ID:
511169
Duration (hours):
40
CFU:
6
SSD:
STORIA DELLE DOTTRINE POLITICHE
Year:
2025
Overview
Date/time interval
Secondo Semestre (23/02/2026 - 29/05/2026)
Syllabus
Course Objectives
On completion of this course, students should have familiarized themselves with some of the most important strands of thought about modern international political order and relations. Skills that will be practised and developed in this course include an ability to communicate ideas and arguments effectively, whether in class discussion or in written form; formulate and justify arguments and conclusions about a range of issues, and present appropriate supporting evidence; think critically and challenge assumptions; to use a range of information technology resources to assist with information retrieval and assignment presentation. Students will also acquire time management skills and an ability to independently organise their own study methods and workload and an ability work effectively with others as part of a team or group in seminar discussions.
Course Prerequisites
General knowledge of main Western political, and legal traditions. A general knoweldge of global history since the early modern era would be also helpful.
Teaching Methods
Lectures and seminars
Assessment Methods
Attending Students (WPIR)
Assessment will be based on participation, an assessed essay, and an oral exam. The final mark will be calculated as follows:
GROUP PRESENTATION/PARTICIPATION, 40%: The mark for participation will depend above all on the quality of your participation in the seminars – including, but not limited to, your active participation in a group presentation.
ASSESSED ESSAY, 30%. The essay should address a research question chosen from a list of topics related to the matters covered in class. The list is provided by the instructor at some point during the semester. Essays must be circa 3,000 (three thousand) words long, footnotes excluded. Essays addressing questions that were not taken from the list will not be accepted. Essays should be submitted to the course teacher, Marco Barducci, by email, at least one week before the chosen exam date. Essays submitted after the deadline will not be accepted, and the student will have to register for a different exam session.
ORAL EXAM/INTERVIEW, 30%. It consists of (generally 3) questions: a) concerning the final essay, and b) assessing the knowledge and comprehension of the required texts/reading materials. Performance in the oral exam will be assessed in terms of students' ability to clarify and defend the arguments presented in the essay, and to discuss and critically assess the arguments in the assigned texts.
Non-Attending Students
(If you are not a WPIR then you must choose at the very beginning of the course between the status of attending and non-attending student, and communicate your choice to the instructor)
ASSESSED ESSAY, worth 50% of the final grade. The essay should address a research question chosen from a list of topics related to the matters covered in class. The list is provided by the instructor at some point during the semester. Essays must be circa 4,000 (four thousand) words long, footnotes excluded. Essays addressing questions that were not taken from the list will not be accepted. Essays should be submitted to the course teacher, Marco Barducci, by email, at least one week before the chosen exam date. Essays submitted after the deadline will not be accepted, and the student will have to register for a different exam session.
ORAL EXAM/INTERVIEW, worth 50% of the final grade. It consists of (generally 3) questions: a) concerning the final essay, and b) assessing the knowledge and comprehension of the required texts/reading materials. Performance in the oral exam will be assessed in terms of students' ability to clarify and defend the arguments presented in the essay, and to discuss and critically assess the arguments in the assigned texts.
Assessment will be based on participation, an assessed essay, and an oral exam. The final mark will be calculated as follows:
GROUP PRESENTATION/PARTICIPATION, 40%: The mark for participation will depend above all on the quality of your participation in the seminars – including, but not limited to, your active participation in a group presentation.
ASSESSED ESSAY, 30%. The essay should address a research question chosen from a list of topics related to the matters covered in class. The list is provided by the instructor at some point during the semester. Essays must be circa 3,000 (three thousand) words long, footnotes excluded. Essays addressing questions that were not taken from the list will not be accepted. Essays should be submitted to the course teacher, Marco Barducci, by email, at least one week before the chosen exam date. Essays submitted after the deadline will not be accepted, and the student will have to register for a different exam session.
ORAL EXAM/INTERVIEW, 30%. It consists of (generally 3) questions: a) concerning the final essay, and b) assessing the knowledge and comprehension of the required texts/reading materials. Performance in the oral exam will be assessed in terms of students' ability to clarify and defend the arguments presented in the essay, and to discuss and critically assess the arguments in the assigned texts.
Non-Attending Students
(If you are not a WPIR then you must choose at the very beginning of the course between the status of attending and non-attending student, and communicate your choice to the instructor)
ASSESSED ESSAY, worth 50% of the final grade. The essay should address a research question chosen from a list of topics related to the matters covered in class. The list is provided by the instructor at some point during the semester. Essays must be circa 4,000 (four thousand) words long, footnotes excluded. Essays addressing questions that were not taken from the list will not be accepted. Essays should be submitted to the course teacher, Marco Barducci, by email, at least one week before the chosen exam date. Essays submitted after the deadline will not be accepted, and the student will have to register for a different exam session.
ORAL EXAM/INTERVIEW, worth 50% of the final grade. It consists of (generally 3) questions: a) concerning the final essay, and b) assessing the knowledge and comprehension of the required texts/reading materials. Performance in the oral exam will be assessed in terms of students' ability to clarify and defend the arguments presented in the essay, and to discuss and critically assess the arguments in the assigned texts.
Texts
Suggested readings:
David Armitage, Foundations of modern international thought (Cambridge UP, 2013)
Edward Keene, International Political Thought: A Historical Introduction (Cambridge Polity Press, 2005)
Grotius (Barducci???)
C. Brown, T. Nardin, N. Renger (a cura di), International Relation in Political Thought. Texts from Ancient Greeks to the First World War, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge-New York, 2002.
Peter Schroder, Trust in Early Modern International Political Thought, 1598–1713
David Armitage, Foundations of modern international thought (Cambridge UP, 2013)
Edward Keene, International Political Thought: A Historical Introduction (Cambridge Polity Press, 2005)
Grotius (Barducci???)
C. Brown, T. Nardin, N. Renger (a cura di), International Relation in Political Thought. Texts from Ancient Greeks to the First World War, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge-New York, 2002.
Peter Schroder, Trust in Early Modern International Political Thought, 1598–1713
Contents
The course aims to introduce students to the ideas, works, and perspectives of some of the most important Western political thinkers. from Machiavelli to Mazzini and Marx, about issues such as human rights, conflict, revolution, colonialism, and imperialism.
Course Language
English
More information
Rules for attendance
If you are an “attending student” (this includes all students enrolled in the degree program in World Politics and International Relations, and any other student who choses this status at the beginning of the course), you are expected to attend all classes on premises. Any absence should be authorized beforehand; otherwise, if unplanned, as soon as possible afterwards. Justifications other than illness (such as grave family reasons) may be taken into account at the discretion of the course teacher. Problems of protracted illness will be assessed on a case-by-case basis. Any unjustified absence will negatively affect your mark for participation and therefore your final overall exam mark. In the case of students enrolled in the World Politics and International Relations program, repeated unjustified absences will result in being disallowed from taking the exam during the current academic year.
If you are an “attending student” (this includes all students enrolled in the degree program in World Politics and International Relations, and any other student who choses this status at the beginning of the course), you are expected to attend all classes on premises. Any absence should be authorized beforehand; otherwise, if unplanned, as soon as possible afterwards. Justifications other than illness (such as grave family reasons) may be taken into account at the discretion of the course teacher. Problems of protracted illness will be assessed on a case-by-case basis. Any unjustified absence will negatively affect your mark for participation and therefore your final overall exam mark. In the case of students enrolled in the World Politics and International Relations program, repeated unjustified absences will result in being disallowed from taking the exam during the current academic year.
Degrees
Degrees
WORLD POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Master’s Degree
2 years
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