CODE 87068 ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 2 SCIENZE INTERNAZIONALI E DELLA COOPERAZIONE 10177 (LM-52) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno 1 SCIENZE INTERNAZIONALI E DELLA COOPERAZIONE 10177 (LM-52) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR SPS/11 TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 1° Semester MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: COMPARATIVE POLITICS AND POLITICAL CHANGE TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB 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 LEARNING OUTCOMES The course is aimed at providing students with: the specific knowledge through which the sociological approach defines and analyses the social innovation and considers it as a phenomenon related with the political change of contemporary societies; the ability to understand the most relevant contemporary transformations in the reference field in relation to the ongoing social change; the ability to apply knowledge and understanding skills to other specific contexts or case-studies aimed at critical and autonomous analysis. TEACHING METHODS 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 Ricevimento: During the course of the lessons: Wednesday from 11:00 to 13:00. During the rest of the academic year: by appointment. Exam Board MARA MORINI (President) ANDREA FABRIZIO PIRNI (President) GIAMPIERO CAMA ELISA CASSINELLI ANNA REGGIARDO ANDREA SCOLARI LESSONS LESSONS START II semester Class schedule SOCIAL INNOVATION AND POLITICAL 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 11/01/2019 11:00 GENOVA Orale 11/01/2019 11:00 GENOVA Orale 05/02/2019 11:00 GENOVA Orale 29/05/2019 11:00 GENOVA Orale 18/06/2019 11:00 GENOVA Orale 16/07/2019 11:00 GENOVA Orale 12/09/2019 11:00 GENOVA Orale FURTHER INFORMATION https://unige.it/off.f/2015/cds/10177.html
