Scienze Politiche e delle Relazioni Internazionali | DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS

cod. 1212100067

DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS

	1212100067
	DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE POLITICHE, SOCIALI E DELLA COMUNICAZIONE

	POLITICAL AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SCIENCE
	2013/2014

CURRICULUM RELAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI

	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2008
	SECONDO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	SECS-P/02	5	40	LESSONS	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

	Objectives
	THE COURSE IS IN TWO MODULES: THE FIRST PROVIDES DEFINITIONS, EMPIRICAL INFORMATIONS, AND THEORETICAL MODELS NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND THE DEVELOPMENT PATH OF AN ECONOMY. THE FOCUS IS ON THE ITALIAN CAPITALISM. THE SECOND PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK TO EXPLAIN THE EVOLUTION OF THE POLITICAL DEBATE ON THE “MEZZOGIORNO”, AND THE POLICIES DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED TO COMBAT THE DUALISM IN ITALY FROM ’50 (KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING). STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY THESE TOOLS TO DECODIFY BOTH THE SOURCES OF DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENTIALS AND THE HINDRANCES TO AN EFFECTIVE POLICY-MAKING (APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING), AND TO COMPARE THE DIFFERENT PARADIGMS AND ASSESS THE EVOLUTION OF THE POLICY MAKING AND THE INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM IN THE MEZZOGIORNO (MAKING JUDGMENTS). STUDENTS WILL LEARN HOW TO EFFECTIVELY ORGANIZE IDEAS AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO EXPLAIN WITH APPROPRIATE ARGUMENTS BOTH FUNDAMENTAL THEORETICAL ISSUES AND CASES ON LOCAL DEVELOPMENT (COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS). STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO CONNECT KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCES OF THIS COURSE WITH THOSE ACQUIRED IN MORE SIMILAR COURSES AND WILL HAVE AN METHOD TO COLLECT DATA AND BIBLIOGRAPHY (LEARNING SKILLS).

THE COURSE IS IN TWO MODULES: THE FIRST PROVIDES DEFINITIONS, EMPIRICAL INFORMATIONS, AND THEORETICAL MODELS NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND THE DEVELOPMENT PATH OF AN ECONOMY. THE FOCUS IS ON THE ITALIAN CAPITALISM. THE SECOND PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK TO EXPLAIN THE EVOLUTION OF THE POLITICAL DEBATE ON THE “MEZZOGIORNO”, AND THE POLICIES DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED TO COMBAT THE DUALISM IN ITALY FROM ’50 (KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING). STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY THESE TOOLS TO DECODIFY BOTH THE SOURCES OF DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENTIALS AND THE HINDRANCES TO AN EFFECTIVE POLICY-MAKING (APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING), AND TO COMPARE THE DIFFERENT PARADIGMS AND ASSESS THE EVOLUTION OF THE POLICY MAKING AND THE INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM IN THE MEZZOGIORNO (MAKING JUDGMENTS). STUDENTS WILL LEARN HOW TO EFFECTIVELY ORGANIZE IDEAS AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO EXPLAIN WITH APPROPRIATE ARGUMENTS BOTH FUNDAMENTAL THEORETICAL ISSUES AND CASES ON LOCAL DEVELOPMENT (COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS). STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO CONNECT KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCES OF THIS COURSE WITH THOSE ACQUIRED IN MORE SIMILAR COURSES AND WILL HAVE AN METHOD TO COLLECT DATA AND BIBLIOGRAPHY (LEARNING SKILLS).

	Prerequisites
	ECONOMICS

	Contents
	MODULE 1 GROWTH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (DEFINITIONS, INDICATORS). UNDERDEVELOPMENT AND DUALISMS. FROM UNDERDEVELOPMENT TO DEVELOPMENT: ACCUMULATION OF PHYSICAL AND HUMAN CAPITAL, DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS, TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS SOCIAL CAPITAL AND CULTURE, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND INEQUALITY. CASE STUDY: THE ITALIAN CAPITALISM. MODULE 2 THE DEBATE ON THE MEZZOGIORNO AND A TAXONOMY ON THE POLICIES STARTING FROM THE CASSA PER IL MEZZOGIORNO. THE END OF THE SO-CALLED INTERVENTO STRAORDINARIO. THE PHASE OF REGIONAL POLICIES (1992-98). THE SO-CALLED NEW PROGRAMMING: THE PHASES 2000-06 AND 2007-13. MICRO AND MACROECONOMIC IMPACT OF REGIONAL POLICIES. THE PIANO AZIONE COESIONE. CASES.

Contents

MODULE 1
GROWTH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (DEFINITIONS, INDICATORS). UNDERDEVELOPMENT AND DUALISMS. FROM UNDERDEVELOPMENT TO DEVELOPMENT: ACCUMULATION OF PHYSICAL AND HUMAN CAPITAL, DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS, TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS SOCIAL CAPITAL AND CULTURE, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND INEQUALITY. CASE STUDY: THE ITALIAN CAPITALISM.

MODULE 2
THE DEBATE ON THE MEZZOGIORNO AND A TAXONOMY ON THE POLICIES STARTING FROM THE CASSA PER IL MEZZOGIORNO. THE END OF THE SO-CALLED INTERVENTO STRAORDINARIO. THE PHASE OF REGIONAL POLICIES (1992-98). THE SO-CALLED NEW PROGRAMMING: THE PHASES 2000-06 AND 2007-13. MICRO AND MACROECONOMIC IMPACT OF REGIONAL POLICIES. THE PIANO AZIONE COESIONE. CASES.

	Teaching Methods
	LECTURES, SEMINARS, CASES

	Verification of learning
	ORAL EXAMINATION. MID-TERM EXAMINATION: STUDENTS ATTENDING THE COURSE COULD CHOOSE TO WRITE A SHORT REPORT AND DISCUSS. JUDGMENTS WILL BE BASED ON UNDERSTANDING AND ON THE ARGUMENTATION ABILITIES

	Texts
	MODULE 1 (I) VOLPI F.,(2013), LEZIONI DI ECONOMIA DELLO SVILUPPO, MILANO: FRANCO ANGELI (CAPP. 1, 5 E 7-13, PP. 140) E (II) TRENTO S., (2012), IL CAPITALISMO ITALIANO, BOLOGNA: IL MULINO (PP.180) MODULE 2 (I) PROTA S., VIESTI G., (2013), SENZA CASSA. LA POLITICA PER LO SVILUPPO DEL MEZZOGIORNO DOPO L'INTERVENTO STRAORDINARIO, BOLOGNA: IL MULINO (PP.200) (II) TRE ARTICOLI A SCELTA, DA CONCORDARE CON IL DOCENTE, DAI SEGUENTI VOLUMI IL MEZZOGIORNO E LA POLITICA ECONOMICA DELL’ITALIA, BANCA D'ITALIA, 2010 HTTP://WWW.BANCADITALIA.IT/PUBBLICAZIONI/SEMINARI_CONVEGNI/MEZZOGIORNO_4/4_VOLUME_MEZZOGIORNO_2010.PDF NORD E SUD A 150 ANNI DALL'UNITA D'ITALIA, SVIMEZ, 2011 HTTP://WWW.SVIMEZ.INFO/VOLUME150/

Texts

MODULE 1
(I) VOLPI F.,(2013), LEZIONI DI ECONOMIA DELLO SVILUPPO, MILANO: FRANCO ANGELI (CAPP. 1, 5 E 7-13, PP. 140)
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(II) TRENTO S., (2012), IL CAPITALISMO ITALIANO, BOLOGNA: IL MULINO (PP.180)

MODULE 2
(I) PROTA S., VIESTI G., (2013), SENZA CASSA. LA POLITICA PER LO SVILUPPO DEL MEZZOGIORNO DOPO L'INTERVENTO STRAORDINARIO, BOLOGNA: IL MULINO (PP.200)
(II) TRE ARTICOLI A SCELTA, DA CONCORDARE CON IL DOCENTE, DAI SEGUENTI VOLUMI
IL MEZZOGIORNO E LA POLITICA ECONOMICA DELL’ITALIA, BANCA D'ITALIA, 2010
HTTP://WWW.BANCADITALIA.IT/PUBBLICAZIONI/SEMINARI_CONVEGNI/MEZZOGIORNO_4/4_VOLUME_MEZZOGIORNO_2010.PDF
NORD E SUD A 150 ANNI DALL'UNITA D'ITALIA, SVIMEZ, 2011 HTTP://WWW.SVIMEZ.INFO/VOLUME150/