Programma

Objectives

The aim of the course is to introduce the main concepts, approaches, methods and the central problems regarding the scientific analysis of political phenomena in order to provide students with basic knowledge for analyzing and understanding the functioning of contemporary political systems.

Program

The course will present and discuss in comparative perspective all main themes of the discipline, specifically will be analyzed the following topics: state, democracy, non-democratic regimes and regime changes, political parties, interest groups, electoral systems, parliaments, governments, bureaucracy and public policies.

Testi Adottati

1) P. Grilli di Cortona, O. Lanza, B. Pisciotta, L. Germano, Capire la politica. Una prospettiva comparata, Utet, Novara, 2020 (III edizione);

2) P. Grilli di Cortona, Lezioni di scienza politica, a cura di R. Chiarini e B. Pisciotta, Editoriale Scientifica, Napoli, 2016.

Students with 9CFU program should prepare both texts in full.
Students with 6CFU program should prepare the first seven chapters of the first text and the second text in full.

Modalità Erogazione

Class Teaching. Attendance is optional but strongly recommended. The lessons will take place in presence

Modalità Frequenza

For students who intend to take the written test at the end of the course, it is necessary to attend at least 70% of the classes

Modalità Valutazione

Assessment methods Students not attending the course will have to take an oral exam, which consists of a few questions aiming at assessing the analytical skills and knowledge of the arguments addressed in the two texts indicated below. Student attending the course: written test and short oral test. The procedures are as follows: - at the end of the course (December 2024) there will be a written test on the first indicated text. Taking the test is not mandatory but suggested; - To be entitled to take the test, students are required to register through the Gomp website; - The test consists of 31 multiple choice questions based on the first text indicated in the section below. For each question, the student will have to choose one out of four possible answers, within 20. The final result will be calculated attributing to each question the value 1 (correct answer) or 0 (wrong or no answer); - The test is passed only upon reaching a minimum result of 18/31, The result will be valid until September 2025; - students who have passed the written test will only have to study the second indicated text for the oral exam and will have to register for one of the 2024-2025 session appeals on the Gomp portal. The oral exam consists of a couple of questions and aims to confirm or not the result achieved in the written test. - Students dissatisfied with the grade achieved in the written test will be allowed to take an oral exam on the entire program.