Degree Course: Political science, international security and public communication Syllabus for A.Y. 2021/2022  

The course introduces the mechanisms of human communication "mediated" by technologies. During the course, communication products, their narrations and media configurations will be examined, analyzing the languages, the genres and the formats with which they manifest themselves.

1) Objectives in terms of "Knowledge and understanding": at the end of the course the students will have learned the fundamental dynamics of communication processes. In particular, they will know the different verbal and non-verbal expressive modes and their uses in communication contexts and, through the analysis of the different types and characteristics of the media, they will understand the variables necessary for the choice of the most functional media for the specific communication needs.

2) Objectives in terms of "Ability to apply knowledge and understanding": at the end of the course, students will be able to understand the technical terminology and the fundamental notions of effective communication and will be able to critically analyze the effectiveness of communication also in contexts of intermedia, cross-media and trans-media processes.

3) At the end of the course, students must have achieved the following results:
- recognize the dynamics of meaning of different media (knowledge and applied understanding skills);
- know the differences and the underlying logics behind the multiplicity of languages, genres and formats (autonomy of judgment and ability to learn);
- knowing how to present the acquired knowledge, using an appropriate language (communication skills);
- develop specific skills to understand, analyze and produce communication for old and new media (knowledge and applied understanding skills).

Basic knowledge of:
methodology and techniques of political and social research, comparative politics and policies analysis

The course is aimed at providing students with an introduction to the linguistic and grammatical aspects of the English language, particularly its morphological, syntactic, semantic and lexical properties. The development of the essential language skills is chiefly aimed at understanding scientific texts of the specific area of study. At the end of the course, students will be able to recognise and use correctly the skills and language structures corresponding to B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

The course aims to provide students with an adequate knowledge of European colonialism between XIX and XX century, with a particular regard to the Italian colonial rule in Africa.
At the end of the course students should be able to present synthetically the contents of the course and demonstrate comprehension, autonomy of judgment and expositive skills.

A)EDUCATIONAL GOALS
Provide specific knowledge and skills to analyze development processes globally and locally, and identify their risk factors and opportunities
B) EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES
1.Knowledge and understanding ability: the knowledge of theories and economic policies useful to understand the main issues of economic development and globalization.
2.Capability to apply knowledge and understanding: the knowledge of concepts and methods to judge the main criticalities and opportunities of economic development .
3.Capability to approach the subject in a critical manner: the capability to identify the main relationships of the development processes to grasp its logic and explain it according to the different theoretical approaches and with a critical capacity.
4.Communication abilities: to knowledge of the analytical rigor through the use of formulas and graphs and with the illustration of logical links.
5.Learning ability: successful condition in learning is the ability to reconstruct autonomously and critically the introductory notions of development economics.

The course provides students with the analytical, conceptual and methodological tools for analyzing and comprehending political change from the XXth century up till today, with particular reference to changes in the political cultures of complex societies and the efffects of globalization on political processes and on the democratic fibre of the nations. . Through the analysis of political sociology's main authors, theories and concepts students will acquire the necessary knowledge and competence for interpreting -and professionally operating in - complex globalized socio-political systems. The acquired baggage of knowledge and experties will enable students to comprehend the dynamics, power relations, structural and superstructural variables that operate in the political context they will deal and work with in the future.

1. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. At the end of the course students will be able to:
- read and summarize scientific texts that analyze the concept of political culture and its multiple fields (leadership styles, political organizations, political communication, political participation, etc.)
- describe the main theoretical concepts and research methodologies attributable to the national and international panorama of studies on political cultures;
- identify the main authors who contributed to the definition of the concept of political culture and its evolution.

2. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. At the end of the course students will be able to:
- collocate authors and theories relating to the concept of political culture in a line of temporal evolution;
- summarize the main theoretical-scientific aspects related to the studies on political cultures;
- define its limits and identify the critical issues of the concept of political culture.

3. MAKING JUDGMENTS. At the end of the course students will be able to:
- describe in socio-political terms the characteristics of the political system and its complex interactions with the social system.
- identify and use socio-political variables in the evaluation of a complex political and social scenario;
- understand the multiple dimensions that intervene in the relations between the political system and the social system.

4. COMMUNICATION SKILLS. At the end of the course students will be able to:
- use the scientific lexicon of political sociology in an advanced way in oral exposure and writing;
- discuss in public concepts, theories and criticisms relating to studies on political cultures;
- work in a group, sharing and exchanging the knowledge acquired in the field of political sociology.

5. LEARNING SKILLS. At the end of the course students will be able to:
- find and deepen independently the new scientific orientations and the new contributions offered to the study and analysis of the relationship between the social system and the political system.
- recover and deepen acquired socio-political knowledge during the course of their scientific maturation process and along their professional path.

At the end of the course the students are expected to have the following results:

- to know the main political theories, especially about democracy (knowledge and understanding)
- to use previous knowledge in the history of philosophy in order to read and understand some philosophical texts (applying knowledge and understanding)
- to find and to judge the argumentative structure of a philosophical text (making judgements)
- to present orally the acquired knowledge, using appropriate and specific language (communication skills)
- to read and interpret a philosophical text, which was not previously commented on by the teacher (learning skills)


International

A la fin de leur parcours les étudiant*e*s devront avoir atteint les résultats suivants:
- connaitre les principales théories plolitiques, et notamment les différentes théorisations de la démocratie (connaissance et capacité de compréhension)
- savoir appliquer l'étude des manuels à la lecture et à la compréhension des textes philosophiques (application des connaissances et des capacités de compréhention)
- savoir reconnaitre la structure argumentative d'un texte philosophique et savoir évaluer sa pertinence et efficace (autonomie de jugement)
- savoir exposer les connaissances acquises à l'oral et à l'écrit, utilisant un langage approprié (abilités en communication)
- savoir lire et interpréter de manière autonome un texte philosophique non analysé pendant le cours (capacité d'apprendre)

Programma

Il corso si propone di illustrare come si costruisce il profilo pubblico di un partito politico, in particolar modo il Partito comunista italiano nella seconda metà del Novecento, attraverso la comunicazione. Ci si concentrerà su un’analisi del sistema comunicativo del partito (linguaggio verbale; memoria e simboli; manifestazioni e mass media) e delle sue finalità, misurando l’influenza che le scelte dei gruppi dirigenti ebbero sulla costruzione dell’identità militante.
Temi e parole-chiave, valori e anti-miti saranno al centro dell’attenzione. Il corso si baserà sullo studio della produzione scritta del partito (discorsi ufficiali; stampa; propaganda) e della produzione visuale (immagini e audiovideo). Seguendo questa stessa falsariga, una parte del corso sarà dedicata allo studio dell’anticomunismo.
Il corso prevede una breve parte introduttiva sulla storia del comunismo nel Novecento, per fornire un quadro fattuale necessario al successivo approfondimento specialistico.

Basic knowledge of:
methodology and techniques of political and social research, comparative politics and policies analysis

The course introduces the mechanisms of human communication "mediated" by technologies. During the course, communication products, their narrations and media configurations will be examined, analyzing the languages, the genres and the formats with which they manifest themselves.

1) Objectives in terms of "Knowledge and understanding": at the end of the course the students will have learned the fundamental dynamics of communication processes. In particular, they will know the different verbal and non-verbal expressive modes and their uses in communication contexts and, through the analysis of the different types and characteristics of the media, they will understand the variables necessary for the choice of the most functional media for the specific communication needs.

2) Objectives in terms of "Ability to apply knowledge and understanding": at the end of the course, students will be able to understand the technical terminology and the fundamental notions of effective communication and will be able to critically analyze the effectiveness of communication also in contexts of intermedia, cross-media and trans-media processes.

3) At the end of the course, students must have achieved the following results:
- recognize the dynamics of meaning of different media (knowledge and applied understanding skills);
- know the differences and the underlying logics behind the multiplicity of languages, genres and formats (autonomy of judgment and ability to learn);
- knowing how to present the acquired knowledge, using an appropriate language (communication skills);
- develop specific skills to understand, analyze and produce communication for old and new media (knowledge and applied understanding skills).

The course is aimed at providing students with an introduction to the linguistic and grammatical aspects of the English language, particularly its morphological, syntactic, semantic and lexical properties. The development of the essential language skills is chiefly aimed at understanding scientific texts of the specific area of study. At the end of the course, students will be able to recognise and use correctly the skills and language structures corresponding to B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

The course aims to provide students with an adequate knowledge of European colonialism between XIX and XX century, with a particular regard to the Italian colonial rule in Africa.
At the end of the course students should be able to present synthetically the contents of the course and demonstrate comprehension, autonomy of judgment and expositive skills.

The course provides students with the analytical, conceptual and methodological tools for analyzing and comprehending political change from the XXth century up till today, with particular reference to changes in the political cultures of complex societies and the efffects of globalization on political processes and on the democratic fibre of the nations. . Through the analysis of political sociology's main authors, theories and concepts students will acquire the necessary knowledge and competence for interpreting -and professionally operating in - complex globalized socio-political systems. The acquired baggage of knowledge and experties will enable students to comprehend the dynamics, power relations, structural and superstructural variables that operate in the political context they will deal and work with in the future.

1. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. At the end of the course students will be able to:
- read and summarize scientific texts that analyze the concept of political culture and its multiple fields (leadership styles, political organizations, political communication, political participation, etc.)
- describe the main theoretical concepts and research methodologies attributable to the national and international panorama of studies on political cultures;
- identify the main authors who contributed to the definition of the concept of political culture and its evolution.

2. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. At the end of the course students will be able to:
- collocate authors and theories relating to the concept of political culture in a line of temporal evolution;
- summarize the main theoretical-scientific aspects related to the studies on political cultures;
- define its limits and identify the critical issues of the concept of political culture.

3. MAKING JUDGMENTS. At the end of the course students will be able to:
- describe in socio-political terms the characteristics of the political system and its complex interactions with the social system.
- identify and use socio-political variables in the evaluation of a complex political and social scenario;
- understand the multiple dimensions that intervene in the relations between the political system and the social system.

4. COMMUNICATION SKILLS. At the end of the course students will be able to:
- use the scientific lexicon of political sociology in an advanced way in oral exposure and writing;
- discuss in public concepts, theories and criticisms relating to studies on political cultures;
- work in a group, sharing and exchanging the knowledge acquired in the field of political sociology.

5. LEARNING SKILLS. At the end of the course students will be able to:
- find and deepen independently the new scientific orientations and the new contributions offered to the study and analysis of the relationship between the social system and the political system.
- recover and deepen acquired socio-political knowledge during the course of their scientific maturation process and along their professional path.

A)EDUCATIONAL GOALS
Provide specific knowledge and skills to analyze development processes globally and locally, and identify their risk factors and opportunities
B) EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES
1.Knowledge and understanding ability: the knowledge of theories and economic policies useful to understand the main issues of economic development and globalization.
2.Capability to apply knowledge and understanding: the knowledge of concepts and methods to judge the main criticalities and opportunities of economic development .
3.Capability to approach the subject in a critical manner: the capability to identify the main relationships of the development processes to grasp its logic and explain it according to the different theoretical approaches and with a critical capacity.
4.Communication abilities: to knowledge of the analytical rigor through the use of formulas and graphs and with the illustration of logical links.
5.Learning ability: successful condition in learning is the ability to reconstruct autonomously and critically the introductory notions of development economics.

- knowledge of the structures of international law
- critical analysis of the main issues
- ability to deal with practical cases

The course aims to provide articulated knowledge on the history and geopolitics of international security.

The educational objectives concern the analysis of the transformations of the international system, from the formation of the nation states to the Great War, from the birth of the League of Nations to the Second World War, from the Cold War to the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, from 11 September 2001 to the present time.

Particular importance is given to the ability to move in the main geopolitical spaces of the global world, to interpret the dynamics of political, economic and cultural power at a national and supranational level,
to deconstruct the media narratives of large transnational information systems

MAIN OBJECTIVES
1 - Develop interest for research
2, 3 - Increase Knowledge and Understanding, Enlarge Communication Skills
4 - Strengthen Making Judgements dimension

Goals to be achieved by Students:
Knowledge and Understanding, Communication Skills.
Making Judgments - independence of judgment.
Identify theoretical aspects of the problems.
Knowledge of Political Geography and Economic Geography.
Knowledge of principle of Sustainable Development.
Knowledge of principal ecological and environmental protection policies.
Awareness of geopolitical dimension of problems and challenges of today's world (global warming, water, desertification, land aridization, population growth, biodiversity loss).

Knowledge and understanding: The Crime and Economics course provides the student, with the main theoretical and empirical tools, to be able to explain and study social and economic contexts characterized by the presence of criminal activities and to investigate the main unlawful events that affecting the economy.
Applied knowledge and understanding: The student will be able to evaluate the economic policies effect to tackle crime and unlawful behavior (corruption, evasion, etc.) but also to identify the most frequent unlawful conduct.
Autonomy of judgment: The student will be able to analyze the main aspects of the criminal economy activities and to manage independently and critically different social and market scenarios, characterized by the presence of criminal activities.
Communication skills: The student will be able to analyze, with scientific strictness and technical formalism, the rigorous representation of problems and solutions in the interactions of crime and economy.
Learning skills: The student will be able to evaluate, in advance, the effect produced by policies to tackle crime and unlawful behavior (for example corruption, evasion, etc.) also from an economic point of view.

The course provides students with the analytical, conceptual and methodological tools for analyzing and comprehending political change from the XXth century up till today, with particular reference to changes in the political cultures of complex societies and the efffects of globalization on political processes and on the democratic fibre of the nations. . Through the analysis of political sociology's main authors, theories and concepts students will acquire the necessary knowledge and competence for interpreting -and professionally operating in - complex globalized socio-political systems. The acquired baggage of knowledge and experties will enable students to comprehend the dynamics, power relations, structural and superstructural variables that operate in the political context they will deal and work with in the future.

1. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. At the end of the course students will be able to:
- read and summarize scientific texts that analyze the concept of political culture and its multiple fields (leadership styles, political organizations, political communication, political participation, etc.)
- describe the main theoretical concepts and research methodologies attributable to the national and international panorama of studies on political cultures;
- identify the main authors who contributed to the definition of the concept of political culture and its evolution.

2. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. At the end of the course students will be able to:
- collocate authors and theories relating to the concept of political culture in a line of temporal evolution;
- summarize the main theoretical-scientific aspects related to the studies on political cultures;
- define its limits and identify the critical issues of the concept of political culture.

3. MAKING JUDGMENTS. At the end of the course students will be able to:
- describe in socio-political terms the characteristics of the political system and its complex interactions with the social system.
- identify and use socio-political variables in the evaluation of a complex political and social scenario;
- understand the multiple dimensions that intervene in the relations between the political system and the social system.

4. COMMUNICATION SKILLS. At the end of the course students will be able to:
- use the scientific lexicon of political sociology in an advanced way in oral exposure and writing;
- discuss in public concepts, theories and criticisms relating to studies on political cultures;
- work in a group, sharing and exchanging the knowledge acquired in the field of political sociology.

5. LEARNING SKILLS. At the end of the course students will be able to:
- find and deepen independently the new scientific orientations and the new contributions offered to the study and analysis of the relationship between the social system and the political system.
- recover and deepen acquired socio-political knowledge during the course of their scientific maturation process and along their professional path.

The course is aimed at providing students with an introduction to the linguistic and grammatical aspects of the English language, particularly its morphological, syntactic, semantic and lexical properties. The development of the essential language skills is chiefly aimed at understanding scientific texts of the specific area of study. At the end of the course, students will be able to recognise and use correctly the skills and language structures corresponding to B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Il corso si prefigge l'obiettivo di illustrare agli studenti la normativa vigente di contrasto al terrorismo, come la stessa sia il frutto di un'attenta opera del legislatore che, nel corso degli anni, con diversi interventi, ha fornito gli strumenti per fronteggiare adeguatamente la minaccia proveniente dalle varie formazioni terroristiche che hanno operato in Italia o nel mondo, costituendo comunque un pericolo per il nostro Paese.
Verranno, pertanto, forniti cenni sui principali gruppi operanti in Italia negli anni '70 e '80, in particolare quelli di matrice marxista leninista e di estrema destra, illustrando la normativa dal Codice Rocco, alla cd "Legge Reale" sino alla cd legislazione di emergenza.
Seguirà un'analisi dello sviluppo del terrorismo internazionale, dalla nascita di Al Qaeda sino al sedicente Islamic State, mettendo in relazione le loro azioni e vicende con gli interventi normativi dal D.L. 374/2001, convertito nella legge 438 del 2001, all'indomani degli attacchi alle Torri Gemelle di New York, sino ad oggi.
Sarà poi complessivamente esaminato il modello di sicurezza italiano, ponendo in particolare l'attenzione sul Comitato di Analisi Strategica Antiterrorismo - C.A.S.A.
Con l'esame di casi concreti saranno, infine, presi in esame le misure amministrative istruite ed irrogate in un'ottica di prevenzione della minaccia terroristica.
Durante le lezioni, oltre ai cultori della materia, potranno essere invitati a fornire contributi esperti del settore, in particolare Dirigenti della Polizia di Stato e Ufficiali dei Carabinieri, con particolari competenze ed esperienze nel contrasto al terrorismo.

The course aims to provide articulated knowledge on the history and geopolitics of international security.

The educational objectives concern the analysis of the transformations of the international system, from the formation of the nation states to the Great War, from the birth of the League of Nations to the Second World War, from the Cold War to the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, from 11 September 2001 to the present time.

Particular importance is given to the ability to move in the main geopolitical spaces of the global world, to interpret the dynamics of political, economic and cultural power at a national and supranational level,
to deconstruct the media narratives of large transnational information systems