An examination of the changing Italian political climate and the incomplete transition from the 1st to the 2nd Republic. Special emphasis on the potential but unpredictable outcomes of this transition process in view of the intermingling of new approaches with old fashioned political procedures. Due consideration will be given to the division of powers between state authorities and local administrations, as well as the role played both by non-governmental institutions and organized crime. Special attention is devoted to the overlapping of political and economic issues both in the past and in more recent times, with emphasis on the issue of the control of the media.
Learning outcomes:
By the end of the course, students are able to
- assess the different values that lay behind the Italian Constitution;
- identify the multiple components of the Italian political system;
- evaluate the relevance of organized crime and corruption in Italian politics;
- understand the decision making process of government;
- recognize the actual dynamics of party politics and machinery.
Method of presentation:
Lectures, debates and discussions.
LANGUAGE OF PRESENTATION: English
Field study:
FIELD TRIPS & SEMINARS
a. Visit to the Italian Senate or House
b. Visit to Roma 3 university
c. Visit to Quirinale presidential palace
d. Visit to the headquarters of Libera, anti-mafia association
e. Visit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Required work and form of assessment:
Class participation (20%); mid-term exam (25%); debates (20%); Final exam (35%);
PLEASE NOTE:
Students agree that by taking this course all required papers may be subject to submission for textual similarity review to Turnitin.com for the detection of plagiarism. All submitted papers will be included as source documents in the Turnitin.com reference database solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of such papers. Use of the Turnitin.com service is subject to the Terms and Conditions of Use posted on the turnitin.com site.
content:
First week: Introduction to the course
Second week: The Italian Constitution of 1948
a. Background on Italian history
b. The constitution, its origins, its structure, and its implementation
(Modern Italy pp. 383-388; Selected articles from the “English Translation of the Italian Constitution)
Third week: The main players in Italian Politics
a. Elections and the electoral law
b. Governments
c. Parliament
(Political Institutions in Italy 91-94, 103-123, 137-147; Selected articles from the “English Translation of the Italian Constitution)
Fourth week: The other ever more important players
a. The Medias
b. The judiciary
(Political Institutions in Italy 232-254; Hibberd, Matthew 'Conflicts of interest and media pluralism in Italian broadcasting', West European Politics, 30:4, 881 - 902 )
Fifth week: The Italian constitution and reality
Presentations and debates over the Italian laws and constitution and current events. Comparisons between the Italian and the American way
(materials provided by the teacher and by those who carry out debate and presentations)
Sixth week: Midterm exam
Seventh week: Corruption and the Bribesville scandal
a. How corruption works in Italy, the role of the judiciary
b. The Tangentopoli (Bribesville) scandal and the Italian transition
( Italy and its Discontents , 179-194; The New Italian Republic, 191-205;)
Eighth week: Organized Crime and politics
a. Mafia and Camorra, origins and development
b. Why the Mafias are so relevant in Italian politics?
c. Mafia terrorism and the Italian transition
(Italy and its Discontents, 195-212;Paoli, Letizia 'Mafia and organised crime in Italy: The unacknowledged successes of law enforcement', West European Politics, 30:4, 854 - 880)
Ninth week: The end of the First Republic, the rise of the Second
a. The collapse of the old party system
b. The 1993 referendum on the electoral law and the rise of the new parties
c. The Decline of the fight against corruption
(Modern Italy 494-506; Della Porta, Donatella and Vannucci (translated by Alex Wilson), Alberto 'Corruption and anti-corruption: The political defeat of ‘Clean Hands’ in Italy', West European Politics, 30:4, 830 - 853)
Tenth week: Berlusconi's era, Italy's last 17 years
a. Berlusconi in the field, the 1994 elections
b. Prodi and the centre-left in power
c. Berlusconi’s second time in power 2001-2006
(Modern Italy 506-530;)
Eleventh week: Berlusconi and the Italian centre-right
a. From Forza Italia to the “People of Liberty”
b. the Northern League
(The New Italian Republic, 113-129; Albertazzi, Daniele and McDonnell, Duncan 'The Lega Nord Back in Government', West European Politics, 33:6, 1318 – 1340; Other articles provided by the Teacher)
Twelfth week: Italian politics and the world
a. Domestic politics and Foreign policy
b. Field study to the MFA
(; Carbone, Maurizio 'The domestic foundations of Italy's foreign and development policies', West European Politics, 30:4, 903 – 923 ; Other articles provided by the Teacher)
Required readings:
Albertazzi, Daniele and McDonnell, Duncan 'The Lega Nord Back in Government', West European Politics, 33:6, 1318 - 1340
Clark, Martin, Modern Italy, Harlow: Pearson Education, 2008 3rd edition (pages 383-388; 393-401; 494-530)
Cotta, Maurizio and Luca Verzichelli, Political Institutions in Italy, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007 (pages 91-94, 103-123, 137-147; 232-254)
Della Porta, Donatella and Vannucci (translated by Alex Wilson), Alberto 'Corruption and anti-corruption: The political defeat of ‘Clean Hands’ in Italy', West European Politics, 30:4, 830 - 853
Ginsborg, Paul, Italy and Its Discontents: Family, Civil Society, State, 1980-2001, London, Allen Lane, 2001. (pages 179-212)
Gundle, S. and Parker, S. eds. The New Italian Republic: From the Fall of the Berlin Wall to Berlusconi, London & NY, Routledge, 2000 (pages 113-129;191-206)
Hibberd, Matthew 'Conflicts of interest and media pluralism in Italian broadcasting', West European Politics, 30:4, 881 – 902
Paoli, Letizia 'Mafia and organised crime in Italy: The unacknowledged successes of law enforcement', West European Politics, 30:4, 854 – 880
Carbone, Maurizio 'The domestic foundations of Italy's foreign and development policies', West European Politics, 30:4, 903 – 923
The English Translation of the Italian Constitution, available in the PO 221 shelf in the Library
Articles and Essays provided by the teacher on the “PO 221” shelf in the Library during the semester
REQUIRED MOVIES
“One Hundred Steps” (Italian: I Cento Passi, 2000), Director: Marco Tullio Giordana.
Subtitled in English
Recommended readings:
Koff, S.Z. & Koff, S.P., Italy from the First to the Second Republic, London & NY, Routledge, 2000
La Palombara, Joseph, Democracy Italian Style (Yale Univ. Press, 1989)
McCarthy, Patrick, The Crisis of the Italian State: From the Origins of the Cold War to the Fall of Berlusconi and Beyond, New York, Palgrave McMillan, 1997
RECOMMENDED MOVIES
“The Best of Youth” (Italian: La Meglio Gioventù, 2003), Director: Marco Tullio Giordana. Subtitled in english and distributed by Miramax
Brief Biography of Instructor:
Mattia Toaldo is a lecturer at IES since 2007. He is Junior Research Fellow in History of International Relations at the University of Roma Tre (Rome) where he’s part of the Nuclear Proliferation International History Project co-managed with the Washington-based Wilson Center. He is currently writing a book for the Routeledge Publishing Company on “The Origins of the War on Terror: Reagan’s policy in Libya and Lebanon”. He earned his Ph.D. in Diplomatic History at Roma 3 and has already published a book in Italian on the 2008 US elections. In the last decade he has worked as manager in an ICT company, journalist at the daily Il Messaggero and extensively as political consultant also for the Italian Foreign Affairs Ministry.He lived in Tokyo from 1991 to 1993 and in Madrid from 1997 to 2000.
An examination of the changing Italian political climate and the incomplete transition from the 1st to the 2nd Republic. Special emphasis on the potential but unpredictable outcomes of this transition process in view of the intermingling of new approaches with old fashioned political procedures. Due consideration will be given to the division of powers between state authorities and local administrations, as well as the role played both by non-governmental institutions and organized crime. Special attention is devoted to the overlapping of political and economic issues both in the past and in more recent times, with emphasis on the issue of the control of the media.
By the end of the course, students are able to
- assess the different values that lay behind the Italian Constitution;
- identify the multiple components of the Italian political system;
- evaluate the relevance of organized crime and corruption in Italian politics;
- understand the decision making process of government;
- recognize the actual dynamics of party politics and machinery.
Lectures, debates and discussions.
LANGUAGE OF PRESENTATION: English
FIELD TRIPS & SEMINARS
a. Visit to the Italian Senate or House
b. Visit to Roma 3 university
c. Visit to Quirinale presidential palace
d. Visit to the headquarters of Libera, anti-mafia association
e. Visit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Class participation (20%); mid-term exam (25%); debates (20%); Final exam (35%);
PLEASE NOTE:
Students agree that by taking this course all required papers may be subject to submission for textual similarity review to Turnitin.com for the detection of plagiarism. All submitted papers will be included as source documents in the Turnitin.com reference database solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of such papers. Use of the Turnitin.com service is subject to the Terms and Conditions of Use posted on the turnitin.com site.
First week: Introduction to the course
Second week: The Italian Constitution of 1948
a. Background on Italian history
b. The constitution, its origins, its structure, and its implementation
(Modern Italy pp. 383-388; Selected articles from the “English Translation of the Italian Constitution)
Third week: The main players in Italian Politics
a. Elections and the electoral law
b. Governments
c. Parliament
(Political Institutions in Italy 91-94, 103-123, 137-147; Selected articles from the “English Translation of the Italian Constitution)
Fourth week: The other ever more important players
a. The Medias
b. The judiciary
(Political Institutions in Italy 232-254; Hibberd, Matthew 'Conflicts of interest and media pluralism in Italian broadcasting', West European Politics, 30:4, 881 - 902 )
Fifth week: The Italian constitution and reality
Presentations and debates over the Italian laws and constitution and current events. Comparisons between the Italian and the American way
(materials provided by the teacher and by those who carry out debate and presentations)
Sixth week: Midterm exam
Seventh week: Corruption and the Bribesville scandal
a. How corruption works in Italy, the role of the judiciary
b. The Tangentopoli (Bribesville) scandal and the Italian transition
( Italy and its Discontents , 179-194; The New Italian Republic, 191-205;)
Eighth week: Organized Crime and politics
a. Mafia and Camorra, origins and development
b. Why the Mafias are so relevant in Italian politics?
c. Mafia terrorism and the Italian transition
(Italy and its Discontents, 195-212;Paoli, Letizia 'Mafia and organised crime in Italy: The unacknowledged successes of law enforcement', West European Politics, 30:4, 854 - 880)
Ninth week: The end of the First Republic, the rise of the Second
a. The collapse of the old party system
b. The 1993 referendum on the electoral law and the rise of the new parties
c. The Decline of the fight against corruption
(Modern Italy 494-506; Della Porta, Donatella and Vannucci (translated by Alex Wilson), Alberto 'Corruption and anti-corruption: The political defeat of ‘Clean Hands’ in Italy', West European Politics, 30:4, 830 - 853)
Tenth week: Berlusconi's era, Italy's last 17 years
a. Berlusconi in the field, the 1994 elections
b. Prodi and the centre-left in power
c. Berlusconi’s second time in power 2001-2006
(Modern Italy 506-530;)
Eleventh week: Berlusconi and the Italian centre-right
a. From Forza Italia to the “People of Liberty”
b. the Northern League
(The New Italian Republic, 113-129; Albertazzi, Daniele and McDonnell, Duncan 'The Lega Nord Back in Government', West European Politics, 33:6, 1318 – 1340; Other articles provided by the Teacher)
Twelfth week: Italian politics and the world
a. Domestic politics and Foreign policy
b. Field study to the MFA
(; Carbone, Maurizio 'The domestic foundations of Italy's foreign and development policies', West European Politics, 30:4, 903 – 923 ; Other articles provided by the Teacher)
Albertazzi, Daniele and McDonnell, Duncan 'The Lega Nord Back in Government', West European Politics, 33:6, 1318 - 1340
Clark, Martin, Modern Italy, Harlow: Pearson Education, 2008 3rd edition (pages 383-388; 393-401; 494-530)
Cotta, Maurizio and Luca Verzichelli, Political Institutions in Italy, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007 (pages 91-94, 103-123, 137-147; 232-254)
Della Porta, Donatella and Vannucci (translated by Alex Wilson), Alberto 'Corruption and anti-corruption: The political defeat of ‘Clean Hands’ in Italy', West European Politics, 30:4, 830 - 853
Ginsborg, Paul, Italy and Its Discontents: Family, Civil Society, State, 1980-2001, London, Allen Lane, 2001. (pages 179-212)
Gundle, S. and Parker, S. eds. The New Italian Republic: From the Fall of the Berlin Wall to Berlusconi, London & NY, Routledge, 2000 (pages 113-129;191-206)
Hibberd, Matthew 'Conflicts of interest and media pluralism in Italian broadcasting', West European Politics, 30:4, 881 – 902
Paoli, Letizia 'Mafia and organised crime in Italy: The unacknowledged successes of law enforcement', West European Politics, 30:4, 854 – 880
Carbone, Maurizio 'The domestic foundations of Italy's foreign and development policies', West European Politics, 30:4, 903 – 923
The English Translation of the Italian Constitution, available in the PO 221 shelf in the Library
Articles and Essays provided by the teacher on the “PO 221” shelf in the Library during the semester
REQUIRED MOVIES
“One Hundred Steps” (Italian: I Cento Passi, 2000), Director: Marco Tullio Giordana.
Subtitled in English
Koff, S.Z. & Koff, S.P., Italy from the First to the Second Republic, London & NY, Routledge, 2000
La Palombara, Joseph, Democracy Italian Style (Yale Univ. Press, 1989)
McCarthy, Patrick, The Crisis of the Italian State: From the Origins of the Cold War to the Fall of Berlusconi and Beyond, New York, Palgrave McMillan, 1997
RECOMMENDED MOVIES
“The Best of Youth” (Italian: La Meglio Gioventù, 2003), Director: Marco Tullio Giordana. Subtitled in english and distributed by Miramax
Mattia Toaldo is a lecturer at IES since 2007. He is Junior Research Fellow in History of International Relations at the University of Roma Tre (Rome) where he’s part of the Nuclear Proliferation International History Project co-managed with the Washington-based Wilson Center. He is currently writing a book for the Routeledge Publishing Company on “The Origins of the War on Terror: Reagan’s policy in Libya and Lebanon”. He earned his Ph.D. in Diplomatic History at Roma 3 and has already published a book in Italian on the 2008 US elections. In the last decade he has worked as manager in an ICT company, journalist at the daily Il Messaggero and extensively as political consultant also for the Italian Foreign Affairs Ministry.He lived in Tokyo from 1991 to 1993 and in Madrid from 1997 to 2000.