International Relations

Suggested readings for improving personal preparation

Admission is contingent upon verification by the competent Academic Offices of validity of academic qualifications for registration and acceptance of the candidate onto the course. Should this be the case, students will be provided with information regarding additional reading materials following formal admission.

 Students must pass interview(s) with the referee(s) by the 30th of November 2025. Any requests for extension must be made to the Committee by the 30th of November and will be considered at the next meeting.

NOTICE: Students must contact the related referee to arrange the interview:

HISTORICAL/POLITICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL

Prof. Ronald Car ronald.car@unimc.it

  • W.M. SPELLMAN, A Short History of Western Political Thought, Palgrave MacMillan, 2011

ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS

Prof. Fabio Clementi fabio.clementi@unimc.it

  • N.G.MANKIW, Principles of economics, South-Western Cengage Learning, Mason, OH, 2012 / Chapters: 1,2, 4, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31 (pages from 671 to 685 only)
  • M. LEWIS, Applied Statistics for Economists, Routledge, Abingdon (Oxon) and New York, 2012 / Chapters: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
  • STUDENTS MUST GET IN CONTACT WITH PROF. CLEMENTI TO BE ADVISED ABOUT WHERE THE READING ARE AVAILABLE.

POLITICAL SCIENCE (Prof. Andrea Prontera) AND SOCIOLOGY (Prof.ssa Carmela Guarascio)

  • A. GIDDENS &  P.W. SUTTON (2014), Essential Concepts in Sociology. Polity Press, Chapters: 1. Thinking sociologically; 3. Environment and Urbanism; 4. Structure of society; 10. Political sociology.
  • J. PINDER E S. USHERWOOD, The European Union: A Very Short Introduction, Third Edition, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2018
    Contact Prof. Andrea Prontera for this reading: andrea.prontera@unimc.it

LANGUAGE*

Prof. Armando Francesconi armando.francesconi@unimc.it

Students can choose 2 languages among the following ones:

(advanced level)

  • English for economic and political relations

  • French for International Relations

  • Advanced German

  • Advanced Spanish

(basic level)

  • Chinese

  • Arabic

  • Italian language for International students

  • Russian

If you are a native speaker (of one of the above mentioned languages) you MUST choose a language other than you mother tongue.

LAW

Prof. Laura Salvadego

laura.salvadego@unimc.it

  • R. WACKS, Law: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2015

*LANGUAGE INTERVIEW: Students must held an orientation interview about the choice of the second foreign language according to their previous competencies and their study plan.

If they are to choose to study Advanced Spanish these are the suggested readings for the interview: