Sociology

1. Knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should know the roots and development of political movements in Italy from the advent of mass society to the crisis of the so-called "first Republic" with particular attention to political parties and considering: the political cultures of post-unification Italy and the political movements of the nineteenth century; the birth of mass parties; The fascist regime; Cultures and political parties in republican Italy; The crisis and the transformations of the last decades in Italy and in Europe. 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able: to move among the great themes of the twentieth century, managing to place them over time; to evaluate the links between cause and effect between the events of the past and contemporary reality; to distinguish new phenomena from facts and problems that are rooted in distant years; to use a lexicon and a cognitive baggage that allows him a knowledge of political history and its main expressions. 3. Critical faculties should be developed through the constant involvement of the students in discussions during the lessons, written exercitations and listening to points of views different from the professor’s 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed through the constant involvement of the students to discussions during the lessons, in order to stimulate reflection, to teach public speaking, to give students the opportunity to strengthen their points of view by comparing them with others and with the professor 5. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics should be developed through the ability to carry out a bibliographic research in the historiographical field and to use various sources allowing students to access very different documents and materials