OVERVIEW

The course introduces the basic theorethical and conceptual frameworks of political science. Moreover it analyses the main structural and processual phenomena of politrics: political regimes, institutions, parties etc. 

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to achieve the following objectives: to convey to students a theoretical and conceptual framework that allows them to understand and decode the main mechanisms that explain, fist of all, the origin and change of political structures and then the main political processes that take place within them.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to provide the conceptual and theoterical tools capable  to make students able to analyse and understand the key aspect of politics. It aims, in particular, to make intellegible the logic of power struggle and its consequences on  public policies. The students, moreover, must able to identify the key players of political systems - political parties, voters, public opninion, lobbies, institutions, social movements etc - , the logic of their behaviour and the consequences of their interactions on decison making process and on the feature of political regimes.

PREREQUISITES

The students must be able to read  a academic article and to better understand the complex plot of political phenomena  (political actors, political structures, decision makin process etc.)

TEACHING METHODS

the course adopts a teaching metodology based on lectures (2 hours per each lesson), integrated with some specific seminars or workshops.

Teams code: g08njiw

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The course in divided in two parts.

In the first part wil be analysed the concept of power and its connexion with a general theory of politics. This part include a theoretical definition of power and the identification of different types of powers by means of two classification.  On this basis a general framework for political analysis will be illustrated.

In the second part this general framework will be used to examine the main political phenomena: political players (parties, political movements, lobbies ect.) , political regimes and their changes, political process (elections, public policies etc).

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

M. Stoppino, Potere e teoria politica, Milano, Giuffrè, 2001 (chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

G. Cama, A. Ruggeri, Potere, incertezza, identità. Elementi di Scienza Politica, Milano, Mondadori, 2023 (no chapter 8)

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

GIAMPIERO CAMA (President)

FABRIZIO COTICCHIA

MARCO DI GIULIO (President Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

First semester, september 14th

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Exams will be in oral form

FURTHER INFORMATION

Students with disabilities or other special educational needs are advised to contact both the Prof. Aristide Canepa (aristide.canepa@unige.it), and the lecturer at the beginning of the course, to agree on the teaching methods and examinations that, in compliance with the teaching objectives, take into account individual learning methods and provide suitable compensatory tools.

To request compensatory tools or dispensatory measures, students with disabilities or SLD must fill in the dedicated Webform available at https://unige.it/disabilita-dsa, at least 7 working days before the exam.
Students with SEN may instead send their request by e-mail to the lecturer, copying the Department Representative, Prof. Aristide Canepa (aristide.canepa@unige.it) and the Inclusion Office (inclusione.studenti@info.unige.it).
Requests from students will be assessed by the lecturer and may be approved or rejected".