2015/2016

2017/2018

DM270

SPS/09 (SOCIOLOGY OF ECONOMICS AND LABOUR)

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

ECONOMIA E POLITICA INTERNAZIONALE

3°

2nd semester (26/02/2018 - 30/05/2018)

6

40 lesson hours

Italian

ORAL TEST

ROSTAN MICHELE (titolare) - 6 ECTS

Students must have taken the exam in sociology

An increasingly accelerated economic development is a major feature of the modern world and, above all, of the last half-century. Using different theoretical approaches and results of empirical research, lessons are designed to provide useful tools for studying development (concepts, definitions, explanatory models, indicators) and present some of the main problems of contemporary development related to the relationship between economy and society.

The course is divided into three parts:
1. What is economic development and how it is measured
2. What determines economic development: the heritage of the classics and current responses
3. Problems of contemporary development in Italy and in the world

The course includes both lectures and educational activities organized in the "discussion forums" with the participation of students.

Rostan, M., Economic development. What it is, how it is measured, on what it depends (available on the teacher's website, in Italian).
Other readings for discussion forums and for the examination will be given at the beginning of the lessons.

Student assessment is based on the participation in the forums of discussion and on a written exam consisting of two parts: a) multiple choice (20) and very short answers (2) questions; b) a short essay answering one among three questions.

Student assessment is based on the participation in the forums of discussion and on a written exam consisting of two parts: a) multiple choice (20) and very short answers (2) questions; b) a short essay answering one among three questions.