Course teached as: B004061 - SISTEMI POLITICI COMPARATI 3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in POLITICAL SCIENCES Curriculum STUDI POLITICI
Teaching Language
Italian
Seminars in english - Visiting Guests on specific topics
Course Content
The course aims to introduce students to central concepts within comparative politics and to increase their ability to apply these concepts to empirical cases.
Compulsory reading:
Sergio Fabbrini (2014), Politica comparata. Introduzione alle democrazie contemporanee, Laterza.
One additional volume among the followings:
(1) Roberto Di Quirico (2013) La democrazia tradita. Regimi ibridi e autoritarismi nei paesi ex-sovietici europei, Bologna: Il Mulino.
(2) Serena Grimaldi (2012), I Presidenti nelle forme di governo. Tra costituzione, partiti e carisma, Roma: Carocci.
(3) Luca Germano, Pietro Grilli di Cortona, Orazio Lanza (eds.) (2014), Come cadono i regimi non democratici, Napoli: Editoriale Scientifica.
(4) Luciano Bardi (ed.) (2006), Partiti e sistemi di partito. Il "cartel party" e oltre, Bologna: Il Mulino.
(5) Luciano Bardi, Piero Ignazi, Oreste Massari (2013), NON SOLO ROMA. Partiti e classi dirigenti nelle regioni italiane, Egea.
(6) Stefano Rombi (2014), L'accountability dei governi democratici. Una comparazione tra sette paesi europei, Carocci.
(7) Sergio Fabbrini (2011), Addomesticare il principe. Perché i leader contano e come controllarli, Marsilio.
Learning Objectives
At the end of the course, the student is expected to:
- have acquired a good knowledge and understanding of the main theories and concepts of comparative politics
- have acquired skills to apply comparative toolkits empirically.
-have acquired a up-date knowledge of Western and esatern European political systems.
- have acquired a good ability to identify the research design: the formulation of problems, the variables under scrutiny, the literature review.
- be able to critically assess the literature.
Prerequisites
- Course to be included in the student's programme after the completion of the course of Political Science (1st year BA).
Teaching Methods
The course consists of lectures and seminars provided by students and visiting professors on specific topics.
The language of instruction is Italian.
Further information
Reading of international press.
Type of Assessment
The course examination consists of:
i) written exam
ii) review of an academic text (one of the volumes included in the bibliography).
Active participation: 75% attendance + participation to 3 seminars of the course.
Course program
1. Comparative methods
2. Democracies in the 21st century
3. European studie
4. Parties and party systems
5. Presidential, semi-presidential and parliamentary systems