2015/2016

2016/2017

DM270

SPS/03 (HISTORY OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES

HISTORY OF EUROPE

MODERNO E CONTEMPORANEO

2°

1st semester (26/09/2016 - 11/01/2017)

6

36 lesson hours

ITALIAN

ORAL TEST

COLOMBO ELISABETTA (titolare) - 6 ECTS

Students must have a basic knowledge of European Contemporary History.

Teaching purpose is to compare the developments of main European local government systems between the nineteenth and twentieth century, identifying the persistence and constraints of such events on today's laws. The student must demonstrate that she/he has acquired the vocabulary and the conceptual tools to master and critically evaluate the topics.

The course will examine historical features of the Italian Local Government, with comparative references to other bodies and local government European traditions. It will pay particular attention to the experiences of France, Germany and the UK and to issues such as territories, government bodies, functions, controls and center-periphery relations.

Lectures and seminars with the assignment and discussion of readings and primary sources.

F. Rugge (edited by), I regimi della città. Il governo municipale in Europa tra ‘800 e ‘900, Milano, Franco Angeli, 1992.

Students must chose a book from the following ones:
E. Rotelli, Forme di governo delle democrazie nascenti. 1689-1799, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2005.

M. Meriggi, L’Europa dall’Otto al Novecento, Roma, Carocci, 2006.

Each student will be required to produce an assessed essay in consultation with the teacher. The examination assessment will be oral for attending students and they will be allowed to prepare the exam on their course notes and on course readings; the non-attending students, instead, will have to study on the books listed above

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