SCIENZE POLITICHE E SOCIALIGlobal Politics and Euro-Mediterranean RelationsAnno accademico 2024/2025

9798910 - COMPARATIVE POLITICS

Docente: IOLE PINA FONTANA

Risultati di apprendimento attesi

Students will learn about political actors, institutions, and processes across European states, delving into the key features of democratic politics in Europe

Modalità di svolgimento dell'insegnamento

Frontal lessons and seminars

Prerequisiti richiesti

Conoscenza dell'Unione Europea e nozioni di base della scienza politica

Frequenza lezioni

Required -

Contenuti del corso

By exploring European politics through a comparative perspective, both in theory and methodology, in this second part of the course students will analyze key political actors, institutions, and processes across European states. The course covers the evolution of democratic politics in Europe, focusing on emerging issues, including old and new political cleavages, the role of referenda in European integration, and the complexities of party systems. Students will examine political fragmentation, Euroscepticism and democratic backsliding within EU member states, alongside an exploration of political systems and government formation at both the national and EU levels.

Testi di riferimento

Vries, Catherine E., D. et al. Foundations of European Politics. , Oxford University Press Academic UK, 2021.

Programmazione del corso

	Argomenti	Riferimenti testi
1	European Politics through comparative lenses: an introduction	De Vries et al. 2021 Foundations of European Politics - A Comparative Approach, chapter 3.
2	Democratic politics in Europe between emerging issues, new and old cleavages	De Vries et al. 2021 Foundations of European Politics - A Comparative Approach, chapters 2 and 4
3	Between politics and polity: Party systems in Europe and the role of referendum in European integration	De Vries et al. 2021 Foundations of European Politics - A Comparative Approach, chapter 6
4	Fragmentation, Eurosceptiscism and democratic blacksliding in the EU Member states (i)	De Vries et al. 2021 Foundations of European Politics - A Comparative Approach, chapters 9 and 14
5	Fragmentation, Eurosceptiscism and democratic blacksliding in the EU Member states (ii)	De Vries et al. 2021 Foundations of European Politics - A Comparative Approach, chapters 9 and 14
6	Political Systems and government formation in Europe	De Vries et al. 2021 Foundations of European Politics - A Comparative Approach, chapter 10
7	Policy cycle and law-making in Europe	De Vries et al. 2021 Foundations of European Politics - A Comparative Approach, chapter 11
8	Students' presentations
9	Students' presentations

Verifica dell'apprendimento

Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento

Final Paper (between 4,000-5,000 words)

Students’ Presentations

Multiple Choice Questionnaire

Esempi di domande e/o esercizi frequenti

What is democratic backsliding

What are political cleavages

English version