Unit PARTICIPATORY POLICIES AND DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY
- Course
- Politics, administration, territory
- Study-unit Code
- A003343
- Curriculum
- Politiche del territorio e sostenibilità
- Teacher
- Nicola Pettinari
- Teachers
-
- Nicola Pettinari
- Hours
- 63 ore - Nicola Pettinari
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2024
- Offered
- 2024/25
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- IUS/09
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- 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. If individual or paired work is carried out during the course, part of the exam may
concern the discussion of such works.
Students with disabilities can agree with the professor on the most suitable methods (based on their specific needs) for carrying out the exam. - 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.