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Politics and institutions in the globalization era

Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: DANILO DI MAURO

Expected Learning Outcomes

The course aims to provide knowledge and skills in the field of political science, public policies with a particular focus on governance systems. 



Required Prerequisites

none

Detailed Course Content

The course focuses on public policies and governance. It starts presenting key aspects of public administration and the different phases of the policy cycle. It then focuses in depth to different types of governance at national and international level.     

Textbook Information

Capano, G., et al. (2017). Manuale di scienza politica, il Mulino. Cap. VIII; Cap. X


 

Di Mascio, F., & Natalini, A. ( 2018) Oltre il New Public Management. Le riforme amministrative tra meccanismi e contesti. CAP I.            Carocci Editore        


Hooghe, L., & Marks, G. (2003). Unraveling the central state, but how? Types of multi-level governance. (Reihe Politikwissenschaft / Institut für Höhere Studien, Abt. Politikwissenschaft, 87). Wien: Institut für Höhere Studien (IHS), Wien. https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-246200

Multilevel Governance and the State

Arjan H. Schakel, Liesbet Hooghe, and Gary Marks

The Oxford Handbook of Transformations of the State (Forthcoming)

Edited by Stephan Leibfried, Evelyne Huber, Matthew Lange, Jonah D. Levy, and John D. Stephens

https://garymarks.web.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13018/2016/12/2014-schakel-marks-hooghe-Multilevel_Governance_and_the_State.pdf


Piattoni, S. (2009). Multi‐level governance: a historical and conceptual analysis. European integration, 31(2), 163-180.


Piattoni, S., & Polverari, L. (2019). Cohesion policy and European Union politics. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics.


Saranno forniti materiali (articoli e capitoli) per l'approfondimento dei casi e la redazione degli elaborati. 

Learning Assessment

Learning Assessment Procedures

A written paper on a topic/case will be discussed during the oral exam. Students are free to chose any topic/case related to the contents of the course (governance).  

Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises

Which are the fundamental paradigms of public administration? Which are the phases of the policy cycle? How can we classify public policies? What is a multi-level governance system?

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