2014/2015

2015/2016

DM270

SPS/09 (SOCIOLOGY OF ECONOMICS AND LABOUR)

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC POLICIES

GOVERNO E AMMINISTRAZIONE LOCALE

2°

1st semester (28/09/2015 - 12/12/2015)

9

60 lesson hours

ITALIAN

ORAL TEST

ROSTAN MICHELE (titolare) - 9 ECTS

None

The course studies the socioeconomic aspects of the territorial systems in which the administrative activity and government are enacted. Lessons will look to local production systems, their transformation, their regulation and to policies for local development.

The course covers the following topics:
1. The territorial dimension of economic development
2. Local development in an era of globalization
3. The definition of territorial systems
4. The local production systems: industrial districts, firms-networks, clusters, districts High-Tech
5. The regulation and governance of territorial systems
6. Policies for local development in the European Union
7. The recent transformations of local production systems
8. The relationship between regional systems and innovation

The course is divided into two parts: the first six topics are covered in the general part while the last two are the subject of a seminar organized with the participation of students.
Attending students give an oral presentation in the classroom at the end of the seminars; students not attending are required to write a short report on a theme of the seminar.

Readings in English will be provided to students who cannot read Italian

Students will be assessed both on the general part and the seminars

Students who cannot attend lessons must contact teacher before lessons start