CRP 5720

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CRP 5720
Contemporary Italy: Politics and Society

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

This course provides background on contemporary Italian politics and society, as an essential foundation to students with various disciplinary interests, from planning to architecture, from the fine arts to sociology and anthropology. This course provides a comprehensive survey of Italian society today, starting with Italy's geography and the historical forces that shaped the nation. It examines tensions between north and south, and such broad features of Italian social life as community structure, urban development, and family forms. The course also reviews selected institutional issues, such as gender, the system of education, problems of criminality and justice, economic reform, social class, religion, and politics.


Course Attribute (CU-ITL)

Last 4 Terms Offered (None)

When Offered Spring.

Comments U.R.S. and M.R.P students must take the course for a letter grade; S/U grading basis available to non-majors only.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CRP 3720

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2870 CRP 5720   LEC 020

    • T Rome, Italy
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Smith, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: Cornell in Rome Program students.

    Department Consent Required (Add)