Unit POLITICAL PARTIES AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

Course
Communication studies
Study-unit Code
A003011
Curriculum
In all curricula
Teacher
Marco Damiani
Teachers
  • Marco Damiani
Hours
  • 42 ore - Marco Damiani
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2023
Offered
2025/26
Learning activities
Affine/integrativa
Area
Attività formative affini o integrative
Academic discipline
SPS/11
Type of study-unit
Opzionale (Optional)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Italian. Non-Italian students and Erasmus students are invited to take the course. Readings and other course material are also available in English. Please contact the instructor for further details and to schedule an appointment during the first week of the lessons.
Contents
The course is divided in two parts, a theoretical part and an empirical part. The aim is to study the political parties, the comparative political system and the democratic governments, and then deepen a case study.
Reference texts
The material for the exam will be provided during the course. The program will be uploaded on the Unistudium platform.
Educational objectives
At the end of the course students will have to know the basics of literature on political parties and comparative political systems, and be able to interpret the relationships between the political sphere, the institutional sphere and models of democracy. In this regard, the continuous tension between theoretical reflection and empirical knowledge allow students to deepen national and international case studies.
Prerequisites
No prerequisites.
Teaching methods
The course includes frontal lectures by the teacher. The last part of the course is devoted to the works carried out by students who attend the seminar research.
Other information
Other information will be provided by the teacher on the Unistudium platform of the Department.
Learning verification modality
The preparation of the students will be evaluated through a written test on the books of the program. Only attending students can check it.
Extended program
The course is aimed at deepening of: 1) political parties; 2) comparative political system; 3) democratic governments. The program is also published on Unistudium.
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