Course Details
Country:
Italy
Institution:
LUISS Guido Carli University
Course Title:
History and Political Sociology of France and Italy
Course Number:
ET39
Course Description:
This course aims to study politics in France and Italy from 1945 to the present day. It starts from an observation. The French think they know Italy and the Italians, but they actually convey a lot of clichés about the other country and its inhabitants, and even more about politics in this country. The same goes for the French. And foreigners often share these stereotypes. For example, Italian democracy would be corrupt, clientelist, abnormal, while France would be a republican, authoritarian, centralized and arrogant monarchy. This course intends to destroy these outrageous simplifications. It aims to study the institutions, party systems and political parties, voting mechanisms, cultures and political identities in France and Italy, while following the political evolutions of the two countries over nearly 80 years. In particular, it will address the most recent changes in French and Italian democracies, what is sometimes called the "crisis" of democracies with
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
GOVT 444, GOVT 398
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