American history and politics

The course concerns the main political aspects of the history of the United States, considering the historical developments of the nation from its birth to the present, and offering critical discussions of some fundamental documents of U.S. History as well as of current affairs in the U.S. in historical perspective. Topics include the major schools of thought and approaches, the connection between domestic and foreign politics, and the connection between the principles of the American republic and the pragmatism of its leadership. Corcerning knowledge and understanding the course aims to apply original ideas in a research context, and to solve new problems in the field, making judgements on new issues, as well as the ability to communicate these skills to a broad publlic. Finally with the exercise of the comprension of historical cases we will try to obtain learning skills to study in an autonomus way.

Per quanto riguarda le conoscenze e la comprensione dei temi sviluppati, il corso si prefigge di applicare idee originali in un contesto di ricerca e di risolvere i nuovi problemi che nascono nel campo, riuscendo a comporre una riflessione sulle nuove problematiche, così come l'abilità dei candidati a comunicare queste specializzazioni a un pubblico più ampio. Infine con l'esercizio di comprensione dei casi storici cercheremo di ottenere una capacità di lettura degli eventi in un modo autonomo.