Corso di laurea magistrale in Scienze pedagogiche

The program focuses on issues associated with work, society and the global economy. The program is aimed at those who wish to obtain a better knowledge of the dilemmas of the social, political and economic global world and of the means to develop solutions to these problems. The program incorporates elements that contribute to both knowledge development (the historical, conceptual and comparative contexts) and skills development (techniques and practical applications).

Knowledge and understanding of major current economic, social, and cultural processes in the world; analitical skills   to visualize, articulate, conceptualize the complex present world; disciplinary communication skills.

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• The course consistes of research lessons and seminars. There are three modules. The first examines the economic globalization in the last decades, focusing particularly on Europe, Italy and transatlantic relations. The second module seeks to understand how the Great Recession, from 2008 to the present, has changed the world and widened the gap between the rich and the poor, between all those who control big data and the rest. The final module examines the creation of a new global economy as China, Russia and other emergent economies opened their borders to global capitalism. It explores how the world is interdependent, but also many areas where it diverges so that it requires  new forms of governance.                  

The books will be agreed during the seminar, for instance:

William Davies, L'industria della felicità. Come la politica e le grandi imprese ci vendono benessere, Torino, Einaudi, 2016

George A. Akerlof, Robert J. Shiller (premi Nobel per l'economia), Ci prendono per fessi.L'economia della manipolazione e dell'inganno, Milano, Mondadori, 2016.

Joseph E. Stiglitz (premio Nobel per l'economia), La grande frattura. La disuguaglianza e i modi per sconfiggerla, Torino, Einaudi, 2016.