Course teached as: B029095 - POLITICA COMPARATA 3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in POLITICAL SCIENCES Curriculum STUDI POLITICI
Teaching Language
ITALIAN
Course Content
The course is divided in 2 parts. Part 1 focuses on comparative politics as a method for the control of causal relationships between variables. Part 2 examines, in a comparative perspective, the transformations undergone by the Italian and the Spanish political systems since their return to democracy (1948-2019 for the Italian case and 1977-2019 for the Spanish one)
-A. Bosco le quattro crisi della Spagna, Bologna, il Mulino 2018
-C. Guarnieri, il sistema politico italiano. Un paese in crisi, Bologna, il Mulino 2021
-A.Bosco e S. Verney, Electoral Epidemic: The Political Cost of the Economic Crisis in Southern Europe, 2010-11, in 'South European Society and Politics', vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 129-154 - to be downloaded from the library website
-A. Bosco e D.McDonnell, Da Berlusconi a Monti: default dei partiti? in A.Bosco e D.McDonnell, Politica in Italia, edizione 2012, pp. 43-61 - to be downloaded from the library website
-C. Fusaro e A. Kreppel, Un paese in stallo, aspettando la svolta, in C. Fusaro e A. Kreppel, Politica in Italia, edizione 2014, pp. 35-49 - to be downloaded from the library website
-A. Chiaramonte e A. Wilson, L'anno della 'grande riforma' che non fu, in A. Chiaramonte e A. Wilson, Politica in Italia, edizione 2017, pp. 29-40 - to be downloaded from the library website
-C. Forestiere e F. Tronconi, Suonare senza spartito, o di una incerta fine di legislatura, in C. Forestiere e F. Tronconi, , Politica in Italia, edizione 2018, pp. 31-46 - to be downloaded from the library website
-more articles will be suggested in class
ATTENDING STUDENTS 6CFU
-A. Bosco le quattro crisi della Spagna, Bologna, il Mulino 2018
-C. Guarnieri, il sistema politico italiano. Un paese in crisi, Bologna, il Mulino 2021
-A. Bosco e S. Verney, Electoral Epidemic: The Political Cost of the Economic Crisis in Southern Europe, 2010-11, in 'South European Society and Politics', vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 129-154 -
to be downloaded from the library website
NON ATTENDING STUDENTS 9CFU
-A. Bosco le quattro crisi della Spagna, Bologna, il Mulino 2018
-C. Guarnieri, il sistema politico italiano. Un paese in crisi, Bologna, il Mulino 2021
-L. Morlino, La comparazione. Un'introduzione metodologica, Bologna, Il Mulino 2020
NON ATTENDING STUDENTS 6CFU
-A. Bosco le quattro crisi della Spagna, Bologna, il Mulino 2018
-C. Guarnieri, il sistema politico italiano. Un paese in crisi, Bologna, il Mulino 2021
Learning Objectives
Provide the analytical tools necessary to understand, through comparison, the processes of transformation of the South European democracies.
Prerequisites
Having attended a class of Political Science. Daily reading of national and/or international press.
Ability to read publications in English
Teaching Methods
Lectures; individual or group research activities. Power point presentations made by students.
Type of Assessment
Final written examination with open-answer questions
(to be completed within one hour and half)
There is no mid-term exam
Note: depending on the state of the pandemic emergency, the features of final test could be modified
Course program
The first part of the course focuses on comparative politics as a scientific research method for the control of causal relationships between variables. We'll examine what are scientific concepts and how we can build and use 'good' concepts; classifications and typologies; variables and relations between variables; scientific methods; different comparative designs.
The second part of the course focuses on the study of the Spanish and Italian cases in a comparative perspective. In the second part, we'll take into account the economic and institutional contexts of the two countries, as well as the territorial organization of the state, the relationship with Europe and the transformations of the party system. In particular, in the Italian case we will focus our attention on the changes of 1992-94 and 2013, while in the Spanish case we will focus on the 2015-18 political transformation.