Contemporary Italy (politics, economy and business trading)

(45 hrs, 3 credits)

This course gives an overview on recent Italian history, with particular attention to the changes affecting the lives of most Italians.

Some of the topics included in the program:

-    Italy during the reconstruction after the World War II
-    European and American influence in Italy
-    the development of economic consumption
-    families and consumption
-    the Italian economy: the triumph of the public sector
-    the role of the parties in the Italian society: Italian style democracy
-    the 1970’s and the season of violence: mafia, massacres and terrorism
-    Italy in G7
-    civil society and mass culture
-    “Tangentopoli” and the transformation of the political system
-    the new society: immigration, women's new roles, the new Right wing
-    Italy between 2000 and 2010