The module aims to provide the conceptual and empirical knowledge, the theoretical and analytical tools related to: the communicative dimension of the political processes and the role played by the public opinion in the democratic - representative regimes of the contemporary societies; the role played by the social movements both in the social and in mass-media arenas, with particular reference to the new communicative dynamics in the virtual spaces online (Internet) and in the real off line.
Conceptualizing and measuring democracy - The economic determinants of democracy- The cultural determinants of democracy - Can democracy make a difference ?
Democracy and its varieties - Cleavages and party systems - Institutional actors with veto powers - Consequences of democratic institutions.
The Communication and political processes: languages, rituals, political media coverage, electoral campaigns. The Social Movements: approaches, social structures and change, identity and symbolic production, organization and networks, repertoires of action and political context; territorial movements and globalization. Citizens and online politics. Territorial and environmental movements (No Muos); squatting movements for housing and social centers; social movements in the schools and universities.
W.R. Clark, M. Golder, S.N. Golder, Principi di Scienza Politica, MacGraw-Hill, Milano 2011, capp. 5,6,7, 9
W.R. Clark, M. Golder, S.N. Golder, Principi di Scienza Politica, MacGraw-Hill, Milano 2011, capp. 10,13,14,15
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