Enrollment year
2016/2017
Academic discipline
SPS/04 (POLTICIAL SCIENCE)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Course
ECONOMICS, POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
1st semester (02/10/2017 - 16/12/2017)
Lesson hours
40 lesson hours
Learning outcomes
The course introduces the students to the main politological theories on political change and regime transitions.
Course contents
The proliferation of "hybrid regimes", specially in the afro-asian areas, reproduces in new forms some of the traditional topics of political thinking, such as the relationship between freedom and order, individuals and group (or community), state and society.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Reccomended or required readings
S.P. Huntington, Ordine politico e cambiamento sociale, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli, 2012.
D. Acemoglu e J.A. Robinson, Perché le nazioni falliscono, Il Saggiatore, Milano, 2013.
Assessment methods
Oral examination
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030