CODE 87068 ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 2 SCIENZE INTERNAZIONALI E DELLA COOPERAZIONE 10177 (LM-52) - SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR SPS/11 LANGUAGE Italiano TEACHING LOCATION SEMESTER 2° Semester OVERVIEW The course deals with actors, processes and dynamics of social and political change in contemporary societies. The goal is to analyze the homogeneous and heterogeneous characters between different geoghraphical and cultural areas. AIMS AND CONTENT TEACHING METHODS Combination of traditional lectures (approx. 30 hours) and classroom discussion of the project selected by each student (approx. 6 hours). Combination of traditional lectures (approx. 30 hours) and classroom discussion of the project selected by each student (approx. 6 hours). Combination of traditional lectures (approx. 30 hours) and classroom discussion of the project selected by each student (approx. 6 hours). SYLLABUS/CONTENT Starting from modernization’s theories the course deals with actors, processes and dynamics of political change in various geographical areas (Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, South America, Asia). The goal is to analyse the relations between political change and social change processes by a comparative approach. Special attention is given to the transformation of this relationship by considering the social change of contemporary societies. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Beck U. (2015), The Reinvention of Politics: Rethinking Modernity in the Global Social Order, Polity Press, Cambridge Arnanz E., Barba C., Manovel M.J., Mayol I., Pérez Arróspide J.A. (2015), Ciudadanía y calidad democrática Recuperar la dignidad de la política, Fundación Esplai, Madrid downloadable at: http://fundacionesplai.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Ciudadnia_calidad_democratica_cast.pdf Ndiaye A. (2016), Paradigmes du développement. Quels systèmes et approches pour l’Afrique?, L’Harmattan, Paris TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD ANDREA FABRIZIO PIRNI Exam Board ANDREA FABRIZIO PIRNI (President) STEFANO BONABELLO ANDREA CATANZARO AGOSTINO MASSA STEFANO MONTI BRAGADIN PAOLO PARRA SAIANI LUCA RAFFINI LESSONS LESSONS START II semester Class schedule SOCIOLOGY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CHANGE EXAMS ASSESSMENT METHODS Oral examination. The evaluation criteria are: competence and fluency of argumentations, precision of scientific language, link capability between related subject, arguments in support of autonomous reasoning, synthesis capabilities. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 24/05/2017 16:00 GENOVA Orale 07/06/2017 11:30 GENOVA Orale 21/06/2017 11:30 GENOVA Orale 13/09/2017 11:30 GENOVA Orale FURTHER INFORMATION https://unige.it/off.f/2015/cds/10177.html
