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CODE 95060
ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/2025
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR SECS-P/12
TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
SEMESTER 2° Semester
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

OVERVIEW

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.

 

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

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.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

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.

 

 

 

PREREQUISITES

None

 

 

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures and discussions on specific issues.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

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.

 

 

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ivan T. Berend, An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Europe. Economic regimes from Laissez-Faire to Globalization, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2016.

 

 

 

 

 

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

MARCO DORIA (President)

LUISA PICCINNO

ANDREA ZANINI

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Second semester. See the teaching calender of the Department.

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral examination

 

 

ASSESSMENT METHODS

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.

 

 

Exam schedule

Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note
19/12/2024 15:00 GENOVA Orale
16/01/2025 15:00 GENOVA Orale
30/01/2025 15:00 GENOVA Orale
05/06/2025 15:00 GENOVA Orale
19/06/2025 15:00 GENOVA Orale
04/07/2025 15:00 GENOVA Orale
12/09/2025 15:00 GENOVA Orale

FURTHER INFORMATION

Reading materials and bibliography needed to prepare the exam are the same for attending students e not asttending students.

Agenda 2030 - Sustainable Development Goals

Agenda 2030 - Sustainable Development Goals
Decent work and economic growth
Decent work and economic growth
Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Reduce inequality
Reduce inequality
Peace, justice and strong institutions
Peace, justice and strong institutions
Partnerships for the goals
Partnerships for the goals