Unit Participatory processes and narrative practices
- Course
- Politics, administration, territory
- Study-unit Code
- A001483
- Curriculum
- Politiche del territorio
- Teacher
- Alessandra Valastro
- Teachers
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- Alessandra Valastro
- Hours
- 63 ore - Alessandra Valastro
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2020
- Offered
- 2020/21
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Giuridico
- Academic discipline
- IUS/09
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- The course analyzes the theoretical profiles, application institutes and practices of the political-juridical model of participatory democracy. Starting from the constitutional basis of the participation principle and from the configuration of the participation rights, the coure analyzes the problems inherent in the discipline of participation and its assumptions, the european indications and the rules in force at national, regional and local level. Finally, some of the main methodologies and techniques for the construction of participatory processes are illustrated, both in their operating modes and in application practices, with case analysis.
- Reference texts
- STUDENTI FREQUENTANTI
1. U. ALLEGRETTI, Democrazia partecipativa, voce “Enciclopedia del diritto”, Annali IV, Giuffrè, Milano 2011, pp. 295-335
2. A. VALASTRO, Partecipazione, politiche pubbliche, diritti, in A. VALASTRO (a cura di), Le regole della democrazia partecipativa, Napoli, Jovene, 2010, pp. 1-56
3. A. VALASTRO, La democrazia partecipativa alla prova dei territori: il ruolo delle amministrazioni locali nell’epoca delle fragilità, in A. VALASTRO (a cura di), Le regole locali della democrazia partecipativa, Napoli, Jovene, 2016, pp. 3-66
4. G. ARENA, Introduzione all'amministrazione condivisa, in Rivista di Studi parlamentari e di politica costituzionale, 1997, pp. 29-65 (https://www.labsus.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ARENA.INTRODUZIONE-ALLAMMINISTRAZIONE-CONDIVISA.pdf)
5. N. PETTINARI, Gli strumenti di democrazia partecipativa “nelle” costituzioni e la partecipazione ai processi costituenti, in www.federalismi.it, n. 15 31/07/2019 (https://www.federalismi.it/nv14/articolo-documento.cfm?Artid=40085)
6. A. VALASTRO, Costituzionalismo, democrazia sociale, dignità dell’esistenza: le ricadute politiche del racconto dei vissuti, in www.costituzionalismo.it, fasc. n. 2/2019 (https://www.costituzionalismo.it/wp-content/uploads/Costituzionalismo_201902_710.pdf)
STUDENTI NON FREQUENTANTI
- A. VALASTRO (a cura di), Le regole locali della democrazia partecipativa, Napoli, Jovene, 2016
- U. ALLEGRETTI, Democrazia partecipativa, voce “Enciclopedia del diritto”, Annali IV, Giuffrè, Milano 2011, pp. 295-335
- N. PETTINARI, Gli strumenti di democrazia partecipativa “nelle” costituzioni e la partecipazione ai processi costituenti, in www.federalismi.it (https://www.federalismi.it/nv14/articolo-documento.cfm?Artid=40085) - Educational objectives
- The course aims to provide theoretical and practical knowledge of the main aspects of the participatory democracy model, and its relationship with the models of representative democracy and direct democracy.
- Prerequisites
- It is highly recommended to have taken the examination of public law institutions.
- Teaching methods
- The course uses frontal didactic parts and in-depth parts with discussion seminars and external guests.
- Learning verification modality
- The exam takes place in oral form. When group works are carried out during the course, part of the examination may concern the discussion of such works.
- Extended program
- Democracy, participation, participatory democracy.
The prevalence of representation in the contemporary state and the evolutionary phases of
participation
Participation and decision-making processes in times of crisis.
Between resilience and resistance: participation as a "use" of the Constitution.
The legal perspective. Constitutional basis of the participation principle.
Participation and public sphere. Habermas and Luhmann's thoughts.
Participatory democracy institutions in the Constitutions.
Participation and rights. Substantial citizenship and the figure of the inhabitant.
The pre-conditions of participation: information and communication. The role of the Internet and civic media.
Participation and horizontal subsidiarity, participatory democracy and shared administration.
Procedural participation and organic participation. The discipline of participation: regulatory skills, macro-principles.
The discipline of participation: essential levels and guarantees of participatory processes.
Consultation discipline: European indications.
Discipline of consultation at national level.
Participatory democracy and evaluation.
The discipline of participation at regional level.
Local discipline of participation and role of Municipalities.
Trend lines of municipal regulations.
Shared administration and common goods regulations.
Case analysis.
From participation in "presence" in practiced sovereignty.
Emotions and experience in the vicissitudes of sovereignty.
The participatory aspect of sharing experiences: the narrative processes and the political value of the biographical and autobiographical story.
The theme of "historical memory", between political struggle and class consciousness.
The theme of "present memory", between identity crisis and new fragility.
The normative quality of narrative practices and the "surveillance" function on the functioning of the
democracy.
The virtuous circle between individual experiences and the values ¿¿of social democracy: relevance of the constitutional narrative.