2010/2011

2011/2012

DM270

SECS-P/12 (STORIA ECONOMICA)

DIPARTIMENTO DI STUDI UMANISTICI

STORIA D'EUROPA

L'EUROPA SULLA SCENA INTERNAZIONALE

2°

Primo Semestre (26/09/2011 - 19/12/2011)

6

44 ore di attività frontale

English

ORALE

RIZZO MARIO VALENTINO (titolare) - 6 CFU

None

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.

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

Frontal Lessons

Oral examination