Unit PARTICIPATORY POLICIES AND DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY

Course
Politics, administration, territory
Study-unit Code
A003343
Curriculum
Governo della democrazia ed etica pubblica
Teacher
Nicola Pettinari
Teachers
  • Nicola Pettinari
Hours
  • 63 ore - Nicola Pettinari
CFU
9
Course Regulation
Coorte 2023
Offered
2023/24
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 course 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
The texts for the preparation of the exam for ATTENDING students are:
- N. Pettinari, Partecipazione e valutazione di norme e politiche pubbliche. La sfida democratica della qualità dei processi decisionali [book], Napoli, Jovene Editore, 2019;
- A. Valastro, Partecipazione, politiche pubbliche, diritti, pp. 1-22, Astridonline [https://www.astrid-online.it/static/upload/protected/Vala/Valastro---Relazione-introduttiva_08_03_10.pdf];
- Slides, support materials, summary by points, descriptive cards of the participatory processes and of the experiences analyzed (treated by the teacher or which have seen the involvement of expert guests), etc., attached to the lessons on the UniStudium platform, Course "Participatory Democracy ", a.a. 2023-2024.
The texts for the preparation of the exam for NOT ATTENDING students are (IN ADDITION TO THOSE INDICATED ABOVE FOR ATTENDING STUDENTS):
- N. Pettinari, Gli strumenti di democrazia partecipativa ‘nelle’ costituzioni e la partecipazione ai processi costituenti, in Federalismi.it (rivista fascia A), n. 15, 31/07/2019 [https://www.federalismi.it/nv14/articolo-documento.cfm?Artid=40085];
- M. Bombardelli, La cura dei beni comuni come via di uscita dalla crisi, pp. 1-36, in M. Bombardelli (a cura di), Prendersi cura dei beni comuni, 2016.
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 exam of Institutions of Public Law.
Teaching methods
The course uses frontal didactic parts and in-depth parts with discussion seminars and external guests.
Other information
nicola.pettinari@unipg.it
Learning verification modality
The exam takes place in oral form. When individual and group work (max 2 students) takes place during the course, part of the exam may involve the discussion of these works.
Extended program
[The order of the topics listed below may vary depending on the organization of meetings with external guests (on which at present it is not possible to make predictions), in order to make the link between theoretical lessons and experiences presented by the guest-teachers as consistent as possible]
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.
Social democracy: relevance of the constitutional narrative.
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