LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course the student is able to: - master the main thematic nodes of the European party system from 1979 to 2019; - know the basic methodological tools for electoral and party system analyses; - develop critical judgment skills; - elaborate studies on specific themes on parties and party systems in different historical periods; - expose and argue with appropriate vocabulary researches of political science

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Comprehension of the origin and development of political parties;
• knowledge of the different types of political parties;
• expertise in methodological approaches;
• discussion and theoretical hypotheses to be developed;
• expertise in the field of European institution and public administration.

TEACHING METHODS

Discussions in rooms, seminars, readings with syllabus

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

1) the origin og political parties: an overview;

2) types of political parties in literature;

3) the emrgence of new political parties: neopopulist, regionalist, digital parties;

4) parties in electoral competition;

5) party families in Europe

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ignazi Piero (2019), Partito e democrazia. L'incerto percorso della legittimazione dei partiti, Bologna, il Mulino.