COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
Obiettivi formativi
Comparative history in the field of institutions, leadership, culture.
Risultati di apprendimento attesi
Contextualization;
Scenario analysis;
Political reasoning;
Applied history;
Contenuti Del Corso
Comparative European History in the Twentieth century.
Testi Di Riferimento
Mark Mazower, Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century;
Documents for presentations.
Metodologie Didattiche
Lecture;
Presentations;
Debates;
Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento
30% presentations in class on historical documents provided by Professor;
70% final written exam;
For non-attendant: 5000 words essay on a topic chosen by the Professor (30%) and final exam (70%)
Criteri per l’assegnazione dell’elaborato finale
Professor's research project evaluation.
Settimana 1
Two world wars: democracy's rise and fall.
Settimana 2
Empire, Nations, minorities
Settimana 3
The State and the people: coercion, warfare and welfare.
Settimana 4
The crisis of capitalism: 1929 and its consequences.
Settimana 5
Hitler's new order and the world of war.
Settimana 6
Golden age? New projects for democracy
Settimana 7
A brutal peace, 1943-1949
Settimana 8
Building people's democracy
Settimana 9
Democracy transformed: Western Europe 1950-1975
Settimana 10
The social contract in crisis
Settimana 11
The collapse of comunism
Settimana 12
The end of everything?