POLITICAL SCIENCE

Course objectives

1. Knowledge and understanding: The student will deepen the concepts of politics, as well as the functioning of contemporary political systems, Italian and international. 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: The student will acquire the tools to better understand the contemporary political context and activate forms of participation. 3. Making judgements: The student will develop critical and judgmental skills through the organization of discussion forums in the classroom, with political scholars and political consultants. 4. Communication skills: The communication skills are expressed in the organization of study groups for the preparation of papers that will be presented in the classroom and will be the subject of debates among the students. 5. Learning skills: At the end of the course, the student will be able to autonomously explore the issues analyzed through the consultation of political sources and reports of specialized research institutions.

Channel 1
MICHELE PROSPERO Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
- Globalizing West European politics -The change of cleavages structures -The problem of representation - Democracy and public opinion - President against parliamentary assemblies - The crisis of democracy - Populism as an ambiguous and polysemic concept - The phenomenon of Leadership - At the origins of contemporary populism - The ideological opportunism of populism - A critical reconsideration of the category of populism - Parties and party systems in comparative perspective
Books
Cotta, Della Porta e altri, Scienza politica, Il Mulino; M. Prospero, L'antipolitica come professione, Franco Angeli.
Teaching mode
La frequenza non è obbligatoria.
Exam mode
Verification of learning includes an oral exam.
Bibliography
1. Y. Mény- Y. Surel, Populismo e democrazia, Il Mulino; P. Rosanvallon, Pensare il populismo, Roma, 2017 2. M. Prospero, La ribellione conservatrice, Roma, 2019; M. Tarchi, Italia populista, Il Mulino. - Cotta e altri, Manuale di scienza politica, Il Mulino.
Lesson mode
La frequenza non è obbligatoria.
MATTIA DILETTI Lecturers' profile
Channel 2
  • Lesson code1022309
  • Academic year2024/2025
  • CourseCorporate and Public Administration Communication
  • CurriculumSingle curriculum
  • Year3rd year
  • Semester1st semester
  • SSDSPS/04
  • CFU6
  • Subject areaDiscipline giuridiche, storico-politiche e filosofiche