Economia e Management | Economic History

cod. 0212700038

ECONOMIC HISTORY

	0212700038
	DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE AZIENDALI - MANAGEMENT & INNOVATION SYSTEMS
	EQF6
	BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
	2017/2018

CURRICULUM ECONOMIA E GESTIONE DELLE IMPRESE Cohort 2016/2017

	YEAR OF COURSE 2
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2014
	SECONDO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	SECS-P/12	10	60	LESSONS	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

	Objectives
	- KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND CRITICAL CAPACITIES ON TOPICS ABOUT THE EVOLUTIVE SCENARIOS OF CAPITALISTIC PROMOTION OF SPECIAL ANALYTICAL ABILITY IN RELATION TO TOPICS OF PUBLIC DEBT, STATE FINANCE, AGRICULTURE, SECONDARY SECTOR, TRADE, TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS, PUBLIC INTERVENTIONS AND BANKS - OPERATIVE SKILLS STUDENTS MUST BE ABLE TO APPLY THEIR KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING SKILLS, AND THEIR ABILITY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS IN CONTEXTS ECONOMIC - COMMUNICATION SKILLS THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP AND TO INTERPRETE THE MAIN MACROECONOMIC PHENOMENA (ECONOMIC GROWTH PROCESSES, DEVELOPMENT MODELS OF CAPITALIST ECONOMICS, CHANGE IN THE INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATION PROCESS, GLOBALIZATION) IN A DIACRONIC PERSPECTIVE.

- KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
ACHIEVEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND CRITICAL CAPACITIES ON TOPICS ABOUT THE EVOLUTIVE SCENARIOS OF CAPITALISTIC PROMOTION OF SPECIAL ANALYTICAL ABILITY IN RELATION TO TOPICS OF PUBLIC DEBT, STATE FINANCE, AGRICULTURE, SECONDARY SECTOR, TRADE, TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS, PUBLIC INTERVENTIONS AND BANKS
- OPERATIVE SKILLS
STUDENTS MUST BE ABLE TO APPLY THEIR KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING SKILLS, AND THEIR ABILITY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS IN CONTEXTS ECONOMIC
- COMMUNICATION SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP AND TO INTERPRETE THE MAIN MACROECONOMIC PHENOMENA (ECONOMIC GROWTH PROCESSES, DEVELOPMENT MODELS OF CAPITALIST ECONOMICS, CHANGE IN THE INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATION PROCESS, GLOBALIZATION) IN A DIACRONIC PERSPECTIVE.

	Prerequisites
	A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF ECONOMICS IS RECOMMENDED.

	Contents
	THE COURSE IS STRUCTURED IN THREE SECTIONS: A)GENERAL SECTION ANALYSIS OF FUNDAMENTAL TOPICS AND BASIC GLOSSARY OF DISCIPLINE. STUDY OF THE DIFFERENT THEORIES OF ECONOMIC CYCLES. GREAT DIVERGENCE AND LITTLE DIVERGENCE. ANALYSIS OF STADIAL MODELS. ANALYSIS OF PRINCIPAL TECHNOLOGICAL PARADIGMS. MONETARY AND BANKING INSTRUMENTS B)INTERNATIONAL SECTION ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT NATIONAL ECONOMIES DURING MODERN AGE. THE FORMATION OF NATIONAL STATES. THE PROCESS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION IN EUROPE. COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM IN THE XIX CENTURY. THE BELLE ÉPOQUE SCENARIOS. THE WAR ECONOMY DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR. THE GREAT DEPRESSION OF THE 1930’S. KEYNESIAN POLICIES. DIRIGISM AND AUTARCHY. THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND THE RECONSTRUCTION. THE NEW FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OF BRETTON WOODS. WORLD AND EUROPEAN ECONOMY SCENARIOS IN THE LAST 30 YEAR OF XX CENTURY. THE GLOBALIZATION. C)ITALIAN SECTION ECONOMIC PROBLEMS AT THE TIME OF ITALY’S UNIFICATION: MONEY, BANKS, CUSTOMS, PUBLIC DEBT, THE ECONOMIC SECTORS. THE DIFFERENT APPROACHES OF ECONOMIC POLICY OF THE RIGHT HAND PARTY AND LEFT HAND PARTY. THE ECONOMIC TAKE OVER DURING GIOLITTI’S GOVERNMENT. THE FASCISM AND AUTARCHY. THE ENTREPRENEURIAL STATE. ECONOMIC PROBLEMS AFTER WORLD WAR II. THE "ECONOMIC MIRACLE". THE INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATION.

Contents

THE COURSE IS STRUCTURED IN THREE SECTIONS:
A)GENERAL SECTION
ANALYSIS OF FUNDAMENTAL TOPICS AND BASIC GLOSSARY OF DISCIPLINE. STUDY OF THE DIFFERENT THEORIES OF ECONOMIC CYCLES. GREAT DIVERGENCE AND LITTLE DIVERGENCE. ANALYSIS OF STADIAL MODELS. ANALYSIS OF PRINCIPAL TECHNOLOGICAL PARADIGMS. MONETARY AND BANKING INSTRUMENTS

B)INTERNATIONAL SECTION
ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT NATIONAL ECONOMIES DURING MODERN AGE. THE FORMATION OF NATIONAL STATES. THE PROCESS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION IN EUROPE. COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM IN THE XIX CENTURY. THE BELLE ÉPOQUE SCENARIOS. THE WAR ECONOMY DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR. THE GREAT DEPRESSION OF THE 1930’S. KEYNESIAN POLICIES. DIRIGISM AND AUTARCHY. THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND THE RECONSTRUCTION. THE NEW FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OF BRETTON WOODS. WORLD AND EUROPEAN ECONOMY SCENARIOS IN THE LAST 30 YEAR OF XX CENTURY. THE GLOBALIZATION.
C)ITALIAN SECTION
ECONOMIC PROBLEMS AT THE TIME OF ITALY’S UNIFICATION: MONEY, BANKS, CUSTOMS, PUBLIC DEBT, THE ECONOMIC SECTORS. THE DIFFERENT APPROACHES OF ECONOMIC POLICY OF THE RIGHT HAND PARTY AND LEFT HAND PARTY. THE ECONOMIC TAKE OVER DURING GIOLITTI’S GOVERNMENT. THE FASCISM AND AUTARCHY. THE ENTREPRENEURIAL STATE. ECONOMIC PROBLEMS AFTER WORLD WAR II. THE "ECONOMIC MIRACLE". THE INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATION.

	Teaching Methods
	THE COURSE IS BASED ON 60 HOURS TEACHING: FRONT LESSONS (52 HOURS); SEMINARS (4 HOURS), CASE STUDY DISCUSSION (4 HOURS).

	Verification of learning
	THE COURSE PROVIDES AN ORAL FINAL TEST, IN ORDER TO CHECK THE STUDENT'S CAPACITY TO CRITICALLY AND DIACRONICALLY ANALYZE THE MAIN SOCIO-ECONOMIC PHENOMENON STUDIED, IN DIFFERENT TERRITORIAL CONTESTS AND IN DIFFERENT PHASES OF WORLD ECONOMIC HISTORY. THE ACHIEVING OF THE LEARNING GOALS IS CERTIFIED BY AN EXAMINATION WITH A FINAL SCORE EXPRESSED IN 1/30. THE ORAL TEST IS BASED ON A SET OF SPECIFIC QUESTIONS TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND COMPLETION CAPABILITY REACHED BY THE STUDENT. THE FINAL TEST WILL ALSO CHECK THE EXPOSURE CAPABILITY OF THE STUDENT TO USE THE APPROPRIATE TERMINOLOGY AND THE CAPACITY TO ORGANIZE AUTONOMOUSLY HIS/HER PRESENTATION. THE TEST HAS A DURATION OF ABOUT 20 MINUTES, ARTICULATED IN 5 QUESTIONS, EVALUATED 1 TO 6 POINTS IS INTENDED POSITIVE UPON THE MINIMUM VOTE OF 18/30.

Verification of learning

THE COURSE PROVIDES AN ORAL FINAL TEST, IN ORDER TO CHECK THE STUDENT'S CAPACITY TO CRITICALLY AND DIACRONICALLY ANALYZE THE MAIN SOCIO-ECONOMIC PHENOMENON STUDIED, IN DIFFERENT TERRITORIAL CONTESTS AND IN DIFFERENT PHASES OF WORLD ECONOMIC HISTORY.
THE ACHIEVING OF THE LEARNING GOALS IS CERTIFIED BY AN EXAMINATION WITH A FINAL SCORE EXPRESSED IN 1/30.
THE ORAL TEST IS BASED ON A SET OF SPECIFIC QUESTIONS TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND COMPLETION CAPABILITY REACHED BY THE STUDENT. THE FINAL TEST WILL ALSO CHECK THE EXPOSURE CAPABILITY OF THE STUDENT TO USE THE APPROPRIATE TERMINOLOGY AND THE CAPACITY TO ORGANIZE AUTONOMOUSLY HIS/HER PRESENTATION.
THE TEST HAS A DURATION OF ABOUT 20 MINUTES, ARTICULATED IN 5 QUESTIONS, EVALUATED 1 TO 6 POINTS IS INTENDED POSITIVE UPON THE MINIMUM VOTE OF 18/30.

	Texts
	FOR GENERAL AND INTERNATIONAL SECTION: RONALD FINDLAY & KEVIN H. O'ROURKE, POWER AND PLENTY: TRADE, WAR, AND THE WORLD ECONOMY IN THE SECOND MILLENNIUM, PRINCETON, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2009 FOR ITALIAN SECTION: V. ZAMAGNI, THE ECONOMIC HISTORY OF ITALY 1860-1990, CLARENDON PRESS, 1993