STORIA DELLE ISTITUZIONI POLITICHE

Knowledge of historical, political, institutional events of the modern and contemporary age.

Detailed Course Content 1. The premises of political institutions: the birth of the modern state. Constitutional and institutional processes in the pre-unification states. Textbook Information G. Astuto, Le istituzioni politiche italiane. Da Cavour al dibattito contemporaneo, Carocci, Roma 2016, Introduzione e cap. I.  2. The construction of the Italian state. Centralization and decentralization. The Lieutenancies. Right and Historical Left. Textbook Information G. Astuto, Le istituzioni politiche italiane. Da Cavour al dibattito contemporaneo, Carocci, Roma 2016, capp. II e III.  E.G. Faraci, L’Unificazione amministrativa del Mezzogiorno. Le Luogotenenze da Cavour a Ricasoli, Carocci, Roma 2015. 3. The liberal turning point and the Giolittian age. The First World War, the crisis of the liberal political system and the fascist regime. Textbook Information G. Astuto, Le istituzioni politiche italiane. Da Cavour al dibattito contemporaneo, Carocci, Roma 2016, capp. IV, V, VI. 4. Repubblican Italy: from centrist governments to the long transition. Textbook Information G. Astuto, Le istituzioni politiche italiane. Da Cavour al dibattito contemporaneo, Carocci, Roma 2016, capp. VII, VIII e IX. Attending students will be provided with in-depth materials on the course topics. If the teaching is given in a mixed or remote mode, the necessary changes with respect to what was previously stated may be introduced, in order to respect the program envisaged and reported in the Syllabus.

1) G. Astuto, Storia delle istituzioni politiche. Da Cavour al dibattito contemporaneo, Carocci, Roma 2016. 2) E.G. Faraci, L’Unificazione amministrativa del Mezzogiorno. Le Luogotenenze da Cavour a Ricasoli, Carocci, Roma 2015.

The learning assessment method is the oral examination. For attending students it is possible to take part in on-going verifications (written and / or oral), aimed at ascertaining the knowledge of a part of the program. Verification of learning can also be carried out electronically, should the conditions require it.