UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI ROMA TOR VERGATACourse Lecturer: prof. Daniela Felisini
Code of the exam (Delphi system): 804002449 (6 cfu)
Period: 1st term
Course Description:
The course deals with world economic and business history of the 20th century up to the beginning of the 21st century. It is organized as a sort of journey around the world, surfing across the two main historical dimensions of time and space.
Based on a neo-institutional approach, it will compare the varieties of capitalism of the different regions, considering the enterprise and the State as major actors.
Main processes will be analysed in global perspective and in the long run (industrial revolutions, economic and financial crisis, energy and environmental issues, regional integration, et al..).
Specific case-studies will be the object of in-depth focuses, brought into with the active participation of the students.
Teaching Methods:
The course combines various teaching methodologies: lessons; seminars; discussions of the assigned readings. Lectures will provide the students with the necessary information and reading guidelines of the phenomena under scrutiny, while seminars will see students critically engaging with this knowledge and promoting/participating in class debates. Students are expected and required to attend every class, come prepared to classes, and participate in discussions. Seminars include in-class assessed presentations and discussion of assigned readings, assessed group works based on multimedia materials, and a final debate. Students will give assessed presentations in which they shall critically assess the content and argument of a chosen topic and introduce related questions for the class discussion. Details on the assessed activities will be given in class.
Assessment:
A) ATTENDING STUDENTS:
– In-class presentations (70 %)
– Participation in in-class discussions (30%)
There is no final exam.
B) NON ATTENDING STUDENTS
– Final oral exam (100%) on the following textbook:
F. Amatori, A. Colli (eds.), The Global Economy. A concise history, Routledge-Giappichelli Studies in Business and Management, 2019 (chapters: 5,6,7,8,9,15,16,18,19,20,22).