- Docente: Massimiliano Gaetano Onorato
- Credits: 8
- SSD: SECS-P/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in International Relations and Diplomatic Affairs (cod. 9247)
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from Feb 21, 2024 to May 23, 2024
Learning outcomes
The course provides an introduction to methods and topics in Political Economics and to the theory of institutional change. Students are expected to learn the methodological basis of the field and to perform autonomously a critical analysis of the issues related to the aggregation of individual preferences and institutional change.
Course contents
- Institutions, culture and economic development
- Democratization, development and inequality.
- Political regimes, public finances and economic performance in the long-run.
Readings/Bibliography
References:
Journal publications in English, of which a complete list will be made available on the course’s VIRTUALE platform prior to the beginning of classesTeaching methods
Class lectures where students' active involvement will be encouraged.
Assessment methods
- Final witten exam and class presentations.
- For more details, please see the syllabus posted on Virtuale.
In the case of online exams envisaged by the University of Bologna, the final exam will be written rather than oral.
Grading:
<18 failed
18-23 sufficient
24-27 good
28-30 very good
30 e lode excellent
Teaching tools
Class slides will be made available on the course's online platform VIRTUALE together with additional information on course contents and exams.
Office hours
See the website of Massimiliano Gaetano Onorato
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.