HISTORY OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
STORIA DELLE ISTITUZIONI POLITICHE
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| 2023/2024 | 7 |
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| Igor Pellicciari | Office hours for students are on days when classes are held. Eventual other terms are to be agreed directly with the lecturer. |
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Course with optional materials in a foreign language
English
German
Russian
This course is entirely taught in Italian. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The course deals with the evolution of Political Institutions between the 19th and 20th centuries, mainly in Italy and Europe. Since this is a first-year course, the prioritized objective is to help students downplay and familiarize themselves with some of the key cross-cutting concepts in political and social sciences and that will be recurrent in their education in the years to come. An interdisciplinary approach is used, inclusive of a multiplicity of perspectives and proceeding by the major themes revolving around the process of constitutionalization of statehood in the 19th century and participatory democratization in the 20th century.
Program
Part One:
- The specificity of the History of Political Institutions: main methododological issues
- The constitutionalization of statehood in the 19th century
- Participatory democratization in the 20th century
- Keywords in the History of Political Institutions.
Part Two:
- Italian Constitutional History between the 19th and 21st centuries.
Part Three:
- From organizations to international institutions: the evolution of multilateral governance
- Institutions and Aid policies
Bridging Courses
A basic knowledge of the Contemporary History of the XIX and XX century is recommended
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
Knowledge and understanding
The student will be expected :
- to possess basic theoretical and practical knowledge of some of the major themes and most debated issues in the instiutional development of statehood between the 19th and 20th centuries;
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
The student has to be able to develop and support basic arguments on constitutional evolution in Europe between the 19th and 20th centuries
These skills are acquired either by active participation in lectures, participation in guided group discussions, or through individual study.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Supporting Activities
During the course, a series of seminars/conferences (also with external guests) will be organised with the aim of deepening some of the main topics covered.
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Classical lectures are supplemented with interactive lectures, integrative seminars, interdisciplinary approach and inquiry-based learning.
- Innovative teaching methods
The course includes the use of innovative teaching methods such as simulations and interactive lectures
- Attendance
For attending students, a minimum attendance of 75% of the lectures is required.
- Course books
- Francesco Bonini: "Storia costituzionale della Repubblica", Carrocci 2018
- Igor Pellicciari: "Tra Decidere e Rappresentare. , Rubettino 2004
- Handouts, Essays and Articles on course topics to be distributed by the Lecturer during class.
- Assessment
Written exam. The assessment will also take into consideration the quality of eventual presentations\papers produced by the attending students throughout the course.
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
Teaching to non-attending students is delivered through selected literature on the main topics of the course.
- Attendance
Non-attending students are expected to study the volumes listed below
- Course books
- Roberto Martucci: "Storia costituzionale italiana. Dallo Statuto Albertino alla Repubblica", Carrocci 2002
- Igor Pellicciari: "Tra Decidere e Rappresentare. La rappresentanza politica dal XIX secolo alla Legge Acerbo", Rubettino, 2004
- Francesco Di Donato: "9871. Statualità civiltà libertà (Abrégé per il corso universitario)", Editoriale Scientifica, 2021
- Assessment
Written exam with questions on the above reading list
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
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