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STORIA DELLO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO

Scienze Politiche e delle Relazioni Internazionali STORIA DELLO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO

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DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE POLITICHE E DELLA COMUNICAZIONE
EQF6
POLITICAL AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SCIENCE
2018/2019



YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
640LESSONS
ROBERTO ROSSI T Curriculum
Objectives
THE COURSE AIMS TO DEFINE THE PHENOMENON THAT LEADS TO TERRITORIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UNDERSTOOD AS A COMPLEX PROBLEM IN WHICH REVERBERATE HISTORICAL, DEMOGRAPHIC, ECONOMIC, CULTURAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL FACTORS.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE CONCEPTS AND TOOLS TO UNDERSTAND THE LONG-TERM ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROCESSES, IN ORDER TO STIMULATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CRITICAL CONCEPT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IN PARTICULAR, WILL BE ANALYZED THE FACTORS OF ACTIVATION AND PROPULSION OF DEVELOPMENT, SUCH AS CAPITAL ACCUMULATION AND ITS USE THROUGH INVESTMENT PROCESSES, THE SELECTION OF TECHNOLOGIES, THE ACTIVITY OF PRIVATE ENTREPRENEURS AND THE STATE.
ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE COURSE AIMS TO INTEGRATE HISTORICAL-ECONOMIC KNOWLEDGE WITH THE EVIDENCE SUGGESTED BY THE ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY AND THE SOCIOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT. IN ADDITION, THE COURSE AIMS TO IDENTIFY THE LINKS BETWEEN THE VARIOUS INTERPRETATIONS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED BY THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE AND SOME SELECTED EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE THROUGH THE DEEPENING OF COUNTRY REPORTS AND DATABASES.
Prerequisites
A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF ECONOMICS IS RECOMMENDED
Contents
PART I - MODERN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (GENERAL CLASSIFICATION: 15 HOURS OF WHICH 5 OF SEMINARS AND EXERCISES)
1. ECONOMIC HISTORY AS A HISTORY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
2. PROGRESS, DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC CYCLES IN CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC THOUGHT
3. GROWTH AND TRANSFORMATION OF THE ECONOMIES
4. THE DEMOGRAPHIC DYNAMICS
5. ENERGY, RESOURCES, THE ENVIRONMENT
6. MONEY AND CREDIT
7. THE EVOLUTION OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
8. TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
9. TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
10. TRADE AND MARKETS
11. AGRICULTURE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
12. HUMAN CAPITAL, WORK AND FACTORY ORGANIZATION
13. EDUCATION AND FORMATION OF HUMAN CAPITAL
14. THE ENTERPRISE AS ECONOMIC ACTOR
15. THE ROLE OF THE STATE IN THE ECONOMY

PART II - THE NATIONAL / REGIONAL CASES (25 HOURS 10 OF WHICH DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF CASE STUDIES BY THE STUDENTS)
1. EUROPE (WESTERN AND EASTERN)
2. THE UNITED STATES
3. INDIA
4. CHINA
5. SOUTH AMERICA
6. THE AFRICAN CASE
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE INCLUDES 40 HOURS OF CLASSROOM TEACHING (WITHOUT COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE).
DURING THE LECTURES, THEORETICAL TOPICS WILL BE TACKLED CONSTANTLY ALONGSIDE THE PRESENTATION OF CASE STUDIES AND REPORTS THROUGH WHICH THE METHODS AND CONTEXTS OF USE OF WHAT HAS BEEN EXPLAINED ARE CLARIFIED. FOR SUCH
REASON THE EXERCISES AND SEMINARS ARE INTEGRATED INTO THE SCHEDULED LESSONS.
FINALLY, WITHIN THE 60 HOURS OF TEACHING AND AT THE END OF EACH MODULE, SOME LESSONS ARE EXCLUSIVELY DEDICATED TO THE DISCUSSION OF REPORTS BY THE STUDENTS.
Verification of learning
THE VERIFICATION OF LEARNING WILL BE CARRIED OUT THROUGH A FINAL ORAL TEST AIMED AT ASSESSING THE KNOWLEDGE AND OPERATIONAL SKILLS ACQUIRED. AT LEAST THREE QUESTIONS WILL BE FORMULATED TO EVALUATE THE KNOWLEDGE AND OPERATIONAL SKILLS.
THE MINIMUM LEVEL OF EVALUATION (18) IS ASSIGNED WHEN THE STUDENT HAS A FRAGMENTED KNOWLEDGE OF THE THEORETICAL CONTENTS AND SHOWS A LIMITED ABILITY TO USE THEM IN THE CONTEXT OF THE STUDY.
THE MAXIMUM LEVEL (30) IS ASSIGNED WHEN THE STUDENT DEMONSTRATES A COMPLETE AND IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF THE METHODOLOGIES AND TOOLS AND HAS A CONSIDERABLE ABILITY TO USE THEM IN THE CONTEXT OF STUDY.
PRAISE IS GIVEN WHEN THE CANDIDATE DEMONSTRATES SIGNIFICANT MASTERY OF METHODOLOGIES AND TOOLS AND SHOWS CONSIDERABLE OWNERSHIP OF LANGUAGE AND AUTONOMOUS PROCESSING SKILLS EVEN IN CONTEXTS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE PROPOSED BY THE TEACHER.
Texts
1) R.C. ALLEN, GLOBAL ECONOMIC HISTORY: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2011 (SELECTED PARTS);
2) D. ACEMOGLU, J. ROBINSON, WHY NATIONS FAIL: THE ORIGINS OF POWER, PROSPERITY AND POVERTY, PROFILE BOOKS, 2013 (SELECTED PARTS);
3) N. NUNN, THE IMPORTANCE OF HISTORY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, NBER WORKING PAPER NO. 14899 ISSUED IN APRIL 2009;
4) S. L. ENGERMAN, KENNETH L. SOKOLOFF, FACTOR ENDOWMENTS: INSTITUTIONS, AND DIFFERENTIAL PATHS OF GROWTH AMONG NEW WORLD ECONOMIES: A VIEW FROM ECONOMIC HISTORIANS OF THE UNITED STATES, NBER HISTORICAL WORKING PAPER NO. 66 ISSUED IN DECEMBER 1994;
5) D. COMIN, WILLIAM EASTERLY, ERICK GONG, WAS THE WEALTH OF NATIONS DETERMINED IN 1000 B.C.? NBER WORKING PAPER NO. 12657, ISSUED IN OCTOBER 2006;
6) W. EASTERLY, R. LEVINETH, EUROPEAN ORIGINS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, NBER WORKING PAPER NO. 18162, ISSUED IN JUNE 2012;
7) J. L. GALLUP, J. D. SACHS, A. D. MELLINGER, GEOGRAPHY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, NBER WORKING PAPER NO. 6849, ISSUED IN DECEMBER 1998;
8) THE ECONOMIST, SELECTED COUNTRY SURVEYS
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