STOCWE21 - CONTEMPORARY HISTORY AND WELFARE

The syllabus aims at studying the birth of the Welfare State in Italy starting from the end of XIX century to the 1980s. Referring to the general objectives, and taking into account the objectives referred to the Course of Study, at the end of the course the students will have to reach a critical attitude which allows them to evaluate the cause-effect relationships of the historical and social events; they will have to analyze the historical and social phenomena; to compare historical events; make comparisons with other disciplines on some historical aspects (such as Sociology or Anthropology). As regards the specific objectives of the discipline, students will have to gain a correct command of the specific historical language referred to the studied contents; to know the historiography about specific themes; they will have to collect bibliographic material and information; to grasp connections of events; to report to the working group on a specific topic; to write a text with notes; to know how to analyze a political case or a social question in a critical way.