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(objectives)
The term “politics” includes all activities related to the acquiring, the organization, the carrying out and conservation of the power of a State or among States. The power is “political power” when its decisions are enforceable towards all members of the community, even with the use of force. Political Science is the discipline that studies the different aspects of politics using the methodology of the empirical sciences. Adopting different methodologies (comparative study, case-study, ect.) and approaches, the interest of political science is to explain the phenomena and the processes of politics, through the domestic and international dimension. Starting from these premises, the course presents the basic concepts, problems and theories challenged by contemporary political science. The scope is to offer to the students the essential understandings of the characteristics and the functions of the contemporary political systems, with specific reference to the democratic systems.
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Code
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21801028 |
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Language
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ITA |
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Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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10
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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SPS/04
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Contact Hours
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80
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Type of Activity
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Core compulsory activities
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Group: A - L
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Teacher
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CHIARINI ROSALBA
(syllabus)
The aim of the first part of the course is to offer to the students some fundamental instruments of knowledge relative to:
- the meaning of politics;
- how to construct scientific theories;
- elements of methodology used by political science to investigate the political phenomena;
- some crucial themes, such as the state and the processes of state-building and nation-building and the process of European integration;
- the types and characteristics of political regimes (non-democratic and democratic regimes);
The second part of the course will touch, always in a comparative perspective, the subject of democracy. The following themes will be analyzed:
- the parts of the political system (elités and political classes, political parties, groups, social movements);
- elections and electorial systems;
- political representation;
- the democratic institutional systems (parliament, government, public administrations);
- the players and the dynamics of policy-making.
(reference books)
Texts for the exam (a.y. 2017-2018):
1) Handbook - PIETRO GRILLI DI CORTONA, ORAZIO LANZA, BARBARA PISCIOTTA, LUCA GERMANO, Capire la politica, Utet – Università, Novara, 2016; (Understanding politics)
2) Book - PIETRO GRILLI DI CORTONA, Lezioni di scienza politica, a cura di Rosalba Chiarini e Barbara Pisciotta, Editoriale Scientifica, Napoli, 2016.
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
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Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Oral exam
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Group: M - Z
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Derived from
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21801028 POLITICAL SCIENCE in Political science and international relations L-36 M - Z GERMANO LUCA GIUSEPPE
(syllabus)
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.
Teaching methods
Class Teaching
(reference books)
1) P. Grilli di Cortona, O. Lanza, B. Pisciotta, L. Germano, Capire la politica. Una prospettiva comparata, Utet, Novara, 2016 (II edizione);
2) P. Grilli di Cortona, Lezioni di scienza politica, a cura di R. Chiarini e B. Pisciotta, Editoriale Scientifica, Napoli, 2016.
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
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Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Università Roma Tre