The first classes will be dedicated to the analysis of the main concepts and categories of political thought: moderna state, natural law and natural rights, contract theory, constitutionalism, representation, sovereignty, democracy. Then classics political thinkers and topics will be examined.
- Utopia and dystopian thought
- Machiavelli
– Modern state and absolutism
– Absolutism and sovereignty in Jean Bodin
- Thomas Hobbes
– The origins of classical liberalism: John Locke
- Montesquieu
– Lights and shadows of Enlightment: Rousseau and the general will
- Theoretical aspects of the American Revolution
- Theoretical aspects of the French Revolution
– The debate on the American democracy: Tocqueville
– Socialism and Karl Marx.
– The élite theorists: Mosca, Pareto and Michels.
– Totalitarianism
– Against totalitarianism: Hannah Arendt, Friedrick von Hayek, Karl Popper.
– Classical liberalism in the Twentieth century: the Austrian School of Economics: Menger, Mises, Hayek
- The contemporary debate on justice:Rawls, Rothbard, Nozick
– Amartya Sen, Martha Nussbaum

- L.M. BASSANI – A. MINGARDI, Dalla polis allo Stato. Introduzione alla Storia del pensiero politico, Giappichelli, Torino, 2017

- Il pensiero politico contemporaneo, a cura di C. Galli, il Mulino, Bologna, 2011 (capitoli: II;VI;VIII)

- P. GRILLI DI CORTONA, R. A. MODUGNO, Le trame della democrazia. Riflessioni tra politologia e storia del pensiero politico, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli, 2020.

The aim of the first part of the course is providing to the students some basic instruments of knowledge: a) the meaning of politics; b) how to construct scientific theories; c) elements of methodology used by political science to investigate the political phenomena.
The second part of the course analyses some crucial themes, such as: a) the state and the processes of state-building; b) the process of European integration; c) the types and features of political regimes (non-democratic, hybrid and democratic regimes).
The third part of the course analyses, always in a comparative perspective, the subject of democracy: a) political parties, groups, social movements; b) elections and electorial systems; c) political representation; d) the democratic institutional systems (parliament, government, public administrations); e) the actors and the dynamics of policy-making.

Texts for the exam (a.y. 2021-2022):

1) Handbook - P. GRILLI DI CORTONA, O. LANZA, B. PISCIOTTA, L. GERMANO, Capire la politica, Utet Università, Novara, 2020 (third edition);

Here the link to the publisher's website Utet: http://www.utetuniversita.it/catalogo/scienze-umane-e-sociali/capire-la-politica-3694
The book is available in electronic format on Pandoracampus
website: https://www.pandoracampus.it/store/details/10.978.8860/087362

2) Book - P. GRILLI DI CORTONA, Lezioni di scienza politica, a cura di Rosalba Chiarini e Barbara Pisciotta, Editoriale Scientifica, Napoli, 2016.

Objectives

The aim of the course is to introduce the main concepts, approaches, methods and the central problems regarding the scientific analysis of political phenomena in order to provide students with basic knowledge for analyzing and understanding the functioning of contemporary political systems.

Program

The course will present and discuss in comparative perspective all main themes of the discipline, specifically will be analyzed the following topics: state, democracy, non-democratic regimes and regime changes, political parties, interest groups, electoral systems, parliaments, governments, bureaucracy and public policies.

Reference books

1) P. Grilli di Cortona, O. Lanza, B. Pisciotta, L. Germano, Capire la politica. Una prospettiva comparata, Utet, Novara, 2020 (III edizione);
2) P. Grilli di Cortona, Lezioni di scienza politica, a cura di R. Chiarini e B. Pisciotta, Editoriale Scientifica, Napoli, 2016.

The program focuses on the main institutions and topics of private law: introduction to private law, private autonomy, the person, family law, inheritances and donations, entities, protected interests, tort law and liability, contracts

E. del Prato, Le basi del diritto civile, ultima edizione, Giappichelli, Torino.

First unit: General theory

Sources of private law. Effectiveness of law in time and space. Law interpretation. Legal analogy. Legal subjectivity. Capacity. Classification of subjective legal situations. Acquisition and extinction of sujective legal situations. Notes on the protection of subjective rights. Legal protection of factual situations. Legal entities.

Second unit: Obligations

The notion of obligation. The system of obligation's sources. The typical obligations. Subjective active and passive modifications. Fulfillment of the obligations. Methods for extinguishing obligations other than fulfillment. Liability due to defalt. The asset guarantee and the means for retaining the same. Tort liability and liability due to illicit behaviour.

Third unit: The contract

The notion of the parties' freedom to negotiate. Negotiating and non-negotiating acts. Typical or non-typical nature of negotiating process. The notion of contract. Contracts concluded by mutual agreement and contracts requiring the delivery of parties' subject matter. The essential elements. Ancillary elements. Direct and indirect representation. Interpretation of the contract. Invalidity of negotiations. Cancellation. Termination. Simulation. Consumer protection. Notes on the most important typical contracts (The sale and purchase. The mandate. The procurement. The carriage. The granting of usage. The loan. The donation).

For the purpose of preparation can be used any handbook in commerce.
It is essential the consultation of Civil Code.
As a special part of the program, must be studied "Le pretese tutelabili attraverso l'azione di classe" (CEDAM, 2012), only for the first chapter.

The course aims to offer a general knowledge of the fundamental lines of the modern history from the fifteenth century to the beginning of the nineteenth and to deepen its critical-interpretative learning through some historiographical itineraries on specific topics and the study of social, economic, political and cultural aspects that connect the Modern Age with the contemporary world.
Specifically, the following topics will be covered:
Crisis of Italian States in the XVI century
Reformation and Counter-Reformation
Religious crisis in Italy in the XVI century
Economic growth, social structure of modern Europe and the origins of globalization
The Netherlands in the XVII century
Formation of the modern State in Europe
English revolutions
French Revolution.

Handbook:
A. Aubert - P. Simoncelli, Storia moderna, Bari, Cacucci, 2021 (new edition).

Moreover, students will need to choose an additional book within a provided list.

Methods, limits and potentialities of economic models which support economic policy decisions.

The textbook for 7 CFU is the following:
G.C. ROMAGNOLI, LEZIONI DI POLITICA ECONOMICA, FRANCO ANGELI, MILANO, Ristampa aggiornata, riveduta e corretta della 2.a edizione, 2018.

Advised reading (necessary for acquiring 8 CFU):
one paper to be selected among those published in G.C. ROMAGNOLI, ed., “Le frontiere della politica economica”,Franco Angeli, Milano, 2019 or in Marcucci E., Magazzino C. (eds.), "Intorno alla politica economica. Saggi per Gian Cesare Romagnoli", Franco Angeli, Milano, 2021.

History of the European process of integration
European institutions and European governance
European legislative acts
European multi-level legal system
Internal market and competition policy
European citizenship
Area of freedom, security and justice
Fundamental rights
Common Agricultural Policy
Common commercial policy
Consumer protection
Common transport policy
Economic and monetary Union
Common security and defence policy

Diritto e politiche dell'Unione europea, a cura di R. Torino e C. Di Maio, 2020, Wolters Kluwer

Trattato sull’Unione europea, Trattato sul funzionamento dell’Unione europea, Carta dei diritti fondamentali dell’Unione europea, Pigreco edizioni, 2017

The Italian legal system. Constitution and Constitutional Acts. Legislation and legislative power of Government. Regional Acts. Constitutional uses and conventions. The influence of EU law on the Italian legal system.

R. Bin - Pitruzzella, Le fonti del diritto, Torino, Giappichelli, 2019, III ed.
M. Siclari (ed.), La Costituzione della Repubblica italiana nel testo vigente, Roma, Aracne, 2021, VI ed.

Syllabus

The course will be divided into two parts:
General part:
The object and the method
Legal production and sources systems
The great models of comparative law: civil law and common law
The forms of state and government
The main experiences of democratic constitutionalism:
• Italy
• Austria
• Belgium
• France
• Germany
• UK
• United States
• Spain
• Portugal
• Switzerland

Special part:

Political parties and democracy
Constitutional principles and fundamental rights in multicultural societies

Bibliography

Students that will attend the lectures must study:

1) G. Morbidelli - L. Pegoraro -A. Rinella - M. Volpi, Diritto pubblico comparato, Giappichelli, Torino, 2016.
2) S. Bonfiglio, I partiti e la democrazia. Una rilettura dell’art. 49 della Costituzione, il Mulino, Bologna 2013.
3) S. Bonfiglio, Costituzionalismo meticcio. Oltre il colonialismo dei diritti umani, Giappichelli, Torino 2016.

1. Introduction to comparative law
Origins, nature and functions of comparative law - variety of positive laws - classification of legal families - Standardization, harmonization and globalization of law (methods and significant examples) - The European multilevel legal system.

2. The Western Legal Tradition
Roman and Canon Law – Ius Commune europeo – Superior courts before Codification era – Age of Codifications – Age of Constitutions – The Common Law – Equity system – Inns of Court, Bench & Bar – Reports and binding precedent – The Rule of Law – Civil Law and Common Law convergence – The European legal culture – USA legal system – South-American legal systems - North European legal tradition.

3. Other legal traditions
Chines legal system – Indian legal system – Japanese legal system - Sharia – African legal systems.

1. Introduction to comparative law
V. Varano – V. Barsotti, La tradizione giuridica occidentale, 2021, Giappichelli, limitatamente al capitolo I (Introduzione al diritto comparato).

2. The Western legal tradition
V. Varano – V. Barsotti, La tradizione giuridica occidentale, 2021, Giappichelli, limitatamente ai capitoli II (La tradizione di civil law), III (La tradizione di common law) e IV (La tradizione giuridica dei paesi nordici).

3. Others legal tradition and western legal tradition
V. Varano – V. Barsotti, La tradizione giuridica occidentale, 2018, Giappichelli, limitatamente al capitolo V (Incontri della tradizione giuridica occidentale)
Federico Roberto Antonelli, Il diritto cinese dall'antica alla nuova via della seta. Padova, Libreria Universitaria.it edizioni, 2021.

The course is divided in two parts.The first is devoted to learn the process of formation and the role of the Italian political parties in the XIX and XX Century, with reference to history of politics, of political cultures, of representation; citizens' organization and participation through parties, movements and associations. There is a specific focus on the birth of mass parties, fascism and parties' role in rebuilding democracy after the Second World War.
The second monographic part, examines the birth, development and crisis of the myth of the Nation in Italy's contemporary history.

P. Pombeni (a cura di), Storia dei partiti italiani, Il Mulino
E. Gentile, Fascismo. Storia e interpretazione, Laterza
E. Gentile, La Grande Italia. Il mito della nazione nel XX secolo, Laterza

The origins and development of the European integration process, 1945-1957.
Federalism and Europeanism at the end of World War II; The German question in Europe and its impact on transatlantic relations; The rise of the Cold War in Europe; The Marshall Plan and the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC); Franco-German relations and the coal issue; The Schuman Plan and the European Coal and Steel Community (CECA); The problem of German rearmament and the European Defense Community; From the European Defense Community to the Treaties of Rome.

The early steps of the European Communities, 1958-69.
Objectives and structure of the European Economic Community (EEC); The Single Market; Euratom; The Gaullist challenge and the stalemate of the Community, 1961-67; Europe and détente; The Hague summit, 1969.

The developments of the EEC during the 1970s.
The first enlargement and the problems related to British membership; The project and the limits of a European monetary policy: from the Werner Plan to the creation of the EMS; European Political Cooperation; The reform of the European Parliament.

The EEC and the new European leaders: Margareth Thatcher, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Helmut Schmidt.

From the Single European Act to the Maastricht Treaty.
The debate about the reform of the EEC in the early 1980s; Institutional reforms and the completion of the Single Market; the difficult relaunch of the EEC and international Cold War tensions; The European Commission led by Jacques Delors; The Single European Act; The second enlargement to Greece, Spain and Portugal; Franco-German cooperation in European politics (François Mitterrand and Helmut Kohl); The events of 1989, the end of the Cold War in Europe and German reunification; The Treaty of Maastricht and the creation of the European Union.

The big challenge - Europe in the 1990s.
The "pillar" structure of the European Union and the road to the Euro; Common Foreign and Security Policy and its shortcomings; The conflict in the Western Balkans and European political balance; The Treaty of Amsterdam; The negotiations for the enlargement to the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the problem of reforming the EU; The Prodi Commission.

The EU at the beginning of the 21st century.
A compromise found with the Treaty of Nice; The Iraqi crisis and its consequences on European politics; Difficult relations between the Commission and the Member States; The project of the Constitutional Treaty and the European Convention on the Future of Europe; The Treaty of Lisbon.

The institutional architecture of the EU today and the main conceptual and theorical approaches to European integration.
The European Commission; The Council of Ministers; The European Council; The European Parliament; Federalism, Functionalism, Unionism; Intergovernmental cooperation and supranational integration within the EU.

Required readings for the exam (both for students attending the course and for those who do not attend the course), (8 CFU).

Di Nolfo E., Storia delle relazioni internazionali, 1919-1999 (Roma: Laterza, 2000), pp. 595-902;

Calandri E., Guasconi M.E., Ranieri R., Storia politica e economica dell’integrazione europea. Dal 1945 ad oggi (Napoli, Edises, 2015).

The aim of the first part of the course is providing to the students some basic instruments of knowledge: a) the meaning of politics; b) how to construct scientific theories; c) elements of methodology used by political science to investigate the political phenomena.
The second part of the course analyses some crucial themes, such as: a) the state and the processes of state-building; b) the process of European integration; c) the types and features of political regimes (non-democratic, hybrid and democratic regimes).
The third part of the course analyses, always in a comparative perspective, the subject of democracy: a) political parties, groups, social movements; b) elections and electorial systems; c) political representation; d) the democratic institutional systems (parliament, government, public administrations); e) the actors and the dynamics of policy-making.

Texts for the exam (a.y. 2021-2022):

1) Handbook - P. GRILLI DI CORTONA, O. LANZA, B. PISCIOTTA, L. GERMANO, Capire la politica, Utet Università, Novara, 2020 (third edition);

Here the link to the publisher's website Utet: http://www.utetuniversita.it/catalogo/scienze-umane-e-sociali/capire-la-politica-3694
The book is available in electronic format on Pandoracampus
website: https://www.pandoracampus.it/store/details/10.978.8860/087362

2) Book - P. GRILLI DI CORTONA, Lezioni di scienza politica, a cura di Rosalba Chiarini e Barbara Pisciotta, Editoriale Scientifica, Napoli, 2016.

Objectives

The aim of the course is to introduce the main concepts, approaches, methods and the central problems regarding the scientific analysis of political phenomena in order to provide students with basic knowledge for analyzing and understanding the functioning of contemporary political systems.

Program

The course will present and discuss in comparative perspective all main themes of the discipline, specifically will be analyzed the following topics: state, democracy, non-democratic regimes and regime changes, political parties, interest groups, electoral systems, parliaments, governments, bureaucracy and public policies.

Reference books

1) P. Grilli di Cortona, O. Lanza, B. Pisciotta, L. Germano, Capire la politica. Una prospettiva comparata, Utet, Novara, 2020 (III edizione);
2) P. Grilli di Cortona, Lezioni di scienza politica, a cura di R. Chiarini e B. Pisciotta, Editoriale Scientifica, Napoli, 2016.

The first classes will be dedicated to the analysis of the main concepts and categories of political thought: moderna state, natural law and natural rights, contract theory, constitutionalism, representation, sovereignty, democracy. Then classics political thinkers and topics will be examined.
- Utopia and dystopian thought
- Machiavelli
– Modern state and absolutism
– Absolutism and sovereignty in Jean Bodin
- Thomas Hobbes
– The origins of classical liberalism: John Locke
- Montesquieu
– Lights and shadows of Enlightment: Rousseau and the general will
- Theoretical aspects of the American Revolution
- Theoretical aspects of the French Revolution
– The debate on the American democracy: Tocqueville
– Socialism and Karl Marx.
– The élite theorists: Mosca, Pareto and Michels.
– Totalitarianism
– Against totalitarianism: Hannah Arendt, Friedrick von Hayek, Karl Popper.
– Classical liberalism in the Twentieth century: the Austrian School of Economics: Menger, Mises, Hayek
- The contemporary debate on justice:Rawls, Rothbard, Nozick
– Amartya Sen, Martha Nussbaum

- L.M. BASSANI – A. MINGARDI, Dalla polis allo Stato. Introduzione alla Storia del pensiero politico, Giappichelli, Torino, 2017

- Il pensiero politico contemporaneo, a cura di C. Galli, il Mulino, Bologna, 2011 (capitoli: II;VI;VIII)

- P. GRILLI DI CORTONA, R. A. MODUGNO, Le trame della democrazia. Riflessioni tra politologia e storia del pensiero politico, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli, 2020.

The course is aimed at providing students with the basic notions of international law and to introduce them to a critical appraisal of the main current global problems according to a systemic and realist-constructivist approach. The syllabus varies with the credits. This is the 8-credit syllabus:

Introduction

I. The state system and the governance of humankind

1. The state system and the international community

2. Inter-state creation and intra-state application of international law

a. General international law
b. Treaties
c. Binding acts of international organizations
d. Relationships between international law sources
e. The dynamics of international law sources
f. Intra-state application of international law rules

3. The allocation of the governmental authority of the states

a. Criteria of allocation of state jurisdiction
b. Delimitation of the spaces in which state jurisdiction is exercised

II. International rules protecting common values of humankind

1. Interstate order

a. Immunity of organs of foreign states
b. Jurisdictional immunity of foreign states
c. Jurisdictional immunity of international organizations

2. The human person

a. Foreign nationals
b. Human rights
c. Humanitarian international law
d. International crimes

3. Sustainable economy

a. World Trade Organization (WTO)
b. GATT
c. Foreign investment
d. Sustainable development
e. Environment

4. Global security

a. Transnational crime
b. Prohibition of the use of force
c. The UN Security system
d. Disarmament and non-proliferation of WMDs

III. International responsibility and international settlement of disputes

1. International responsibility

a. International responsibility of states
b. International responsibility of international organizations
c. International responsibility of individuals

2. International settlement of disputes

a. Adjudication
b. Diplomacy

Textbooks, with further references (in several languages):


Students enrolled in 2021-2022:

9 cfu:

1. Carlo Focarelli,  Diritto internazionale (Milano, Kluwer/Cedam, 2021, 6° ed.), except for the sections written in a smaller font-size.

6 cfu:

1. Carlo Focarelli,  Diritto internazionale (Milano, Kluwer/Cedam, 2021, 6° ed.), Part I and Part III (pp. 1-382 and 669-802), except for the sections written in a smaller font-size.

The syllabus is the same for both attending and non-attending students.

The program focuses on the main institutions and topics of private law: introduction to private law, private autonomy, the person, family law, inheritances and donations, entities, protected interests, tort law and liability, contracts

E. del Prato, Le basi del diritto civile, ultima edizione, Giappichelli, Torino.

First unit: General theory

Sources of private law. Effectiveness of law in time and space. Law interpretation. Legal analogy. Legal subjectivity. Capacity. Classification of subjective legal situations. Acquisition and extinction of sujective legal situations. Notes on the protection of subjective rights. Legal protection of factual situations. Legal entities.

Second unit: Obligations

The notion of obligation. The system of obligation's sources. The typical obligations. Subjective active and passive modifications. Fulfillment of the obligations. Methods for extinguishing obligations other than fulfillment. Liability due to defalt. The asset guarantee and the means for retaining the same. Tort liability and liability due to illicit behaviour.

Third unit: The contract

The notion of the parties' freedom to negotiate. Negotiating and non-negotiating acts. Typical or non-typical nature of negotiating process. The notion of contract. Contracts concluded by mutual agreement and contracts requiring the delivery of parties' subject matter. The essential elements. Ancillary elements. Direct and indirect representation. Interpretation of the contract. Invalidity of negotiations. Cancellation. Termination. Simulation. Consumer protection. Notes on the most important typical contracts (The sale and purchase. The mandate. The procurement. The carriage. The granting of usage. The loan. The donation).

For the purpose of preparation can be used any handbook in commerce.
It is essential the consultation of Civil Code.
As a special part of the program, must be studied "Le pretese tutelabili attraverso l'azione di classe" (CEDAM, 2012), only for the first chapter.

The course aims to offer a general knowledge of the fundamental lines of the modern history from the fifteenth century to the beginning of the nineteenth and to deepen its critical-interpretative learning through some historiographical itineraries on specific topics and the study of social, economic, political and cultural aspects that connect the Modern Age with the contemporary world.
Specifically, the following topics will be covered:
Crisis of Italian States in the XVI century
Reformation and Counter-Reformation
Religious crisis in Italy in the XVI century
Economic growth, social structure of modern Europe and the origins of globalization
The Netherlands in the XVII century
Formation of the modern State in Europe
English revolutions
French Revolution.

Handbook:
A. Aubert - P. Simoncelli, Storia moderna, Bari, Cacucci, 2021 (new edition).

Moreover, students will need to choose an additional book within a provided list.

FIRST PART
1. Introduction to the study of international relations: traditions of research and evolution of the discipline
2. Realism
3. Liberalism
4. Marxism
5. Constructivism
SECOND PART
7. IPE and Globalization
8. International Security Studies-ISS
9. Foreign Policy Analysis and Diplomacy -FPA
10. Regionalism
11. Global Politics
12. The future of IR Theory (focus: non-Western IR)

1) Mazzei, F., Marchetti, R., & Petito, F. (2010). Manuale di politica internazionale. Milano: Egea

2) Andreatta,Filippo (a cura di), (2011). Le Grandi Opere delle Relazioni Internazionali, Il Mulino

3) Graham Allison, (2018). Destinati alla Guerra. Fazi Editore

Non-attending students: the same readings indicated for attending students plus a volume indicated at the beginning of the course.

Syllabus

The course will be divided into two parts:
General part:
The object and the method
Legal production and sources systems
The great models of comparative law: civil law and common law
The forms of state and government
The main experiences of democratic constitutionalism:
• Italy
• Austria
• Belgium
• France
• Germany
• UK
• United States
• Spain
• Portugal
• Switzerland

Special part:

Political parties and democracy
Constitutional principles and fundamental rights in multicultural societies

Bibliography

Students that will attend the lectures must study:

1) G. Morbidelli - L. Pegoraro -A. Rinella - M. Volpi, Diritto pubblico comparato, Giappichelli, Torino, 2016.
2) S. Bonfiglio, I partiti e la democrazia. Una rilettura dell’art. 49 della Costituzione, il Mulino, Bologna 2013.
3) S. Bonfiglio, Costituzionalismo meticcio. Oltre il colonialismo dei diritti umani, Giappichelli, Torino 2016.

Geographical exploration
The slave trade
Some case studies of African nations: Ashanti, Ethiopia, Zulu
Colonial expansion
Panafricanism
The struggle for indipendence

- J.D. Fage, A History of Africa, 1978, Chap.III & IV

- L. Goglia - F. Grassi, Il colonialismo italiano da Adua all'impero, Laterza, chap. II.

International economics studies the economic and financial interdependence of nations. Topics of interest for a political science's student include: the determinants of international trade, trade policies, the internationalization of financial markets, macroeconomic equilibria (or imbalances) in different countries and their propagation in the world economy, the functioning of foreign exchange markets and the economic impact of migration.
The student participating in the course will acquire useful tools to answer questions concerning the overall and redistributive effects of international trade, commercial policies, international migration flows, monetary policies and the operation of multinational companies.
The course is divided into two modules. The first module deals with international trade, its determinants, its effects and commercial policies. The second module deals with the balance of payments, exchange rates and their determination, migration and their economic impact.

International Economics 1,

Krugman P., Obstfeld M. e Melitz M. - Pearson 2019

International Economics 2,

Krugman P., Obstfeld M. e Melitz M. - 2019

Introduction: from Kievan Rus' to Ivan IV the Terrible; The First Modernization of Russia: Peter the Great and the birth of a Great Power; The long Russian nineteenth century from the Napoleonic wars to the reforms of Alexander II; The Russia of Nicholas II: The contradictions of an impetuous and disorderly development; The First World War and the end of a world; The Bolshevik revolution, its origins and its affirmation; The Russian civil wars and the origins of the Soviet state; The NEP, the rise of Stalin, Collectivization, industrialization and the birth of Stalin's USSR; The Great Terror; Comintern, Communist parties and traditional foreign policy; The Second World War; Victory and the birth of a superpower; The Cold War: the USSR and the West; Chrushev and the 20th Congress of the PCUS; The Brezhnev years: consolidation and stagnation; The impossible reform of the system: Gorbachev between perestroika and glasnost'; The end of the USSR and the birth of the Russian Federation; Yeltsin and the age of turbulence; a new strong man? Putin and the new Russia: ambitions and contradictions of a regime.

Giulia Lami, Storia dell'Europa orientale. Da Napoleone alla fine della prima guerra mondiale, Firenze, Le Monnier Università, 2019.

Giovanna Cigliano, La Russia contemporanea. Un profilo storico, Roma, Carocci, 2013

non-attending students in the 8 CFU course will need to add the following book:Francesco Guida, L'altra metà dell'Europa. Dalla Grande guerra ai nostri giorni, Bari-Roma, Laterza, 2015.

Part 1 The origins and the evolution of the second world war. The rise of the bipolar system
The first phase of the war, 1939-1941; The birth of the Grand alliance, 1941-1943; Searching for a solution for the postwar period, 1944-1946; – The formation of the blocs, 1946- 1947; The consolidation of the blocs, 1948-1949. The Korean war and the transition in the US and in the USSR, 1950-1953; The early phase of decolonization: India and the Middle East; The Origins of European Integration

Part 2 The consolidation and fall of the bipolar system.
In search of stability, 1953-1956; Bloc tensions: the Sino-Soviet Schism and Transatlantic crises, 1956-1960; The twin crises in Berlin and Cuba; Arms control and the rise of detente, 1963 -1968; European integration and the Gaullist challenge; The Vietnam war and the beginning of detente, 1963-1968; Détente and ostpolitk, 1968-1975; The crisis of détente; The second cold war, 1979-1984; The transformation of the international system, 1985-1991

Ennio Di Nolfo, Storia delle relazioni internazionali,
vol 1, Dalla pace di Versailles alla conferenza di Potsdam 1919-1945, da p. 233 alla fine
vol.2, Gli anni della guerra fredda 1946-1990

The first classes will be dedicated to the analysis of the main concepts and categories of political thought: moderna state, natural law and natural rights, contract theory, constitutionalism, representation, sovereignty, democracy. Then classics political thinkers and topics will be examined.
- Utopia and dystopian thought
- Machiavelli
– Modern state and absolutism
– Absolutism and sovereignty in Jean Bodin
- Thomas Hobbes
– The origins of classical liberalism: John Locke
- Montesquieu
– Lights and shadows of Enlightment: Rousseau and the general will
- Theoretical aspects of the American Revolution
- Theoretical aspects of the French Revolution
– The debate on the American democracy: Tocqueville
– Socialism and Karl Marx.
– The élite theorists: Mosca, Pareto and Michels.
– Totalitarianism
– Against totalitarianism: Hannah Arendt, Friedrick von Hayek, Karl Popper.
– Classical liberalism in the Twentieth century: the Austrian School of Economics: Menger, Mises, Hayek
- The contemporary debate on justice:Rawls, Rothbard, Nozick
– Amartya Sen, Martha Nussbaum

- L.M. BASSANI – A. MINGARDI, Dalla polis allo Stato. Introduzione alla Storia del pensiero politico, Giappichelli, Torino, 2017

- Il pensiero politico contemporaneo, a cura di C. Galli, il Mulino, Bologna, 2011 (capitoli: II;VI;VIII)

- P. GRILLI DI CORTONA, R. A. MODUGNO, Le trame della democrazia. Riflessioni tra politologia e storia del pensiero politico, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli, 2020.

The aim of the first part of the course is providing to the students some basic instruments of knowledge: a) the meaning of politics; b) how to construct scientific theories; c) elements of methodology used by political science to investigate the political phenomena.
The second part of the course analyses some crucial themes, such as: a) the state and the processes of state-building; b) the process of European integration; c) the types and features of political regimes (non-democratic, hybrid and democratic regimes).
The third part of the course analyses, always in a comparative perspective, the subject of democracy: a) political parties, groups, social movements; b) elections and electorial systems; c) political representation; d) the democratic institutional systems (parliament, government, public administrations); e) the actors and the dynamics of policy-making.

Texts for the exam (a.y. 2021-2022):

1) Handbook - P. GRILLI DI CORTONA, O. LANZA, B. PISCIOTTA, L. GERMANO, Capire la politica, Utet Università, Novara, 2020 (third edition);

Here the link to the publisher's website Utet: http://www.utetuniversita.it/catalogo/scienze-umane-e-sociali/capire-la-politica-3694
The book is available in electronic format on Pandoracampus
website: https://www.pandoracampus.it/store/details/10.978.8860/087362

2) Book - P. GRILLI DI CORTONA, Lezioni di scienza politica, a cura di Rosalba Chiarini e Barbara Pisciotta, Editoriale Scientifica, Napoli, 2016.

Objectives

The aim of the course is to introduce the main concepts, approaches, methods and the central problems regarding the scientific analysis of political phenomena in order to provide students with basic knowledge for analyzing and understanding the functioning of contemporary political systems.

Program

The course will present and discuss in comparative perspective all main themes of the discipline, specifically will be analyzed the following topics: state, democracy, non-democratic regimes and regime changes, political parties, interest groups, electoral systems, parliaments, governments, bureaucracy and public policies.

Reference books

1) P. Grilli di Cortona, O. Lanza, B. Pisciotta, L. Germano, Capire la politica. Una prospettiva comparata, Utet, Novara, 2020 (III edizione);
2) P. Grilli di Cortona, Lezioni di scienza politica, a cura di R. Chiarini e B. Pisciotta, Editoriale Scientifica, Napoli, 2016.

The course aims at providing an outline of the evolution of economic theorizing from Antiquity to the most recent developments. A special attention will be devoted to the works of F. Quesnay, A. Smith, D. Ricardo, T. R. Malthus, K. Marx, A. Marshall, V. Pareto, J. M. Keynes. As concerns the most recent developments of economic theory a particular attention will be devoted to theories concerning money, business cycle, unemployment, financial crises. The course further aims at providing a critical awareness on the relationships among economic theory and its practical implementation in terms of public policies.

To be agreed upon with the Professor.

The program focuses on the main institutions and topics of private law: introduction to private law, private autonomy, the person, family law, inheritances and donations, entities, protected interests, tort law and liability, contracts

E. del Prato, Le basi del diritto civile, ultima edizione, Giappichelli, Torino.

First unit: General theory

Sources of private law. Effectiveness of law in time and space. Law interpretation. Legal analogy. Legal subjectivity. Capacity. Classification of subjective legal situations. Acquisition and extinction of sujective legal situations. Notes on the protection of subjective rights. Legal protection of factual situations. Legal entities.

Second unit: Obligations

The notion of obligation. The system of obligation's sources. The typical obligations. Subjective active and passive modifications. Fulfillment of the obligations. Methods for extinguishing obligations other than fulfillment. Liability due to defalt. The asset guarantee and the means for retaining the same. Tort liability and liability due to illicit behaviour.

Third unit: The contract

The notion of the parties' freedom to negotiate. Negotiating and non-negotiating acts. Typical or non-typical nature of negotiating process. The notion of contract. Contracts concluded by mutual agreement and contracts requiring the delivery of parties' subject matter. The essential elements. Ancillary elements. Direct and indirect representation. Interpretation of the contract. Invalidity of negotiations. Cancellation. Termination. Simulation. Consumer protection. Notes on the most important typical contracts (The sale and purchase. The mandate. The procurement. The carriage. The granting of usage. The loan. The donation).

For the purpose of preparation can be used any handbook in commerce.
It is essential the consultation of Civil Code.
As a special part of the program, must be studied "Le pretese tutelabili attraverso l'azione di classe" (CEDAM, 2012), only for the first chapter.

The course aims to offer a general knowledge of the fundamental lines of the modern history from the fifteenth century to the beginning of the nineteenth and to deepen its critical-interpretative learning through some historiographical itineraries on specific topics and the study of social, economic, political and cultural aspects that connect the Modern Age with the contemporary world.
Specifically, the following topics will be covered:
Crisis of Italian States in the XVI century
Reformation and Counter-Reformation
Religious crisis in Italy in the XVI century
Economic growth, social structure of modern Europe and the origins of globalization
The Netherlands in the XVII century
Formation of the modern State in Europe
English revolutions
French Revolution.

Handbook:
A. Aubert - P. Simoncelli, Storia moderna, Bari, Cacucci, 2021 (new edition).

Moreover, students will need to choose an additional book within a provided list.

I part: introduction and basic elements
Introduction to Demography: definition of demography and population; the historical and actual demographic sources
Dimension and structure of population: the total of population, growth rates; population structure.
The dynamics of population: generic and specific rates; standardization; the demographic transition.
The analysis of demographic trends: Lexis diagram; rates and probabilities; longitudinal and yearly analysis.

II part: the methodological study of demographic phenomenon
Mortality: the measures of study on mortality; life-table; child-mortality.
Marriage trend: the marriage rates
Fertility: birth rates; fertility rates; reproductivity.
Migration: main migration sources; migration rates.
Forecasting: the main method of demographic projection.


III part: in-depth studies
European population trends
Population ageing
Mortality
Child Mortality
Fertility
Migration
Projection of population

Bacci, M. L. (2017). A concise history of world population. John Wiley & Sons.

Poston, D. L., & Micklin, M. (Eds.). (2005). Handbook of population. Kluwer Academic/Plenum.
Part I Population Structure: 1. Age and Sex, 2 Population Distribution and Suburbanization, 5 Demography of Aging
Part II Population Processes: 12 Fertility, 13 Infant Mortality, 14 Adult Mortality, 15 Internal Migration, 16 International Migration.
Bacci, M. L. (2017). A concise history of world population. John Wiley & Sons.

Research material
World population trend: World Population Prospects 2019 Highlights (pp. 5-21) https://population.un.org/wpp/Publications/Files/WPP2019_Highlights.pdf
Population in Europe: Eurostat, Population and population change statistics https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Population_and_population_change_statistics (cliccare su ‘full article’)
Population ageing: Cap 6 – An ageing society – focus on the elderly in Eurostat People in the EU: who are we and how do we live?
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3217494/7089681/KS-04-15-567-EN-N.pdf
mortality trend: Mortalità di G. Caselli in Treccani Enciclopedia delle Scienze Sociali http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/mortalita_%28Enciclopedia-delle-scienze-sociali%29/ Child mortality: Levels & Trends in Child Mortality UN Report 2018 pag 1-14 https://childmortality.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/UNICEF-2020-Child-Mortality-Report.pdf
Fertility: Natalità e fecondità della popolazione residente 2019. Report Istat
https://www.istat.it/it/files/2020/12/REPORT-NATALITA-2019.pdf

migration: ISCRIZIONI E CANCELLAZIONI ANAGRAFICHE DELLA POPOLAZIONE RESIDENTE ANNO 2019. Report Istat
https://www.istat.it/it/files/2021/01/REPORT_MIGRAZIONI_2019.pdf

Demographic future: IL FUTURO DEMOGRAFICO DEL PAESE. Report Istat 2018
https://www.istat.it/it/files/2018/05/previsioni_demografiche.pdf

Syllabus

The course will be divided into two parts:
General part:
The object and the method
Legal production and sources systems
The great models of comparative law: civil law and common law
The forms of state and government
The main experiences of democratic constitutionalism:
• Italy
• Austria
• Belgium
• France
• Germany
• UK
• United States
• Spain
• Portugal
• Switzerland

Special part:

Political parties and democracy
Constitutional principles and fundamental rights in multicultural societies

Bibliography

Students that will attend the lectures must study:

1) G. Morbidelli - L. Pegoraro -A. Rinella - M. Volpi, Diritto pubblico comparato, Giappichelli, Torino, 2016.
2) S. Bonfiglio, I partiti e la democrazia. Una rilettura dell’art. 49 della Costituzione, il Mulino, Bologna 2013.
3) S. Bonfiglio, Costituzionalismo meticcio. Oltre il colonialismo dei diritti umani, Giappichelli, Torino 2016.

Prof. Claudia Mariotti Italian Political System 2021/2022 - 6 CFU


1. Maurizio Cotta e Luca Verzichelli, “Il sistema politico italiano”, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2020 (per i frequentanti che faranno la presentazione soltanto alcune parti selezionate dalla professoressa, per gli altri tutto il testo)

2. Carlo Guarnieri, “Il sistema politico italiano”, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2016

3. Gianfranco Pasquino, “I sistemi elettorali”, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2006 con aggiunta sul Rosatellum del “Manuale elettorale”: http://www.camera.it/temiap/allegati/2018/01/18/OCD177-3269.pdf (per tutti, soltanto la prima parte del manuale elettorale, da pagina 24 a pagina 92)


4. Chiaramonte Alessandro e Lorenzo De Sio (a cura di), “Il voto del cambiamento”, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2019 (capitoli 5,6,7 e 9)


5. Ignazi Piero, "I partiti politici dal 1948 al 2018", Il Mulino, Bologna, 2018 (I frequentanti saranno esonerati dallo studio di questo testo e faranno una presentazione in classe basata su materiale relativo ai partiti politici)

Maurizio Cotta e Luca Verzichelli, “Il sistema politico italiano”, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2020 (per i frequentanti che faranno la presentazione soltanto alcune parti selezionate dalla professoressa, per gli altri tutto il testo)

Carlo Guarnieri, “Il sistema politico italiano”, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2016

Gianfranco Pasquino, “I sistemi elettorali”, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2006 con aggiunta sul Rosatellum del “Manuale elettorale”: http://www.camera.it/temiap/allegati/2018/01/18/OCD177-3269.pdf (per tutti, soltanto la prima parte del manuale elettorale, da pagina 24 a pagina 92)

Chiaramonte Alessandro e Lorenzo De Sio (a cura di), “Il voto del cambiamento”, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2019


Maurizio Cotta e Luca Verzichelli, “Il sistema politico italiano”, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2020 (per i frequentanti che faranno la presentazione soltanto alcune parti selezionate dalla professoressa, per gli altri tutto il testo)

Carlo Guarnieri, “Il sistema politico italiano”, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2016

Gianfranco Pasquino, “I sistemi elettorali”, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2006 con aggiunta sul Rosatellum del “Manuale elettorale”: http://www.camera.it/temiap/allegati/2018/01/18/OCD177-3269.pdf (per tutti, soltanto la prima parte del manuale elettorale, da pagina 24 a pagina 92)

Chiaramonte Alessandro e Lorenzo De Sio (a cura di), “Il voto del cambiamento”, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2019

Piero Ignazi , "I partiti politici dal 1948 al 2018", Il Mulino, Bologna, 2018

Social and political conflicts - What is the collective action -Social movements - Theory, models and methodology to analysis social movements - Subjects, conflicts and trasformations of modernity - Transformation of politics and climate change - Conflicts, extremism and violent radicalisation.

- Pilati K. (2018), Movimenti sociali e azioni di protesta, Bologna, il Mulino.
- Touraine A. (2019), In difesa della modernità, Milano, Raffaello Cortina.
- Latour B. (2018), Tracciare la rotta. Come orientarsi in politica, Milano, Raffaello Cortina.
- Antonelli F. (2021), Radicalizzazione, Milano, Mondadori.

Part 1 The origins and the evolution of the second world war. The rise of the bipolar system
The first phase of the war, 1939-1941; The birth of the Grand alliance, 1941-1943; Searching for a solution for the postwar period, 1944-1946; – The formation of the blocs, 1946- 1947; The consolidation of the blocs, 1948-1949. The Korean war and the transition in the US and in the USSR, 1950-1953; The early phase of decolonization: India and the Middle East; The Origins of European Integration

Part 2 The consolidation and fall of the bipolar system.
In search of stability, 1953-1956; Bloc tensions: the Sino-Soviet Schism and Transatlantic crises, 1956-1960; The twin crises in Berlin and Cuba; Arms control and the rise of detente, 1963 -1968; European integration and the Gaullist challenge; The Vietnam war and the beginning of detente, 1963-1968; Détente and ostpolitk, 1968-1975; The crisis of détente; The second cold war, 1979-1984; The transformation of the international system, 1985-1991

Ennio Di Nolfo, Storia delle relazioni internazionali,
vol 1, Dalla pace di Versailles alla conferenza di Potsdam 1919-1945, da p. 233 alla fine
vol.2, Gli anni della guerra fredda 1946-1990

Week I
Introduction and description of the course. The Revolutionary era and the independence. Focus on the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights with discussions in class and readings from the original texts. The US political system and its evolution over time.

Week II
The American Civil War and its effect on American society and culture. Focus on 13th, 14th and 15th amendments. The end of the XIX century, industrialization, populism and the “Gilded Age”. American imperialism and the progressive era. The first World War and the US international role.



Week III
The post war period and the roaring twenties. The Great Depression, Roosevelt’s presidency and the New Deal. The Second World War. The origins of the Cold War and the new dimension in foreign politics
Week IV:
The booming economy and the affluent society. The rise of the American middle-class. Social and cultural revolutions in the 1950s and 1960s. Civil Rights movement and the New Frontier, the Great Society and the war in Vietnam. Counterculture and feminisms.

Week V:
The 1970s, Nixon and the “crisis of confidence”. Reagan and the conservative turn in American politics. The rise of a New Right. The end of the Cold War.

Week VI:
The US from the end of the Cold War to 9/11. Clinton and Bush Jr., 9/11 and its effect on politics and culture.

Eric Foner, Storia della libertà americana, Donzelli, 2009

Fabrizio Tonello, La costituzione degli stati uniti, Mondadori, 2010

Another additional book of your choice from the following:

a cura di Daniele Fiorentino, Il pluralismo culturale. Un dibattito americano (1915-1916), Viella, 2021

Tiziano Bonazzi, Abraham Lincoln. Un dramma americano, il Mulino, 2016

a cura di Raffaella Baritono e Elisabetta Vezzosi, Oltre il secolo americano? Gli Stati Uniti prima e dopo l'11 settembre Carocci, Roma, 2011

Arnaldo Testi Trionfo e declino dei partiti politici negli Stati Uniti, 1860-1930, Otto, 2000

The data matrix. Types of statistical variables: factor, ordered factor, discrete. Frequency distributions. Barplots. Continuous variables: classes, frequency distributions and histograms. Entropy. Cumulative distribution function. Quantiles. Bivariate distributions. Marginal and conditional distributions. Chi square: independence and dependence. Mean and variance. Benjamin-Cebicev inequality. Variance decomposition. Linear transformations. Scatterplots. Covariance and linear correlation.
Least-squares and regression. Goodness of fit of a regression line.

Axioms of elementary probability. Elementary theorems of probability. Mutually exclusive events. Conditional probability. Independence. Bayes theorem. Discrete random variables. Expectation. Bernoulli distribution. Binomial distribution and random walk. Hypergeometric distribution. Poisson distribution.
Continuous random variables. Probability density. Normal distribution. Normal tables. Normal approximation to the binomial distribution. Student's t.

Estimators and parameters. Sampling distribution of an estimator. Bias and efficiency. Punctual estimation of parameters: the mean, the variance and the proportion. Confidence intervals. Confidence intervals of a single mean and of the difference between two means. Confidence interval of a proportion and of the difference between two proportions. Optimal sample size.

Alan Agresti, Christine A. Franklin and Bernhard Klingenberg (2017) Statistics: The Art and Science of Learning from Data (4th Edition) ISBN 978-0321997838

The data matrix. Types of statistical variables: factor, ordered factor, discrete. Frequency distributions. Barplots. Continuous variables: classes, frequency distributions and histograms. Entropy. Cumulative distribution function. Quantiles. Bivariate distributions. Marginal and conditional distributions. Chi square: independence and dependence. Mean and variance. Benjamin-Cebicev inequality. Variance decomposition. Linear transformations. Scatterplots. Covariance and linear correlation.
Least-squares and regression. Goodness of fit of a regression line.

Axioms of elementary probability. Elementary theorems of probability. Mutually exclusive events. Conditional probability. Independence. Bayes theorem. Discrete random variables. Expectation. Bernoulli distribution. Binomial distribution and random walk. Hypergeometric distribution. Poisson distribution.
Continuous random variables. Probability density. Normal distribution. Normal tables. Normal approximation to the binomial distribution. Student's t.

Estimators and parameters. Sampling distribution of an estimator. Bias and efficiency. Punctual estimation of parameters: the mean, the variance and the proportion. Confidence intervals. Confidence intervals of a single mean and of the difference between two means. Confidence interval of a proportion and of the difference between two proportions. Optimal sample size.

Freedman, Pisani, Purves, Statistics. Norton and Company: New York

Constitution concept. The sources of constitutional law. Italy and the European Union. Form of government in Italy. The Parliament. The Government and the public administration. The President of the Republic. Constitutional principles concerning the public administration. Other organs. The territorial autonomies. Rights and liberties. Constitutional principles concerning the jurisdiction. Constitutional justice.

1) F. MODUGNO (a cura di), Diritto pubblico, Giappichelli, Torino, 2021 (except pagg. 1-104)
2) M. AINIS, Sette profili di diritto pubblico, Jovene, Napoli, 2013.

Concepts of law and State. Sources of law. Italy and European Union. Parliament. Executive power. President of the Republic. Principles on public administration. Other bodies. Regional and local autonomies. Fundamental rights and freedoms. Principles on jurisdiction. Constitutional justice.

F. Modugno (ed.), Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, 2021, F. Modugno (a cura di), Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, 2021, V ed.
M. Siclari, Il Presidente della Repubblica italiana nelle recenti esperienze costituzionali. Aspetti problematici, Napoli, Jovene, 2013.
M. Siclari (ed.), La Costituzione della Repubblica italiana nel testo vigente, Roma, Aracne, 2021, VI ed.

The first classes will be dedicated to the analysis of the main concepts and categories of political thought: moderna state, natural law and natural rights, contract theory, constitutionalism, representation, sovereignty, democracy. Then classics political thinkers and topics will be examined.
- Utopia and dystopian thought
- Machiavelli
– Modern state and absolutism
– Absolutism and sovereignty in Jean Bodin
- Thomas Hobbes
– The origins of classical liberalism: John Locke
- Montesquieu
– Lights and shadows of Enlightment: Rousseau and the general will
- Theoretical aspects of the American Revolution
- Theoretical aspects of the French Revolution
– The debate on the American democracy: Tocqueville
– Socialism and Karl Marx.
– The élite theorists: Mosca, Pareto and Michels.
– Totalitarianism
– Against totalitarianism: Hannah Arendt, Friedrick von Hayek, Karl Popper.
– Classical liberalism in the Twentieth century: the Austrian School of Economics: Menger, Mises, Hayek
- The contemporary debate on justice:Rawls, Rothbard, Nozick
– Amartya Sen, Martha Nussbaum

- L.M. BASSANI – A. MINGARDI, Dalla polis allo Stato. Introduzione alla Storia del pensiero politico, Giappichelli, Torino, 2017

- Il pensiero politico contemporaneo, a cura di C. Galli, il Mulino, Bologna, 2011 (capitoli: II;VI;VIII)

- P. GRILLI DI CORTONA, R. A. MODUGNO, Le trame della democrazia. Riflessioni tra politologia e storia del pensiero politico, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli, 2020.

6 CFU
FIRST PART: ESPISTEMOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
The origins of sociology and its epistemologic status. Epistemology, methodology and social theory. The main paradigms in sociology. Quantitative and qualitative methods.
SECOND PART: MAIN SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS AND THEMES
Culture - Structures, social actions and power – Groups and organizations - Social stratification, social classes and global inequalities - Ethnicity and migrations - Gender and sexualities – Families and socialization process – Deviance - Social changes, globalization and social movements.
THIRD PART: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIALOLOGICAL THEORIES
The birth of sociology: sociology and positivism - Karl Marx – Emile Durkheim – Georg Simmel – Max Weber – The Chicago School of Sociology – George H. Mead - Italian sociology at the beginning of '900 – Sigmund Freud and the birth of psychoanalysis - Critic theory – Functionalism – Alfred Schutz – Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann – Erving Goffman – Contemporary sociology
FOURTH PART: POVERTY, INEQUALITIES AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION
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10 CFU
FIRST PART: ESPISTEMOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
The origins of sociology and its epistemologic status. Epistemology, methodology and social theory. The main paradigms in sociology. Quantitative and qualitative methods.
SECOND PART: MAIN SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS AND THEMES
Culture - Structures, social actions and power – Groups and organizations - Social stratification, social classes and global inequalities - Ethnicity and migrations - Gender and sexualities – Families and socialization process – Deviance - Social changes, globalization and social movements.
THIRD PART: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES
The birth of sociology: sociology and positivism - Karl Marx – Emile Durkheim – Georg Simmel – Max Weber – The Chicago School of Sociology – George H. Mead - Italian sociology at the beginning of '900 – Sigmund Freud and the birth of psychoanalysis - Critic theory – Functionalism – Alfred Schutz – Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann – Erving Goffman – Contemporary sociology
FOURTH PART: POVERTY, INEQUALITIES AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION
FIFTH PART: THE SOCIOLOGY OF GEORG SIMMEL: DOMINATION

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12 CFU
FIRST PART: ESPISTEMOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
The origins of sociology and its epistemologic status. Epistemology, methodology and social theory. The main paradigms in sociology. Quantitative and qualitative methods.
SECOND PART: MAIN SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS AND THEMES
Culture - Structures, social actions and power – Groups and organizations - Social stratification, social classes and global inequalities - Ethnicity and migrations - Gender and sexualities – Families and socialization process – Deviance - Social changes, globalization and social movements.
THIRD PART: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES
The birth of sociology: sociology and positivism - Karl Marx – Emile Durkheim – Georg Simmel – Max Weber – The Chicago School of Sociology – George H. Mead - Italian sociology at the beginning of '900 – Sigmund Freud and the birth of psychoanalysis - Critic theory – Functionalism – Alfred Schutz – Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann – Erving Goffman – Contemporary sociology
FOURTH PART: POVERTY, INEQUALITIES AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION
FIFTH PART: THE SOCIOLOGY OF GEORG SIMMEL: DOMINATION
SIXTH PART: SOCIETY IN THE ERA OF COVID-19

6 CFU

First and second part:
– CROTEAU D., HOYNES W. (2022), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE. TEMI, METODO, CONCETTI, SECOND EDITION (EDITED BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E.) MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [with the exception of the following chapter 10].
Third part :
–JEDLOWSKI P. (2017) IL MONDO IN QUESTIONE. INTRODUZIONE ALLA STORIA DEL PENSIERO SOCIOLOGICO, CAROCCI EDITORE, ROMA, [with the exception of the following chapters 1, 13, 14].
Fourth part
ROSSI E., (2012), IN DISPARTE. APPUNTI PER UNA SOCIOLOGIA DEL MARGINE, ARMANDO EDITORE
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10 CFU

First and second part:
– CROTEAU D., HOYNES W. (2022), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE. TEMI, METODO, CONCETTI, SECOND EDITION (EDITED BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E.) MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [with the exception of the following chapter 10].
Third part :
–JEDLOWSKI P. (2017) IL MONDO IN QUESTIONE. INTRODUZIONE ALLA STORIA DEL PENSIERO SOCIOLOGICO, CAROCCI EDITORE, ROMA, [with the exception of the following chapters 1, 13, 14].
Fourth part
– ROSSI E., (2012), IN DISPARTE. APPUNTI PER UNA SOCIOLOGIA DEL MARGINE, ARMANDO EDITORE
Fifth part
– SIMMEL G., (2017), IL DOMINIO, (edited by CARLO MONGARDINI), ROMA, BULZONI
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12 CFU

First and second part:
– CROTEAU D., HOYNES W. (2022), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE. TEMI, METODO, CONCETTI, SECOND EDITION (EDITED BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E.) MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [with the exception of the following chapter 10].
Third part :
–JEDLOWSKI P. (2017) IL MONDO IN QUESTIONE. INTRODUZIONE ALLA STORIA DEL PENSIERO SOCIOLOGICO, CAROCCI EDITORE, ROMA, [with the exception of the following chapters 1, 13, 14].
Fourth part
– ROSSI E., (2012), IN DISPARTE. APPUNTI PER UNA SOCIOLOGIA DEL MARGINE, ARMANDO EDITORE
Fifth part
– SIMMEL G., (2017), IL DOMINIO, (edited by CARLO MONGARDINI), ROMA, BULZONI
SIXTH PART
- MARCHETTI M.C., ROMEO A., (EDITED BY), NOI RESTIAMO A CASA. IL MONDO VISTO DA FUORI AI TEMPI DEL COVID-19, MIMESIS EDITORE, 2020.

Textbooks for 6 CFU:

PART ONE: EPISTEMOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
The origin of the sociology and its epistemological status. The modern science and its scientific paradigms. Verificationism vs Falsificationism. Epistemology, methodology and social theory. Main sociological paradigms. Quantitative and qualitatives methods.

PART TWO: CONCEPTS, SUBJECTS AND SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
Culture, institutions and cultural processes - Power, social action and social structures - Social interactions, groups and socialization - Migrations and ethnicity - Gender and sexuality (with references to the sociology of families) - Social stratification and inequlities in the globalization era - Social changes, social movements and globalization - Classical Sociological Perspective - The main sociological perspectives: functionalism, conflictualism, interactionism. Contemporary social theories: Bauman, Touraine, Bourdieu.

PART THREE (A thematic programme chosen by the student):
Either: PROGRAMME ONE: WORKING CLASSES AND TRANSFORMATIONS OF WORK IN ITALY
Working classes in global society - Working Class and labour market transformations - Domestic workers in Italy.
Or: PROGRAMME TWO: EXTREMISM AND VIOLENT RADICALISATION
What is radicalisation - The factors of radicalisation - Theory and models - Policies to contrast violent radicalisation.

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Textbooks for 10 CFU:

PART ONE: EPISTEMOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
The origin of the sociology and its epistemological status. The modern science and its scientific paradigms. Verificationism vs Falsificationism. Epistemology, methodology and social theory. Main sociological paradigms. Quantitative and qualitatives methods.

PART TWO: CONCEPTS, SUBJECTS AND SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
Culture, institutions and cultural processes - Power, social action and social structures - Social interactions, groups and socialization - Migrations and ethnicity - Gender and sexuality (with references to the sociology of families) - Social stratification and inequlities in the globalization era - Social changes, social movements and globalization - Classical Sociological Perspective - The main sociological perspectives: functionalism, conflictualism, interactionism. Contemporary social theories: Bauman, Touraine, Bourdieu.

PART THREE: SECOND MODERNITY, RISCK AND CLIMATE CHANGE
The sociology of risk in Ulrick Beck's thought - Individualisation and inequalities - Science and Politics - The climate change within the global risk society: Bruno Latour's contribution - Science, politics and society facing the ecological crisis - History and critics on the idea of the Nature - Root causes of the ecological denial: post-apocalyptic perspectives and political gnosticism - Rethinking democracy and representativeness.

PART THREE (A thematic programme chosen by the student):
Either: PROGRAMME ONE: WORKING CLASSES AND TRANSFORMATIONS OF WORK IN ITALY
Working classes in global society - Working Class and labour market transformations - Domestic workers in Italy.
Or: PROGRAMME TWO: EXTREMISM AND VIOLENT RADICALISATION
What is radicalisation - The factors of radicalisation - Theory and models - Policies to contrast violent radicalisation.

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Textbooks for 12 CFU:

PART ONE: EPISTEMOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
The origin of the sociology and its epistemological status. The modern science and its scientific paradigms. Verificationism vs Falsificationism. Epistemology, methodology and social theory. Main sociological paradigms. Quantitative and qualitatives methods.

PART TWO: CONCEPTS, SUBJECTS AND SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
Culture, institutions and cultural processes - Power, social action and social structures - Social interactions, groups and socialization - Migrations and ethnicity - Gender and sexuality (with references to the sociology of families) - Social stratification and inequlities in the globalization era - Social changes, social movements and globalization - Classical Sociological Perspective - The main sociological perspectives: functionalism, conflictualism, interactionism. Contemporary social theories: Bauman, Touraine, Bourdieu.

PART THREE: SECOND MODERNITY, RISCK AND CLIMATE CHANGE
The sociology of risk in Ulrick Beck's thought - Individualisation and inequalities - Science and Politics - The climate change within the global risk society: Bruno Latour's contribution - Science, politics and society facing the ecological crisis - History and critics on the idea of the Nature - Root causes of the ecological denial: post-apocalyptic perspectives and political gnosticism - Rethinking democracy and representativeness.

PART FOUR: THE WORLD-SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND VIOLENT RADICALISATION PROCESSES
What is a world-system - Development, power relationships and world-systems - Conflicts - What is radicalisation - The factors of radicalisation - Theory and models - Policies to contrast violent radicalisation.

Textbooks for 6 CFU:

A) PART ONE AND TWO
If you are going to take your exam in winter of 2022 examination session:
– CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2018), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE, SECOND ITALIAN EDITION EDS. BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 10 and 11].
If you are going to take your exam in summer and autumn of 2022 sessions and in later sessions:
– CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2022), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE, THIRD ITALIAN EDITION EDS. BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 11].

B) PART THREE
- A book between the follwing:
Either: 1) ANTONELLI F., MUSOLINO S., ROSSI E., LUNGO CAMMINO VERSO LA DIGNITA'. UN'INCHIESTA SOCIALE SULLE LAVORATRICI E I LAVORATORI DOMESTICI IN ITALIA, VITA E PENSIERO, MILANO (in press).
Or: 2) ANTONELLI F. (2021), RADICALIZZAZIONE, MONDADORI, MILANO.

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Textbooks for 10 CFU:

A) PART ONE AND TWO
If you are going to take your exam in winter of 2022 examination session:
– CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2018), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE, SECOND ITALIAN EDITION EDS. BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 10 and 11].
If you are going to take your exam in summer and autumn of 2022 sessions and in later sessions:
– CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2022), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE, THIRD ITALIAN EDITION EDS. BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW
HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 11].

B) PART THREE
- BECK U., LA SOCIETA' DEL RISCHIO. VERSO UNA SECONDA MODERNITA', CAROCCI, ROMA.
- LATOUR B. (2020), LA SFIDA DI GAIA. IL NUOVO REGIME CLIMATICO, MELTEMI, UDINE [NO CHAPTERS 5,6,7,8].

C) PART FOUR:
- A book between the follwing:
Either: 1) ANTONELLI F., MUSOLINO S., ROSSI E., LUNGO CAMMINO VERSO LA DIGNITA'. UN'INCHIESTA SOCIALE SULLE LAVORATRICI E I LAVORATORI DOMESTICI IN ITALIA, VITA E PENSIERO, MILANO (in press).
Or: 2) ANTONELLI F. (2021), RADICALIZZAZIONE, MONDADORI, MILANO.

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Textbooks for 12 CFU:

A) PART ONE AND TWO
If you are going to take your exam in winter of 2022 examination session:
– CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2018), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE, SECOND ITALIAN EDITION EDS. BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 10 and 11].
If you are going to take your exam in summer and autumn of 2022 sessions and in later sessions:
– CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2022), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE, THIRD ITALIAN EDITION EDS. BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 11].

B) PART THREE
- BECK U., LA SOCIETA' DEL RISCHIO. VERSO UNA SECONDA MODERNITA', CAROCCI, ROMA.
- LATOUR B. (2020), LA SFIDA DI GAIA. IL NUOVO REGIME CLIMATICO, MELTEMI, UDINE [NO CHAPTERS 5,6,7,8].

C) PART FOUR
- WALLREISTEIN I. (2013), COMPRENDERE IL MONDO. INTRODUZIONE ALL'ANALISI DEI SISTEMI-MONDO, ASTERIOS, TRIESTE.
- ANTONELLI F. (2021), RADICALIZZAZIONE, MONDADORI, MILANO.

The course is divided into three parts:
a) the first is basic and it is devoted to a historical introduction to the contemporary world
b) the second is more advanced and it is devoted to the history of Italy during the Cold War
c) the third is an advanced analysis of the memorial conflicts in the contemporary world

PART ONE (6 CFU)
This part introduces to the history of 19th and 20th Century, to methodological issues (periodization, political use of history, memory, sources), to the main phenomena (revolutions and political ideas, industrial development, mass society), and to the main historical interpretations.
Main topics: 1. Introduction to Historical Knowledge 2. The Contemporary Age: An Appraisal looking from Today 3. The Demographic Revolution 4. The Industrial and Environmental Revolution 5. Communication Revolution 6. The Cultural Revolution: The Individual and the Spread of Culture 7. The Social Revolution: Peasants, Workers, Middle Class, Women 8. Political Revolutions 9. The Rise of the Contemporary “Political Sphere”: Reactionaries, Conservatives, Liberals, Radicals, Socialists 10. Nationalism: Unification in Italy and Germany 11.The Role of Religion: Secularization and De-Christianization 12. The Age of Modernization Begins 13. The Second Acceleration of Progress. The Second Industrial Revolution 14. The Birth of Mass Society 15. Colonial Imperialism 15. Reshaping Europe: The Surfacing of America and Asia 16. World War I 17. The Age of Totalitarianism: Crisis of Democracy and Economic Collapse 18. Bolshevik Communism 19. Fascism 20. Nazism 21. World War II 22. The Cold War 23. Decolonization and Third World 24. The Origins of Welfare 25. The Affluent Society 26. The Age of the Digital Revolution

PART TWO (2 CFU)
This part introduces to the political history of contemporary Italy and to her deep connection with Cold War bipolarity: from the break of the Anti-Fascist Alliance in 1947 to the «national solidarity« governments of the 1970s.
Main topics: 1. The National and the International Dimension of the «Total» Cold War 2. The Heritage of Fascism and War (1943-1946) 3. The Birth of the Italian Political System and the Beginning of the Cold War (1947-1949) 4. The Conflicts of the Centrismo Age (1950-1955) 5. Beyond Centrismo (1956-1961) 6. Peaceful Coexistence and Center-Left (1962-1968) 7. The Years of the «Strategy of Tension» and of the Crisis of the West (1969-1973) 8. «National Solidarity » (1974-1978)

PART THREE (1CFU)
This part introduces to memorial conflicts in the contemporary world, to the problems of past crimes’ punishment and indemnification, to the relation between history and transitional justice, to memorial laws and their consequences.
Main topics: 1. War Crimes Trials 2. The Birth of a Right to Memory 3. Hate speech and class actions 4. Historical Negationism as a Crime 5. Memorial Laws 6. Commemorative Bulimia 7. History as a normed and at risk profession 8. A querelle between Law and History? 9. Memory (and Politics) vs. History

Part One
○ G. SABBATUCCI – V. VIDOTTO, Storia contemporanea. L’Ottocento, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2019, pp. 376 (esclusi i capitoli I-IV)
○ G. SABBATUCCI – V. VIDOTTO, Storia contemporanea. Dalla Grande Guerra ad oggi, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2019, pp. 552
○ S. CAVAZZA – P. POMBENI, L’età contemporanea, Bologna, Il Mulino 2018, pp. 232 (the book is available also in the online Pandoracampus platform, with supplementary resources, and interactive contents)

Part Two
○ G. FORMIGONI, Storia d’Italia nella Guerra Fredda (1943-1978), Bologna, Il Mulino, 2016, pp. 686
Part Three
o R. Moro, Dal tribunale della storia alla storia in tribunale: difesa dei diritti o reincarnazione delle ideologie?, in «Mondo Contemporaneo», 1, 2015, pp. 5-73 (download from Moodle)

The acquisition of tools needed to understand the XIX and XX centuries will be realized through a programme divided in three parts.
In the first one, with the aid of the history manual, the basic knowledge about the development of contemporary world, about the main processes of cultural, economic, political, institutional and social transformations will be acquired. This part will also describe the key turning points and some historiographical junctions. In the second part the analysis will focus on WW1, its global dimension as watershed between the 19th and the 20th century. In the third part the study will deal with the elaboration of the idea of peace, as put forward by pacifist movements, in particular the women’s pacifism, and how it held before the deflagration of the conflict.
The acquired knowledge, verified in the relevant exams, should give evidence of the critical ability in understanding the complexity of problems the relevance of specific aspects of events in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Giovanni Sabbatucci e Vittorio Vidotto, Contemporary History. XIX Century (excluding chapters I-IV), Laterza ed.
Giovanni Sabbatucci e Vittorio Vidotto, Contemporary History. XX Century, Laterza ed.
Oliver Janz, 1914-1918. The Great War, Einaudi
Stefania Bartoloni, Women before the Great War. Peace, Rights, Democracy (1978-1918), Laterza
Richard J. Overy, The Origins of the Second World War, Il Mulino

First module - Focus on English Grammar

The first module deals with some of the main grammar and morpho-syntactic structures of the English language.

Second module - American Short Stories

The second module is an introduction to the diversity of American culture through short stories and their writers. The module is divided in three sections: a) 19th Century American Short Stories; b) 20th Century American Short Stories (Part 1); c) 20th Century American Short Stories (Part 2). At the end of the module, students will be able to: analyze the chronological and historical development of the American short story through its most representative authors; become familiar with the act of analyzing and interpreting short stories through appropriate theoretical and methodological frameworks, acknowledging alternative interpretations and developing critical thinking; experience how literary and cultural texts can transform one’s perception and understanding of self, other and communities.

Edgar Allan Poe, “The Tell-Tale Heart” (1843)
Kate Chopin, “Desiree’s Baby” (1893)
Ambrose Bierce, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” (1890)
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper” (1892)
Susan Glaspell, “A Jury of Her Peers” (1917)
Ernest Hemingway, “The Killers” (1927)
Ralph Ellison, “Battle Royal” (1947)
Shirley Jackson, “The Lottery” (1948)
Ray Bradbury, “There Will Come Soft Rains” (1950)
Joyce Carol Oates, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” (1966)
Alice Walker, “Everyday Use” (1973)
Raymond Carver, “Cathedral” (1983)
Louise Erdrich, “The Red Convertible” (1984)
Tim O’Brien, “The Things They Carried” (1990)

The short stories listed above may be read in any edition in English.

First module: English grammar: Learning the Language
The first module deals with some of the main grammar and morpho-syntactic structures of the English language. The language skills acquired by the students will be assessed at the end of the course.

Second module: Twentieth-century African-American voices
The second module focuses on the literary and critical contribution by twentieth-century African-American writers. In an interdisciplinary framework, the analysis of the formal features of these texts will be instrumental to connect literary and socio-cultural issues. By promoting active participation in class, the adopted teaching method envisages the improvement of language skills and the ability to engage in open discussion.The reference material includes works of fiction, critical essays and audiovisual material.

For all students:

- Adriano Elia, Serena I. Volpi, Heading South with Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes, Padova, Libreriauniversitaria.it, 2021.
- Adriano Elia, W.E.B. Du Bois and Langston Hughes - Two Remarkable Men, Novalogos, 2020.
- Adriano Elia, La Cometa di W.E.B. Du Bois, Roma, RomaTrE-Press, 2015.

Further reference material will be given during the course.

The data matrix. Types of statistical variables: factor, ordered factor, discrete. Frequency distributions. Barplots. Continuous variables: classes, frequency distributions and histograms. Entropy. Cumulative distribution function. Quantiles. Bivariate distributions. Marginal and conditional distributions. Chi square: independence and dependence. Mean and variance. Benjamin-Cebicev inequality. Variance decomposition. Linear transformations. Scatterplots. Covariance and linear correlation.
Least-squares and regression. Goodness of fit of a regression line.

Axioms of elementary probability. Elementary theorems of probability. Mutually exclusive events. Conditional probability. Independence. Bayes theorem. Discrete random variables. Expectation. Bernoulli distribution. Binomial distribution and random walk. Hypergeometric distribution. Poisson distribution.
Continuous random variables. Probability density. Normal distribution. Normal tables. Normal approximation to the binomial distribution. Student's t.

Estimators and parameters. Sampling distribution of an estimator. Bias and efficiency. Punctual estimation of parameters: the mean, the variance and the proportion. Confidence intervals. Confidence intervals of a single mean and of the difference between two means. Confidence interval of a proportion and of the difference between two proportions. Optimal sample size.

Alan Agresti, Christine A. Franklin and Bernhard Klingenberg (2017) Statistics: The Art and Science of Learning from Data (4th Edition) ISBN 978-0321997838

The data matrix. Types of statistical variables: factor, ordered factor, discrete. Frequency distributions. Barplots. Continuous variables: classes, frequency distributions and histograms. Entropy. Cumulative distribution function. Quantiles. Bivariate distributions. Marginal and conditional distributions. Chi square: independence and dependence. Mean and variance. Benjamin-Cebicev inequality. Variance decomposition. Linear transformations. Scatterplots. Covariance and linear correlation.
Least-squares and regression. Goodness of fit of a regression line.

Axioms of elementary probability. Elementary theorems of probability. Mutually exclusive events. Conditional probability. Independence. Bayes theorem. Discrete random variables. Expectation. Bernoulli distribution. Binomial distribution and random walk. Hypergeometric distribution. Poisson distribution.
Continuous random variables. Probability density. Normal distribution. Normal tables. Normal approximation to the binomial distribution. Student's t.

Estimators and parameters. Sampling distribution of an estimator. Bias and efficiency. Punctual estimation of parameters: the mean, the variance and the proportion. Confidence intervals. Confidence intervals of a single mean and of the difference between two means. Confidence interval of a proportion and of the difference between two proportions. Optimal sample size.

Freedman, Pisani, Purves, Statistics. Norton and Company: New York

Constitution concept. The sources of constitutional law. Italy and the European Union. Form of government in Italy. The Parliament. The Government and the public administration. The President of the Republic. Constitutional principles concerning the public administration. Other organs. The territorial autonomies. Rights and liberties. Constitutional principles concerning the jurisdiction. Constitutional justice.

1) F. MODUGNO (a cura di), Diritto pubblico, Giappichelli, Torino, 2021 (except pagg. 1-104)
2) M. AINIS, Sette profili di diritto pubblico, Jovene, Napoli, 2013.

Concepts of law and State. Sources of law. Italy and European Union. Parliament. Executive power. President of the Republic. Principles on public administration. Other bodies. Regional and local autonomies. Fundamental rights and freedoms. Principles on jurisdiction. Constitutional justice.

F. Modugno (ed.), Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, 2021, F. Modugno (a cura di), Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, 2021, V ed.
M. Siclari, Il Presidente della Repubblica italiana nelle recenti esperienze costituzionali. Aspetti problematici, Napoli, Jovene, 2013.
M. Siclari (ed.), La Costituzione della Repubblica italiana nel testo vigente, Roma, Aracne, 2021, VI ed.

The first classes will be dedicated to the analysis of the main concepts and categories of political thought: moderna state, natural law and natural rights, contract theory, constitutionalism, representation, sovereignty, democracy. Then classics political thinkers and topics will be examined.
- Utopia and dystopian thought
- Machiavelli
– Modern state and absolutism
– Absolutism and sovereignty in Jean Bodin
- Thomas Hobbes
– The origins of classical liberalism: John Locke
- Montesquieu
– Lights and shadows of Enlightment: Rousseau and the general will
- Theoretical aspects of the American Revolution
- Theoretical aspects of the French Revolution
– The debate on the American democracy: Tocqueville
– Socialism and Karl Marx.
– The élite theorists: Mosca, Pareto and Michels.
– Totalitarianism
– Against totalitarianism: Hannah Arendt, Friedrick von Hayek, Karl Popper.
– Classical liberalism in the Twentieth century: the Austrian School of Economics: Menger, Mises, Hayek
- The contemporary debate on justice:Rawls, Rothbard, Nozick
– Amartya Sen, Martha Nussbaum

- L.M. BASSANI – A. MINGARDI, Dalla polis allo Stato. Introduzione alla Storia del pensiero politico, Giappichelli, Torino, 2017

- Il pensiero politico contemporaneo, a cura di C. Galli, il Mulino, Bologna, 2011 (capitoli: II;VI;VIII)

- P. GRILLI DI CORTONA, R. A. MODUGNO, Le trame della democrazia. Riflessioni tra politologia e storia del pensiero politico, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli, 2020.

6 CFU
FIRST PART: ESPISTEMOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
The origins of sociology and its epistemologic status. Epistemology, methodology and social theory. The main paradigms in sociology. Quantitative and qualitative methods.
SECOND PART: MAIN SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS AND THEMES
Culture - Structures, social actions and power – Groups and organizations - Social stratification, social classes and global inequalities - Ethnicity and migrations - Gender and sexualities – Families and socialization process – Deviance - Social changes, globalization and social movements.
THIRD PART: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIALOLOGICAL THEORIES
The birth of sociology: sociology and positivism - Karl Marx – Emile Durkheim – Georg Simmel – Max Weber – The Chicago School of Sociology – George H. Mead - Italian sociology at the beginning of '900 – Sigmund Freud and the birth of psychoanalysis - Critic theory – Functionalism – Alfred Schutz – Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann – Erving Goffman – Contemporary sociology
FOURTH PART: POVERTY, INEQUALITIES AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION
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10 CFU
FIRST PART: ESPISTEMOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
The origins of sociology and its epistemologic status. Epistemology, methodology and social theory. The main paradigms in sociology. Quantitative and qualitative methods.
SECOND PART: MAIN SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS AND THEMES
Culture - Structures, social actions and power – Groups and organizations - Social stratification, social classes and global inequalities - Ethnicity and migrations - Gender and sexualities – Families and socialization process – Deviance - Social changes, globalization and social movements.
THIRD PART: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES
The birth of sociology: sociology and positivism - Karl Marx – Emile Durkheim – Georg Simmel – Max Weber – The Chicago School of Sociology – George H. Mead - Italian sociology at the beginning of '900 – Sigmund Freud and the birth of psychoanalysis - Critic theory – Functionalism – Alfred Schutz – Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann – Erving Goffman – Contemporary sociology
FOURTH PART: POVERTY, INEQUALITIES AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION
FIFTH PART: THE SOCIOLOGY OF GEORG SIMMEL: DOMINATION

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12 CFU
FIRST PART: ESPISTEMOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
The origins of sociology and its epistemologic status. Epistemology, methodology and social theory. The main paradigms in sociology. Quantitative and qualitative methods.
SECOND PART: MAIN SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS AND THEMES
Culture - Structures, social actions and power – Groups and organizations - Social stratification, social classes and global inequalities - Ethnicity and migrations - Gender and sexualities – Families and socialization process – Deviance - Social changes, globalization and social movements.
THIRD PART: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES
The birth of sociology: sociology and positivism - Karl Marx – Emile Durkheim – Georg Simmel – Max Weber – The Chicago School of Sociology – George H. Mead - Italian sociology at the beginning of '900 – Sigmund Freud and the birth of psychoanalysis - Critic theory – Functionalism – Alfred Schutz – Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann – Erving Goffman – Contemporary sociology
FOURTH PART: POVERTY, INEQUALITIES AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION
FIFTH PART: THE SOCIOLOGY OF GEORG SIMMEL: DOMINATION
SIXTH PART: SOCIETY IN THE ERA OF COVID-19

6 CFU

First and second part:
– CROTEAU D., HOYNES W. (2022), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE. TEMI, METODO, CONCETTI, SECOND EDITION (EDITED BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E.) MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [with the exception of the following chapter 10].
Third part :
–JEDLOWSKI P. (2017) IL MONDO IN QUESTIONE. INTRODUZIONE ALLA STORIA DEL PENSIERO SOCIOLOGICO, CAROCCI EDITORE, ROMA, [with the exception of the following chapters 1, 13, 14].
Fourth part
ROSSI E., (2012), IN DISPARTE. APPUNTI PER UNA SOCIOLOGIA DEL MARGINE, ARMANDO EDITORE
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10 CFU

First and second part:
– CROTEAU D., HOYNES W. (2022), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE. TEMI, METODO, CONCETTI, SECOND EDITION (EDITED BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E.) MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [with the exception of the following chapter 10].
Third part :
–JEDLOWSKI P. (2017) IL MONDO IN QUESTIONE. INTRODUZIONE ALLA STORIA DEL PENSIERO SOCIOLOGICO, CAROCCI EDITORE, ROMA, [with the exception of the following chapters 1, 13, 14].
Fourth part
– ROSSI E., (2012), IN DISPARTE. APPUNTI PER UNA SOCIOLOGIA DEL MARGINE, ARMANDO EDITORE
Fifth part
– SIMMEL G., (2017), IL DOMINIO, (edited by CARLO MONGARDINI), ROMA, BULZONI
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12 CFU

First and second part:
– CROTEAU D., HOYNES W. (2022), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE. TEMI, METODO, CONCETTI, SECOND EDITION (EDITED BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E.) MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [with the exception of the following chapter 10].
Third part :
–JEDLOWSKI P. (2017) IL MONDO IN QUESTIONE. INTRODUZIONE ALLA STORIA DEL PENSIERO SOCIOLOGICO, CAROCCI EDITORE, ROMA, [with the exception of the following chapters 1, 13, 14].
Fourth part
– ROSSI E., (2012), IN DISPARTE. APPUNTI PER UNA SOCIOLOGIA DEL MARGINE, ARMANDO EDITORE
Fifth part
– SIMMEL G., (2017), IL DOMINIO, (edited by CARLO MONGARDINI), ROMA, BULZONI
SIXTH PART
- MARCHETTI M.C., ROMEO A., (EDITED BY), NOI RESTIAMO A CASA. IL MONDO VISTO DA FUORI AI TEMPI DEL COVID-19, MIMESIS EDITORE, 2020.

Textbooks for 6 CFU:

PART ONE: EPISTEMOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
The origin of the sociology and its epistemological status. The modern science and its scientific paradigms. Verificationism vs Falsificationism. Epistemology, methodology and social theory. Main sociological paradigms. Quantitative and qualitatives methods.

PART TWO: CONCEPTS, SUBJECTS AND SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
Culture, institutions and cultural processes - Power, social action and social structures - Social interactions, groups and socialization - Migrations and ethnicity - Gender and sexuality (with references to the sociology of families) - Social stratification and inequlities in the globalization era - Social changes, social movements and globalization - Classical Sociological Perspective - The main sociological perspectives: functionalism, conflictualism, interactionism. Contemporary social theories: Bauman, Touraine, Bourdieu.

PART THREE (A thematic programme chosen by the student):
Either: PROGRAMME ONE: WORKING CLASSES AND TRANSFORMATIONS OF WORK IN ITALY
Working classes in global society - Working Class and labour market transformations - Domestic workers in Italy.
Or: PROGRAMME TWO: EXTREMISM AND VIOLENT RADICALISATION
What is radicalisation - The factors of radicalisation - Theory and models - Policies to contrast violent radicalisation.

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Textbooks for 10 CFU:

PART ONE: EPISTEMOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
The origin of the sociology and its epistemological status. The modern science and its scientific paradigms. Verificationism vs Falsificationism. Epistemology, methodology and social theory. Main sociological paradigms. Quantitative and qualitatives methods.

PART TWO: CONCEPTS, SUBJECTS AND SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
Culture, institutions and cultural processes - Power, social action and social structures - Social interactions, groups and socialization - Migrations and ethnicity - Gender and sexuality (with references to the sociology of families) - Social stratification and inequlities in the globalization era - Social changes, social movements and globalization - Classical Sociological Perspective - The main sociological perspectives: functionalism, conflictualism, interactionism. Contemporary social theories: Bauman, Touraine, Bourdieu.

PART THREE: SECOND MODERNITY, RISCK AND CLIMATE CHANGE
The sociology of risk in Ulrick Beck's thought - Individualisation and inequalities - Science and Politics - The climate change within the global risk society: Bruno Latour's contribution - Science, politics and society facing the ecological crisis - History and critics on the idea of the Nature - Root causes of the ecological denial: post-apocalyptic perspectives and political gnosticism - Rethinking democracy and representativeness.

PART THREE (A thematic programme chosen by the student):
Either: PROGRAMME ONE: WORKING CLASSES AND TRANSFORMATIONS OF WORK IN ITALY
Working classes in global society - Working Class and labour market transformations - Domestic workers in Italy.
Or: PROGRAMME TWO: EXTREMISM AND VIOLENT RADICALISATION
What is radicalisation - The factors of radicalisation - Theory and models - Policies to contrast violent radicalisation.

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Textbooks for 12 CFU:

PART ONE: EPISTEMOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
The origin of the sociology and its epistemological status. The modern science and its scientific paradigms. Verificationism vs Falsificationism. Epistemology, methodology and social theory. Main sociological paradigms. Quantitative and qualitatives methods.

PART TWO: CONCEPTS, SUBJECTS AND SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
Culture, institutions and cultural processes - Power, social action and social structures - Social interactions, groups and socialization - Migrations and ethnicity - Gender and sexuality (with references to the sociology of families) - Social stratification and inequlities in the globalization era - Social changes, social movements and globalization - Classical Sociological Perspective - The main sociological perspectives: functionalism, conflictualism, interactionism. Contemporary social theories: Bauman, Touraine, Bourdieu.

PART THREE: SECOND MODERNITY, RISCK AND CLIMATE CHANGE
The sociology of risk in Ulrick Beck's thought - Individualisation and inequalities - Science and Politics - The climate change within the global risk society: Bruno Latour's contribution - Science, politics and society facing the ecological crisis - History and critics on the idea of the Nature - Root causes of the ecological denial: post-apocalyptic perspectives and political gnosticism - Rethinking democracy and representativeness.

PART FOUR: THE WORLD-SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND VIOLENT RADICALISATION PROCESSES
What is a world-system - Development, power relationships and world-systems - Conflicts - What is radicalisation - The factors of radicalisation - Theory and models - Policies to contrast violent radicalisation.

Textbooks for 6 CFU:

A) PART ONE AND TWO
If you are going to take your exam in winter of 2022 examination session:
– CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2018), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE, SECOND ITALIAN EDITION EDS. BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 10 and 11].
If you are going to take your exam in summer and autumn of 2022 sessions and in later sessions:
– CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2022), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE, THIRD ITALIAN EDITION EDS. BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 11].

B) PART THREE
- A book between the follwing:
Either: 1) ANTONELLI F., MUSOLINO S., ROSSI E., LUNGO CAMMINO VERSO LA DIGNITA'. UN'INCHIESTA SOCIALE SULLE LAVORATRICI E I LAVORATORI DOMESTICI IN ITALIA, VITA E PENSIERO, MILANO (in press).
Or: 2) ANTONELLI F. (2021), RADICALIZZAZIONE, MONDADORI, MILANO.

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Textbooks for 10 CFU:

A) PART ONE AND TWO
If you are going to take your exam in winter of 2022 examination session:
– CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2018), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE, SECOND ITALIAN EDITION EDS. BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 10 and 11].
If you are going to take your exam in summer and autumn of 2022 sessions and in later sessions:
– CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2022), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE, THIRD ITALIAN EDITION EDS. BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW
HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 11].

B) PART THREE
- BECK U., LA SOCIETA' DEL RISCHIO. VERSO UNA SECONDA MODERNITA', CAROCCI, ROMA.
- LATOUR B. (2020), LA SFIDA DI GAIA. IL NUOVO REGIME CLIMATICO, MELTEMI, UDINE [NO CHAPTERS 5,6,7,8].

C) PART FOUR:
- A book between the follwing:
Either: 1) ANTONELLI F., MUSOLINO S., ROSSI E., LUNGO CAMMINO VERSO LA DIGNITA'. UN'INCHIESTA SOCIALE SULLE LAVORATRICI E I LAVORATORI DOMESTICI IN ITALIA, VITA E PENSIERO, MILANO (in press).
Or: 2) ANTONELLI F. (2021), RADICALIZZAZIONE, MONDADORI, MILANO.

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Textbooks for 12 CFU:

A) PART ONE AND TWO
If you are going to take your exam in winter of 2022 examination session:
– CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2018), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE, SECOND ITALIAN EDITION EDS. BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 10 and 11].
If you are going to take your exam in summer and autumn of 2022 sessions and in later sessions:
– CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2022), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE, THIRD ITALIAN EDITION EDS. BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 11].

B) PART THREE
- BECK U., LA SOCIETA' DEL RISCHIO. VERSO UNA SECONDA MODERNITA', CAROCCI, ROMA.
- LATOUR B. (2020), LA SFIDA DI GAIA. IL NUOVO REGIME CLIMATICO, MELTEMI, UDINE [NO CHAPTERS 5,6,7,8].

C) PART FOUR
- WALLREISTEIN I. (2013), COMPRENDERE IL MONDO. INTRODUZIONE ALL'ANALISI DEI SISTEMI-MONDO, ASTERIOS, TRIESTE.
- ANTONELLI F. (2021), RADICALIZZAZIONE, MONDADORI, MILANO.

The course is divided into three parts:
a) the first is basic and it is devoted to a historical introduction to the contemporary world
b) the second is more advanced and it is devoted to the history of Italy during the Cold War
c) the third is an advanced analysis of the memorial conflicts in the contemporary world

PART ONE (6 CFU)
This part introduces to the history of 19th and 20th Century, to methodological issues (periodization, political use of history, memory, sources), to the main phenomena (revolutions and political ideas, industrial development, mass society), and to the main historical interpretations.
Main topics: 1. Introduction to Historical Knowledge 2. The Contemporary Age: An Appraisal looking from Today 3. The Demographic Revolution 4. The Industrial and Environmental Revolution 5. Communication Revolution 6. The Cultural Revolution: The Individual and the Spread of Culture 7. The Social Revolution: Peasants, Workers, Middle Class, Women 8. Political Revolutions 9. The Rise of the Contemporary “Political Sphere”: Reactionaries, Conservatives, Liberals, Radicals, Socialists 10. Nationalism: Unification in Italy and Germany 11.The Role of Religion: Secularization and De-Christianization 12. The Age of Modernization Begins 13. The Second Acceleration of Progress. The Second Industrial Revolution 14. The Birth of Mass Society 15. Colonial Imperialism 15. Reshaping Europe: The Surfacing of America and Asia 16. World War I 17. The Age of Totalitarianism: Crisis of Democracy and Economic Collapse 18. Bolshevik Communism 19. Fascism 20. Nazism 21. World War II 22. The Cold War 23. Decolonization and Third World 24. The Origins of Welfare 25. The Affluent Society 26. The Age of the Digital Revolution

PART TWO (2 CFU)
This part introduces to the political history of contemporary Italy and to her deep connection with Cold War bipolarity: from the break of the Anti-Fascist Alliance in 1947 to the «national solidarity« governments of the 1970s.
Main topics: 1. The National and the International Dimension of the «Total» Cold War 2. The Heritage of Fascism and War (1943-1946) 3. The Birth of the Italian Political System and the Beginning of the Cold War (1947-1949) 4. The Conflicts of the Centrismo Age (1950-1955) 5. Beyond Centrismo (1956-1961) 6. Peaceful Coexistence and Center-Left (1962-1968) 7. The Years of the «Strategy of Tension» and of the Crisis of the West (1969-1973) 8. «National Solidarity » (1974-1978)

PART THREE (1CFU)
This part introduces to memorial conflicts in the contemporary world, to the problems of past crimes’ punishment and indemnification, to the relation between history and transitional justice, to memorial laws and their consequences.
Main topics: 1. War Crimes Trials 2. The Birth of a Right to Memory 3. Hate speech and class actions 4. Historical Negationism as a Crime 5. Memorial Laws 6. Commemorative Bulimia 7. History as a normed and at risk profession 8. A querelle between Law and History? 9. Memory (and Politics) vs. History

Part One
○ G. SABBATUCCI – V. VIDOTTO, Storia contemporanea. L’Ottocento, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2019, pp. 376 (esclusi i capitoli I-IV)
○ G. SABBATUCCI – V. VIDOTTO, Storia contemporanea. Dalla Grande Guerra ad oggi, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2019, pp. 552
○ S. CAVAZZA – P. POMBENI, L’età contemporanea, Bologna, Il Mulino 2018, pp. 232 (the book is available also in the online Pandoracampus platform, with supplementary resources, and interactive contents)

Part Two
○ G. FORMIGONI, Storia d’Italia nella Guerra Fredda (1943-1978), Bologna, Il Mulino, 2016, pp. 686
Part Three
o R. Moro, Dal tribunale della storia alla storia in tribunale: difesa dei diritti o reincarnazione delle ideologie?, in «Mondo Contemporaneo», 1, 2015, pp. 5-73 (download from Moodle)

The acquisition of tools needed to understand the XIX and XX centuries will be realized through a programme divided in three parts.
In the first one, with the aid of the history manual, the basic knowledge about the development of contemporary world, about the main processes of cultural, economic, political, institutional and social transformations will be acquired. This part will also describe the key turning points and some historiographical junctions. In the second part the analysis will focus on WW1, its global dimension as watershed between the 19th and the 20th century. In the third part the study will deal with the elaboration of the idea of peace, as put forward by pacifist movements, in particular the women’s pacifism, and how it held before the deflagration of the conflict.
The acquired knowledge, verified in the relevant exams, should give evidence of the critical ability in understanding the complexity of problems the relevance of specific aspects of events in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Giovanni Sabbatucci e Vittorio Vidotto, Contemporary History. XIX Century (excluding chapters I-IV), Laterza ed.
Giovanni Sabbatucci e Vittorio Vidotto, Contemporary History. XX Century, Laterza ed.
Oliver Janz, 1914-1918. The Great War, Einaudi
Stefania Bartoloni, Women before the Great War. Peace, Rights, Democracy (1978-1918), Laterza
Richard J. Overy, The Origins of the Second World War, Il Mulino

First module - Focus on English Grammar

The first module deals with some of the main grammar and morpho-syntactic structures of the English language.

Second module - American Short Stories

The second module is an introduction to the diversity of American culture through short stories and their writers. The module is divided in three sections: a) 19th Century American Short Stories; b) 20th Century American Short Stories (Part 1); c) 20th Century American Short Stories (Part 2). At the end of the module, students will be able to: analyze the chronological and historical development of the American short story through its most representative authors; become familiar with the act of analyzing and interpreting short stories through appropriate theoretical and methodological frameworks, acknowledging alternative interpretations and developing critical thinking; experience how literary and cultural texts can transform one’s perception and understanding of self, other and communities.

Edgar Allan Poe, “The Tell-Tale Heart” (1843)
Kate Chopin, “Desiree’s Baby” (1893)
Ambrose Bierce, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” (1890)
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper” (1892)
Susan Glaspell, “A Jury of Her Peers” (1917)
Ernest Hemingway, “The Killers” (1927)
Ralph Ellison, “Battle Royal” (1947)
Shirley Jackson, “The Lottery” (1948)
Ray Bradbury, “There Will Come Soft Rains” (1950)
Joyce Carol Oates, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” (1966)
Alice Walker, “Everyday Use” (1973)
Raymond Carver, “Cathedral” (1983)
Louise Erdrich, “The Red Convertible” (1984)
Tim O’Brien, “The Things They Carried” (1990)

The short stories listed above may be read in any edition in English.

First module: English grammar: Learning the Language
The first module deals with some of the main grammar and morpho-syntactic structures of the English language. The language skills acquired by the students will be assessed at the end of the course.

Second module: Twentieth-century African-American voices
The second module focuses on the literary and critical contribution by twentieth-century African-American writers. In an interdisciplinary framework, the analysis of the formal features of these texts will be instrumental to connect literary and socio-cultural issues. By promoting active participation in class, the adopted teaching method envisages the improvement of language skills and the ability to engage in open discussion.The reference material includes works of fiction, critical essays and audiovisual material.

For all students:

- Adriano Elia, Serena I. Volpi, Heading South with Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes, Padova, Libreriauniversitaria.it, 2021.
- Adriano Elia, W.E.B. Du Bois and Langston Hughes - Two Remarkable Men, Novalogos, 2020.
- Adriano Elia, La Cometa di W.E.B. Du Bois, Roma, RomaTrE-Press, 2015.

Further reference material will be given during the course.

Constitution concept. The sources of constitutional law. Italy and the European Union. Form of government in Italy. The Parliament. The Government and the public administration. The President of the Republic. Constitutional principles concerning the public administration. Other organs. The territorial autonomies. Rights and liberties. Constitutional principles concerning the jurisdiction. Constitutional justice.

1) F. MODUGNO (a cura di), Diritto pubblico, Giappichelli, Torino, 2021 (except pagg. 1-104)
2) M. AINIS, Sette profili di diritto pubblico, Jovene, Napoli, 2013.

Concepts of law and State. Sources of law. Italy and European Union. Parliament. Executive power. President of the Republic. Principles on public administration. Other bodies. Regional and local autonomies. Fundamental rights and freedoms. Principles on jurisdiction. Constitutional justice.

F. Modugno (ed.), Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, 2021, F. Modugno (a cura di), Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, 2021, V ed.
M. Siclari, Il Presidente della Repubblica italiana nelle recenti esperienze costituzionali. Aspetti problematici, Napoli, Jovene, 2013.
M. Siclari (ed.), La Costituzione della Repubblica italiana nel testo vigente, Roma, Aracne, 2021, VI ed.

The data matrix. Types of statistical variables: factor, ordered factor, discrete. Frequency distributions. Barplots. Continuous variables: classes, frequency distributions and histograms. Entropy. Cumulative distribution function. Quantiles. Bivariate distributions. Marginal and conditional distributions. Chi square: independence and dependence. Mean and variance. Benjamin-Cebicev inequality. Variance decomposition. Linear transformations. Scatterplots. Covariance and linear correlation.
Least-squares and regression. Goodness of fit of a regression line.

Axioms of elementary probability. Elementary theorems of probability. Mutually exclusive events. Conditional probability. Independence. Bayes theorem. Discrete random variables. Expectation. Bernoulli distribution. Binomial distribution and random walk. Hypergeometric distribution. Poisson distribution.
Continuous random variables. Probability density. Normal distribution. Normal tables. Normal approximation to the binomial distribution. Student's t.

Estimators and parameters. Sampling distribution of an estimator. Bias and efficiency. Punctual estimation of parameters: the mean, the variance and the proportion. Confidence intervals. Confidence intervals of a single mean and of the difference between two means. Confidence interval of a proportion and of the difference between two proportions. Optimal sample size.

Alan Agresti, Christine A. Franklin and Bernhard Klingenberg (2017) Statistics: The Art and Science of Learning from Data (4th Edition) ISBN 978-0321997838

The data matrix. Types of statistical variables: factor, ordered factor, discrete. Frequency distributions. Barplots. Continuous variables: classes, frequency distributions and histograms. Entropy. Cumulative distribution function. Quantiles. Bivariate distributions. Marginal and conditional distributions. Chi square: independence and dependence. Mean and variance. Benjamin-Cebicev inequality. Variance decomposition. Linear transformations. Scatterplots. Covariance and linear correlation.
Least-squares and regression. Goodness of fit of a regression line.

Axioms of elementary probability. Elementary theorems of probability. Mutually exclusive events. Conditional probability. Independence. Bayes theorem. Discrete random variables. Expectation. Bernoulli distribution. Binomial distribution and random walk. Hypergeometric distribution. Poisson distribution.
Continuous random variables. Probability density. Normal distribution. Normal tables. Normal approximation to the binomial distribution. Student's t.

Estimators and parameters. Sampling distribution of an estimator. Bias and efficiency. Punctual estimation of parameters: the mean, the variance and the proportion. Confidence intervals. Confidence intervals of a single mean and of the difference between two means. Confidence interval of a proportion and of the difference between two proportions. Optimal sample size.

Freedman, Pisani, Purves, Statistics. Norton and Company: New York

The first classes will be dedicated to the analysis of the main concepts and categories of political thought: moderna state, natural law and natural rights, contract theory, constitutionalism, representation, sovereignty, democracy. Then classics political thinkers and topics will be examined.
- Utopia and dystopian thought
- Machiavelli
– Modern state and absolutism
– Absolutism and sovereignty in Jean Bodin
- Thomas Hobbes
– The origins of classical liberalism: John Locke
- Montesquieu
– Lights and shadows of Enlightment: Rousseau and the general will
- Theoretical aspects of the American Revolution
- Theoretical aspects of the French Revolution
– The debate on the American democracy: Tocqueville
– Socialism and Karl Marx.
– The élite theorists: Mosca, Pareto and Michels.
– Totalitarianism
– Against totalitarianism: Hannah Arendt, Friedrick von Hayek, Karl Popper.
– Classical liberalism in the Twentieth century: the Austrian School of Economics: Menger, Mises, Hayek
- The contemporary debate on justice:Rawls, Rothbard, Nozick
– Amartya Sen, Martha Nussbaum

- L.M. BASSANI – A. MINGARDI, Dalla polis allo Stato. Introduzione alla Storia del pensiero politico, Giappichelli, Torino, 2017

- Il pensiero politico contemporaneo, a cura di C. Galli, il Mulino, Bologna, 2011 (capitoli: II;VI;VIII)

- P. GRILLI DI CORTONA, R. A. MODUGNO, Le trame della democrazia. Riflessioni tra politologia e storia del pensiero politico, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli, 2020.