Enrollment year
2010/2011
Academic discipline
SECS-P/12 (ECONOMIC HISTORY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Curriculum
L'EUROPA NELL'ETÀ MODERNA E CONTEMPORANEA
Period
1st semester (26/09/2011 - 19/12/2011)
Lesson hours
44 lesson hours
Learning outcomes
The course aims at providing students with an up-to-date understanding of the main aspects and trends of the world economy during the 20th and early 21st centuries.
Course contents
The course aims at providing students with an up-to-date understanding of the main aspects and trends of the world economy during the 20th and early 21st centuries. Great attention will be devoted to the study of the crucial interaction between the socio-economic, political, and strategic factors which played a pivotal role in shaping contemporary history and strongly affected the performances of national economies.
A short summary of the main topics to be covered in the course includes:
An early globalization, 1880-1914
Change and continuity after the wars: prosperity and crisis in a rebuilt world economy
Beyond Western capitalism: planned economies, the Far East, the Third World
Globalization, the New Economy, and all the rest, 1988-2009
From rags to riches? BRICs and beyond
Teaching methods
Frontal Lessons
Reccomended or required readings
Assessment methods
Oral examination
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030
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