The course is aimed at improving the knowledge of the economic changes of European economy in the Twentieth Century, examining both its failures and its successes in responding to the challenges of the age.
The main goal of the course is to offer a survey of European economy’s chronological development looking at the main factors of economic growth and at the various regimes that were introduced in Europe during XX century.
Specific attention will be paid to issues like the economic trends, the economic policies pursued by different governments, the different economic theories, the role and the place of Europe in the global economic system. Students will be prepared to focus on the relations and interdependencies existing among these elements.
Knowledge and understanding Students must acquire adeguate knowledge and effective understanding of the operation-mechanisms of economic systems in a comparative and long-term perspective. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding Students must learn to apply acquired knowledge and understand problems related to the current economic context as a result of its historical evolution. Judgment Autonomy Students must be able to use both conceptual and operational skills acquired with autonomy of judgment and skills in different application contexts. Communication Skills Students must acquire the technical language of the discipline to communicate clearly and unambiguously to specialists and non specialists. Learning Abilities Students must develop adequate learning skills so they will be able to elaborate autonomously the key issues of the discipline, especially in the working contexts where they will operate.
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Lectures and discussions on specific issues.
Students with certification of disability, specific learning disorders (DSA), or special educational needs should contact, at the beginning of the course, both the instructor and the Department’s disability liaison, Prof.ssa Elena Lagomarsino (elena.lagomarsino@unige.it) to agree on teaching and examination arrangements that, while respecting the objectives of the teaching unit, take into account individual learning needs and allow the use of compensatory tools if necessary.
1. Europe’s Laissez-faire system and its impact before World War I.
2.The interwars period. The rise of a regulated market system.
3. Economic dirigisme. The centrally planned economic system.
4. Mixed economy and the Welfare State in post World War II Western Europe.
5. Europe facing globalization.
Ivan T. Berend, An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Europe. Economic regimes from Laissez-Faire to Globalization, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2016.
Ricevimento: To meet the Professor students can address an e-mail to marco.doria@unige.it or agree with him a meeting at the end of a lesson.
Second semester. See the teaching calender of the Department.
Oral examination
Oral exam with open demands to test the knowledge of the candidate and his/her abilities to adopt a critical approach in analysing economic and historical topics.
Reading materials and bibliography needed to prepare the exam are the same for attending students e not attending students. For further details, please contact the Professor by email (marco.doria@unige.it).
