PROCESSES AND INSTITUTIONS OF THE WORLD POLITICS

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2017/2018

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in PUBLIC POLICIES AND GOVERNANCE

Disciplinary Sector:

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

Basic concepts of Sociology, Political Science and International Relations.
Modern and Contemporary History.

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PROCESSES AND INSTITUTIONS OF THE WORLD POLITICS

PUBLIC POLICIES AND GOVERNANCE

AF code:

40003903

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Oral and written (intermediate proof, participation in the seminar and short final dissertation)

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

Students must master the basic concepts concerning the concept of strategy and some of its theoretical declinations. Moreover, they must investigate the challenges put to the suse of military force in the last decades.
More precisely, students must be able to write a short paper on a conceptual or policy issue about the subject of the course.

Contents

Every year the course deals with a relevant subject in world politics. This year the subject is "Strategy and the use of force in contemporary world politics”.

Definitions of strategy. Classical theories of strategy: East and West, Sunzi and Clausewitz. Paradoxes of 'nuclear strategies". Wars in the contemporary international system and the use of force. Strategies of and aginst terrorism. Web strategies?

Recommended Bibliography

Reference texts for students that attend the lectures will be indicated during the course

For students that do not attend the lectures:
Raffaele Marchetti, La politica della globalizzazione, Bruno Mondadori, Milano 2014

One text among:
L. Bozzo (a cura di), Studi di strategia : guerra, politica, economia, semiotica, psicoanalisi, matematica, Egea, Milano 2012.
V. Coralluzzo e L. Ozzano (a cura di), Religioni tra pace e guerra. Il sacro nelle relazioni internazionali del XXI secolo, UTET, Torino 2012.
L. Freedman, The Future of War: A History, Hachette 2017.
J. Baylis, J. Wirtz, C. Gray (eds.), Strategy in the Contemporary World: An Introduction to Strategic Studies, Oxford University Press 2013.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Lectures, seminars, written essays

Contacts/More Information

Office hours:

Teaching weeks,
Mo-THu 5-7 pm

or by appointment (email:r.ragionieri@uniss.it)

Other courses

Course year: 1

ANALISI DELLE POLITICHE PUBBLICHE
9 credits - Caratterizzante
ANALYSIS OF URBAN POLICIES
9 credits - Caratterizzante
PUBLIC ECONOMY
9 credits - Caratterizzante
DIRITTO DELL'UNIONE EUROPEA (CORSO AVANZATO)
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
DIRITTO AMMINISTRATIVO (CORSO AVANZATO)
9 credits - A scelta dello studente
GENERAL SOCIOLOGY (ADVANCED COURSE)
9 credits - A scelta dello studente
ITALIANO
9 credits - A scelta dello studente
SOCIOLOGY OF POLITICAL PHENOMENA
9 credits - A scelta dello studente
TEORIA GENERALE DELLO STATO E DELL'ORGANIZZAZIONE PUBBLICA
9 credits - A scelta dello studente

Course year: 2

DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE UMANITARIO E TUTELA DEI DIRITTI UMANI
9 credits - Caratterizzante
DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE UMANITARIO E TUTELA DEI DIRITTI UMANI
9 credits - Caratterizzante
HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
6 credits - Caratterizzante
HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
6 credits - Caratterizzante
HISTORY OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND MOVEMENTS
6 credits - Caratterizzante
HISTORY OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND MOVEMENTS
6 credits - Caratterizzante
HISTORY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
9 credits - Caratterizzante
HISTORY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
9 credits - Caratterizzante
LABOUR LAW (ADVANCED COURSE)
9 credits - Caratterizzante
LABOUR LAW (ADVANCED COURSE)
9 credits - Caratterizzante
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
9 credits - Caratterizzante
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
9 credits - Caratterizzante
PROCESSES AND INSTITUTIONS OF THE WORLD POLITICS
9 credits - Caratterizzante
PROCESSES AND INSTITUTIONS OF THE WORLD POLITICS
9 credits - Caratterizzante
TO THE EU ORIGIN
9 credits - Caratterizzante
TO THE EU ORIGIN
9 credits - Caratterizzante
EUROPEAN PRIVATE LAW
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
EUROPEAN PRIVATE LAW
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
DISSERTATION
30 credits - Lingua/Prova Finale
ALTRE ATTIVITA' (DM 270/04, ART.10, LETTERA D)
9 credits - Altro

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