group presentation & discussion + final oral exam
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