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04871 - Italian Political System

Academic Year 2024/2025

                
                        Docente:
                        Patrizia Pederzoli
                    
                        Credits:
                        10
                    
                        SSD:
                        SPS/04
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        Traditional lectures
                        
                            Campus:
                            Forli
                        
                            Corso:
                            First cycle degree programme (L) in
                            International relations and diplomatic affairs (cod. 8048)

                            Teaching resources on Virtuale
                        
                                    Course Timetable
                                
from Sep 16, 2024 to Dec 16, 2024

Learning outcomes

The course provides students with substantial knowledge of actors, structures and processes that feature the Italian political system, its historical origins and subsequent evolution. By the end of the course students will be familiar with the main dynamics and phenomena of Italian politics (especially those concerning the interactions between political actors, institutions and constituencies). Students are also expected to master the principal scientific tools that enable them to develop their own informed views about the crucial issues of contemporary political debates in Italy.

Course contents

The course focuses on the following topics: the political system and the contemporary approaches to its study; the historical dimension, democratization and territorial cleavages; political parties, party systems and electoral regimes; political culture and behaviour; the institutional setting and the decision-making processes of the central government (the president of the Republic, the legislative and executive branches); regional and local governments; justice and politics; the 2022 parliamentary elections.

Readings/Bibliography

Cotta M. e Verzichelli L. (2020), Il sistema politico italiano, Bologna, Il Mulino, quarta edizione.

* Schadee H., Segatti P., Vezzoni C. (2019), L'apocalisse della democrazia italiana, Bologna, Il Mulino, Capitoli 1 e 8.

* Garcia D. (2023), The italian parliamentary election of 2022: the populist radical right takes of charge, in "West European Politics", vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 1030-1048.

* Vassallo S. e Verzichelli L. (2023), Il bipolarismo asimmetrico: l'Italia al voto dopo il decennio populista, Bologna, Il Mulino, Introduzione, capitoli 1, 2, 3, 5, Conclusioni.

Please note that * texts are available on www.sba.unibo.it.