Università Roma Tre

The aim of the first part of the course is providing to the students some basic instruments of knowledge in relation to: the meaning of politics; how to construct scientific theories; elements of methodology used by political science to investigate the political phenomena.
The second part of the course analyses 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 features of political regimes (non-democratic, hybrid and democratic regimes).
The third part of the course examines, always in a comparative perspective, the subject of democracy. The following themes will be analyzed:
a) the dimensions of the political system (elités and political classes, political parties, groups, social movements).
b) elections, electorial systems and political representation;
c) the democratic institutional systems (parliament, government, public administrations);
d) the actors and the dynamics of policy-making.

Texts for the exam (a.y. 2019-2020):

1) Handbook - PIETRO GRILLI DI CORTONA, ORAZIO LANZA, BARBARA PISCIOTTA, LUCA GERMANO, Capire la politica, Utet – Università, Novara, 2016;

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