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HISTORY OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND MOVEMENTS Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Prerequisites:
The students are requested to have already taken an exam in Contemporary History or History of Republican Italy in a previous three-year course of study
Objectives
Contents Political Parties and Movements after World War II till today
Course Program for 2022-2023 academic year -
History of Political Parties and Movements
Professor: Maria Teresa Giusti
email: mt.giusti62@gmail.com
m.giusti@unich.it
The course aims at analysing the birth and affirmation of political movements and parties in Italy, from their legitimation, thanks to the war of Resistance against the Nazi-Fascism, in the second post-war period, up to moments of political crisis. Furthermore the course will examine the present difficult relationship between politics and citizens, originated also from populism.
Extended Syllabus Political Parties and Movements after World War II till today
The syllabus for students who take the exam for 6 academic credits is the following:
1) S. Colarizi, PassatoPresente. All'origine dell'oggi. 1989-1994, Laterza, 2022
2) P. Ignazi, I partiti in Italia dal 1945 al 2018, Il Mulino, 2018, 351 pp.
3) Reading of the historical novel by E. Deaglio, La bomba. Cinquant'anni di Piazza Fontana, Feltrinelli 2019
The syllabus aims at deepening and expanding the Students’ knowledge about some themes regarding Political Parties and Movements in Italy during the Republican age, starting from the second post-war period. Referring to the general objectives, and taking into account the objectives of the BA program, at the end of the course the students will have to reach a critical attitude which allows them to evaluate the cause-effect relationships of the historical events; they will have to analyze historical phenomena; to compare historical events; to carry out a scientific research; to make comparisons with other disciplines on some historical aspects (such as Literature or Anthropology). As regards the specific objectives of the discipline, students will have to gain a correct command of the specific historical language related to the course contents; they will have to carry out archival research; to know the historiography about specific themes; they will have to collect bibliographic material and information; to grasp connections of events; to prepare a history lesson on a set theme; to report to the working group on a specific topic; to write a text with notes; to know how to analyze a political case in a critical way.
Recommended Bibliography The syllabus for students who take the exam for 6 academic credits is the following:
1) S. Colarizi, PassatoPresente. All'origine dell'oggi. 1989-1994, Laterza, 2022
2) P. Ignazi, I partiti in Italia dal 1945 al 2018, Il Mulino, 2018, 351 pp.
3) Reading of the historical novel by E. Deaglio, La bomba. Cinquant'anni di Piazza Fontana, Feltrinelli 2019
Students, who did not take an exam in Contemporary History in their undergraduate program, are requested to contact the professor for a specific reading list.
Teaching Methods Lectures for 42 hours. Use of computer and video-projector. A film screening related to the course.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
The final assessment consists of an oral exam on the entire syllabus. The aim is to assess the students’ skills and in particular their understanding of the issues discussed during the course, their knowledge of the bibliography in the reading list, the correct command of the specific language as well as of critical and methodological abilities. The grading scale ranges from 1 to 30 with honours (cum laude): 1-17 fail, 18-21 sufficient, 22-24 fair, 25-27 good, 28-29 very good, 30-30 with honours (cum laude) excellent.
Contacts/More Information The program is the same both for attending and for non-attending students.
During the course students who wish, can report on a topic of their choice related to the program (also on a literary text)