Unit STATE BUILDING AND DEMOCRATIZATION

Course
International relations
Study-unit Code
A001436
Curriculum
Cooperazione internazionale e state building
Teacher
Andrea Possieri
Teachers
  • Andrea Possieri
Hours
  • 42 ore - Andrea Possieri
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2021
Offered
2021/22
Learning activities
Affine/integrativa
Area
Attività formative affini o integrative
Academic discipline
M-STO/04
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
ITALIAN
Contents
After several introductory lessons, this course will focus on the process of state building and democratization in the contemporary world (20th and 21st centuries), with particular reference to international political events after the fall of the Berlin wall.
Reference texts
- Manlio Graziano, Geopolitica. Orientarsi nel grande disordine internazionale, il Mulino, Bologna, 2019.
- Davide Grassi, Le nuove democrazie. I processi di democratizzazione dopo la caduta del Muro di Berlino, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2008.

A third text to be chosen from the following:

- Jan Zielonka, Contro-rivoluzione. La disfatta dell'Europa liberale, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2018.
- Ilvo Diamanti, Marc Lazar, Popolocrazia, La metamorfosi delle nostre democrazie, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2018.
Educational objectives
The student will master the most important historical-political episodes in the current debate on the process of state building and democratization. The skills acquired will be fundamental in future employment in the fields of international cooperation and international organizations.
Prerequisites
No.
Teaching methods
Face to face lessons, seminars, dvd projections, tests.
Other information
There will be some conferences.
Learning verification modality
The exam is for an intermediate written test and an oral exam at the end of the course.
Extended program
After several introductory lessons, this course will focus on the process of state building and democratization in the contemporary world (20th and 21st centuries), with particular reference to international political events after the fall of the Berlin wall.
Special attention will be given to the spread of populism in Europe and to the debate regarding the crisis in representative democracy.
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