The course aims to achieve the following training objectives, expressed according to the Dublin Descriptors:
Knowledge of historical events related to the contemporary age.
Lectures, seminar discussions, practical exercises
Written test lasting two hours, consisting of three open-ended questions.
The rating is in thirtieths: from 18/30 to 30/30 with honors, according to the following scheme:
30 - 30 with honors: complete, in-depth and critical knowledge of the course topics, excellent language skills, complete and original interpretative ability, full ability to independently apply the knowledge acquired;
26 - 29: in-depth knowledge of the course topics, good language skills, effective interpretative ability and the ability to independently apply the knowledge acquired;
24 - 25: knowledge of the course topics with a good level of learning, decent language skills, correct interpretative ability, ability to correctly apply most of the knowledge acquired;
21 - 23: adequate knowledge of the course topics, but lack of mastery of them, more than sufficient language skills, interpretative ability, limited ability to independently apply the knowledge acquired;
18 - 20: basic knowledge of the main topics, basic knowledge of technical language, sufficient interpretative ability, ability to apply the basic knowledge acquired; Insufficient: insufficient knowledge of the course topics.
C. Giorgi, I. Pavan, Storia dello Stato sociale in Italia, il Mulino, Bologna 2021.
M. Minesso, Welfare e minori. L’Italia nel contesto europeo del Novecento, FrancoAngeli, Milano 2011, pp. 107-285
The course deals with the history of welfare, particularly in Italy, with specific reference to the following topics:
I. Introduction
What is welfare. Welfare models. The dilemmas of welfare.
Income and work. Health and housing. Education and educational policies.
Policies for families.
II. History of welfare in Italy
The birth of welfare. Social protection and the Great War.
The social policies of fascism.
The Republic, the Constitution and social rights.
The season of reforms: the economic boom, planning, the unions.
The National Health Service.
The new paradigm of the 1980s.
III. Welfare and minors
Italy between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
The period of fascism.
The post-World War II period.
Social spending and spending on minors. Child welfare and new professionals.
